Chief Justice Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye appointed commission members
last February to propose recommendations for a more efficient and
effective court system. The importance of the commission’s work
was underscored in the Governor’s proposed January state budget.
Improving services to juveniles and their families by
consolidating dependency and delinquency cases into one unified
juvenile court.
Reducing continuances in criminal cases.
Reducing time-consuming, but less serious misdemeanors to
infractions.
Ensuring access to the court record for all litigants.
Adding an intermediate tier for jurisdictional amounts for
unlimited civil cases.
Ensuring that court labor costs and negotiations are both
equitable and efficient.
Comment Procedures: Members of the public can request to speak at
the comment session or submit written comments either before or
after the session. A link to the live audiocast of the public
comment session—posted approximately 15 minutes before the
session?will be available on theFutures
Commission webpage. For more information, view the
comment procedures.
The commission held a similar comment session on December 8, 2015
to solicit input on proposed concepts related to judgeships,
trial court funding, court-ordered debt, and traffic infractions.
The Futures Commission plans to hold a second public comment
session later this year.
