Feature - March 28, 2017
Video with transcript of the Chief Justice's 2017 State of the Judiciary presented on Mar 27, 2017.
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News Release - March 20, 2018
Chief Justice Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye presented her annual State of the Judiciary Address to the Legislature on March 19, 2018.
News Release - March 10, 2020
Chief Justice Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye today delivered her annual State of the Judiciary address to the California Legislature.
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Feature - March 16, 2022
Chief Justice Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye released today her annual State of the Judiciary address, recorded prior to the first in-person Judicial Council meeting since the COVID-19 pandemic began.
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Feature - September 30, 2021
Highlights and key statistics from the 2020–2021 court year.
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Change of venue is the transfer of a legal action from one county to another county for trial. In criminal cases a change of venue is permitted if, for example, the court believes the defendant cannot receive a fair trial in a given county. Reasons for changes of venue include pretrial publicity, bias, political atmosphere, and any other circumstance that the parties believe would prevent them from obtaining a fair trial in the county in which the case was originally filed.
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News Release - August 16, 2021
Chief Justice’s Workgroup on Post-Pandemic Initiatives also finds remote hearings spurred case resolutions in juvenile cases, child support hearings.
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The COVID-19 pandemic is an unprecedented crisis that threatens the lives, health and safety of all Californians.
News Release - July 15, 2022
Chief Justice Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye appointed one new voting member and four new advisory (non-voting) members to the Judicial Council. She also reappointed three voting members.
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News Release - September 20, 2022
California Chief Justice Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye on Tuesday honored Judicial Council Administrative Director Martin Hoshino with the Chief Justice Award for Exemplary Service and Leadership, which honors an individual or organization for outstanding service to the judicial branch.
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event - May 21, 2021
Update: Meeting Videocast
Goal is to expand vital public services with better-informed decision-making
News Release - May 12, 2020
The Judicial Council of California has launched the Pandemic Continuity of Operations Working Group, which will quickly collect best practices and publish a framework to help the state's 58 superior courts restore interrupted services in the wake of the...
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