(Subscription required) “I think the State Bar is well aware of its need to add transparency and accountability, and I think that they’ve actually taken steps in that direction,” state Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Tom Umberg said after passage of the annual bar bill.

CARE Court, said Luke Bergmann, director of behavioral health services for San Diego County, is restricted to those with schizophrenia and related disorders. “The eligibility criteria is very clear that this is a program for people with schizophrenia or other psychotic spectrum disorders,” Bergmann said. “That’s a pretty specific set of diagnoses.

The meeting, to be held from 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. in Serpilio Hall at the Plumas County Fairgrounds, will include a presentation by Pella McCormick, the director of the council’s Facilities Services office. McCormick will address the background of the plans to construct a $100 million three-courtroom building in Quincy.

(Subscription required) Orange County Presiding Judge Maria D. took away Judge Jeffrey Ferguson’s calendar after his arrest and requested that his murder case be heard by a Los Angeles County judge.