By the Numbers

Statewide Filings Data: Based on data collected for the 2025 Court Statistics Report, the state's court system processes approximately 5 million cases each year.

MyCitations: Since its launch in April 2019 through November 2025, more than 328,528 litigants have submitted requests to reduce their fines, resulting in more than $110,286,008 in reductions.

CARE Act: Since the act took effect in October 2023 through November 2025, statewide the courts have received 3092 CARE Act petitions, held 7352 CARE Act hearings, and approved 684 CARE Act agreements or ordered 22 CARE Act plans.

Sargent Shriver Civil Counsel Act: Since its creation in 2012, the Shriver Civil Counsel Act program has provided legal assistance in more than 53,000 civil cases, benefiting nearly 150,000 household members across California.

New Courthouses: Since assuming responsibility for court construction in 2002, the council has completed 35 new courthouses, and another 16 are underway in various stages.

Lactation Spaces in Courthouses: The judicial branch has recently added 50 new public lactation spaces in courthouses around the state, with plans to complete an additional 78.

Courthouse Modification and Maintenance: The judicial branch manages roughly 430 buildings statewide (more than 21 million square feet), including courthouses, parking structures, modular facilities, and associated properties—performing 1,700 modification projects and 115,000 work orders annually.

Court Adoption and Permanency: Children who are first placed with relatives or extended family members are three times as likely to remain there after 12 months, and youth who are with a relative at the time they exit from foster care are also less likely to reenter care within 12 months.

Remote Proceedings: Each business day, more than 7,000 remote hearings, civil and criminal, take place in California courts, saving court users an estimated 1.75 million trips to courthouses annually.

Judicial Diversity: For the 19th straight year since tracking this data, the number of women and people of color on the bench has increased. Female judicial officers now constitute 43% of the state’s judges. The number of Asian, Black, and Hispanic judges has more than doubled during that same time.

Civics Outreach: More than 400 volunteer judges representing 35 counties around the state support the Judges in the Classroom initiative. Last school year, the program coordinated 335 visits and reached more than 18,000 students. Since the start of the current school year, the program has already completed or scheduled 237 visits, reaching more than 10,000 students.