San Diego County reports that its local implementation of CARE Court has brokered 182 CARE agreements, which specify treatment and other resources, even housing, that participants will receive. San Diego County reports that those who have participated have seen a 66% reduction in use of crisis services. San Diego says its 32 graduates of the CARE program are the most in the state. 

A then-San Diego Superior Court commissioner, who has since been appointed to a judgeship, and the attorney for the petitioner in a dissolution of domestic partnership matter failed to notice that cases cited by the lawyer for the respondent were fabrications, prompting Div. One of the Fourth District Court of Appeal to declare them neglectful.

Opinion says decision by Riverside District Attorney's Office to hold man wrongly accused of murder for years after deputy was allegedly instructed to withhold other suspect's confession is protected conduct. 

(Subscription required) Guerrero presides over a criminal trial department handling misdemeanor and felony cases. Some days begin with large calendar calls, while the rest of the week is devoted to trials.