AOC Officially in Control of All County Courthouses

The Glenn County courthouse, in 1894 and today

California's trial court facilities are now entirely under control of the Administrative Office of the Courts, as the last of 532 courthouses and other buildings was officially transferred to the state today.

The vote of the Glenn County Board of Supervisors to transfer its historic courthouse in Willows concluded a seven-year process launched by the Trial Court Facilities Act of 2002.

“The transfer of the last court facility marks a significant milestone in the Judicial Council’s effort to establish the judiciary as a separate and equal branch of state government,” Chief Justice Ronald George said in a written statement. “This transfer completes a long-standing goal for our state.

A theme of George's 13-year tenure as chief justice has been the centralization of court administration. Under his watch the state's municipal and superior courts have unified, and their funding and now facilities have moved from county to state control.

The facilities transfer has at times been complicated by seismic safety issues. Last year the Legislature authorized $5 billion for courthouse construction and renovation. The Judicial Council has earmarked $32 million of that money for the Glenn County courthouse.

—  Scott Graham

Comments

[Crime Syndicate Buster]

All Chief Justice George has done is created 532 pots of money his AOC crime syndicate can steal from. Because the AOC is the untouchable 4th branch of government without any checks and balances and hides behind the robes of the judiciary, they can get away with it. These courthouses are falling apart at an alarming rate and being forced to shut down so that big money can be funneled to a 1.75 billion dollar boondoggle that does not work called CCMS and steer 300 million dollars of no bid court construction funds to unlicensed contractors that charge as much as 5 times more than any competitor. Someone needs to investigate the AOC and break up this crime syndicate and I submit that Chief Justice George, Justice Richard Huffman, Bill Vickery and Ron Overholt run this crime syndicate.

[jessi]

These courthouses are falling apart at an alarming rate and being forced to shut down so that big money can be funneled to a 1.75 billion dollar boondoggle that does not work called CCMS and steer 300 million dollars of no bid court construction funds to unlicensed contractors that charge as much as 5 times more than any competitor.