By the Numbers

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 million in reductions.

CARE Act: Since the act took effect in October 2023 through November 2025, statewide the courts have accepted [FILL IN NUMBER] CARE Act petitions, held [FILL IN NUMBER] CARE Act hearings, and approved [FILL IN NUMBER] CARE Act agreements or ordered [FILL IN NUMBER] 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 council is adding 103 lactation room projects in courthouses around state, which should be completed by June 30, 2026.

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: [FILL IN NUMBER] volunteer judges representing [FILL IN NUMBER] counties around the state support the Judges in the Classroom initative. Last school year alone, the program reached more than [FILL IN NUMBER] students.