Citing a growing push to challenge sitting judges in San Francisco Superior Court, the Board of Supervisors is mulling a resolution that would formally denounce attempts to shake up the judiciary in San Francisco.

It’s easy to hold a press conference to blame a judge’s interpretation of the law. But it is the job of elected officials to effectively enact and enforce the laws.

In 2013, Sunshine S. Sykes became the first judge of Native American descent appointed to the Riverside Superior Court, and in 2022, she became California's first Native American federal judge when President Biden appointed her to the U.S. District Court, Central District of California.

(Subscription required) Superior Court Judge Elizabet Rodriguez grew up watching, and sometimes helping, her parents toil in grape fields in Kern County, and vowing she wouldn't do that for the rest of her life.