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Jury Service

Jury pay: $15/day and travel reimbursement of $0.34 cents per mile round trip, starting on the second day of service An option for $12 per day starting on the first day of service if using public transit, in lieu of a mileage reimbursement Number of Californians summoned to jury service in fiscal year 2024–25: approximately 10 million* Number of Californians summoned to jury service who completed service in fiscal year 2024–25: approximately 5 million* Number of Californians who completed jury service on call or telephone standby in fi

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Collaborative Justice Courts

Collaborative justice courts have a dedicated calendar and judge to address specific types of issues California currently has more than 400 collaborative justice courts in all but two small jurisdictions Most drug court caseloads average between 75 and 100 participants while other collaborative courts tend to have smaller caseloads Collaborative justice courts, also called problem-solving courts, promote accountability for youth and adults by combining judicial supervision with services and treatment to help them address the issues that led to the

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Language Access

From fiscal year 2020–21 through fiscal year 2023–24, superior courts reported over 2.5 million interpretations. Languages and dialects spoken in California—more than 200 Percentage of Californians that speak a non-English language at home: 44% Percentage of Californians with English-language limitations: approximately 17.2% (approximately 6.4 million) Languages certified for court interpreters: American Sign Language and 12 spoken languages—Arabic, Armenian (Eastern), Cantonese, Farsi (Persian), Korean, Mandarin, Portuguese, Punjabi (India),

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Superior Courts (trial courts)

Fiscal Year 2024-25: Unified court system serving more than 39 million people 1,755 judges (authorized positions) Approximately 450 court facilities Filings: 5,306,078 Dispositions: 3,551,165 More data points in the Court Statistics Report Historic Facts

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Courts of Appeal

Six districts, 19 divisions, 9 court locations Number of authorized justices: 106 Number of filings: 19,222 in fiscal year 2024-25 More data points in the Court Statistics Report The California Courts of Appeal are the state's intermediate courts of review. Their primary function is to ensure that the law is interpreted and applied correctly.

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Supreme Court of California

Justices: 1 Chief Justice, 6 Associate Justices Filings: 5,991 in fiscal year 2024-25 51 written opinions in fiscal year 2024-25 More data points in the Court Statistics Report

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Court Facilities Program

The Judicial Council supports the court facilities of California's Supreme Court, Courts of Appeal, and trial courts by providing a broad range of services: facility planning, design and construction, facility operations management, environmental compliance and sustainability, real estate services and asset management, and emergency planning and security coordination.

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Branch Facts

California Courts Court levels: 3 Superior, also known as trial courts: 58—one in each county Court of Appeal districts: 6 Highest court: California Supreme Court Judicial branch budget is approximately 1.4% of the State General Fund

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About the Judicial Branch

Court levels: 3 Trial courts: 58—one in each county Court of Appeal districts: 6 Highest court: California Supreme Court Judicial branch budget is approximately 1.4% of the State General Fund The California court system—the largest in the nation, with approximately 1,800 justices and judges and 5 million cases—serves more than 39 million people. The state Constitution vests the judicial power of California in the Supreme Court, Courts of Appeal, and superior courts.

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Language Access

To address the challenges this presents, the Judicial Council of California, the policymaking body of the California courts, is undertaking implementation of a statewide language access plan that provides a consistent direction for language access throughout the judiciary.

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Court Facilities Program

The Judicial Council supports the court facilities of California's Supreme Court, Courts of Appeal, and trial courts by providing a broad range of services: facility planning, design and construction, facility operations management, environmental compliance and sustainability, real estate services and asset management, and emergency planning and security coordination.

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Media contacts for the Supreme Court of California & California Courts of Appeal, California's 58 superior courts, and the Judicial Council of California.

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