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Finally on January 22, 2000, in accordance with Proposition 220 passed in 1998, the Judges of the Municipal and Superior Courts voted to merge into the Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles. [2] In 2000, a pilot Complex Civil Litigation Program was established in the Los Angeles Superior Court, [3] which has since been made ...
Another quirk is that because the superior courts are now fully unified with all courts of inferior jurisdiction, the superior courts must hear relatively minor cases that previously would have been heard in such inferior courts, such as infractions, misdemeanors, "limited civil" actions (actions where the amount in controversy is below $35,000), and "small claims" actions.
Most of California's roughly 1,600 superior court judges are first appointed by the governor of California. [21] A person is eligible to be a judge only if the person has been a member of the California State Bar or served as a judge of a court of record in this State for 10 years immediately preceding selection. [22]
Polls suggest nearly two-thirds of L.A. County voters are undecided in the Los Angeles County district attorney's primary. From the death penalty to sentencing enhancements to juvenile justice ...
Cunningham also served as a police commissioner for the Los Angeles Police Department from 2001 to 2005. [3] [4] It was a challenging time for the City of Los Angeles, coming on the heels of the worst corruption scandal in the history of the Department, a rise in crime, and federal scrutiny of the city's policing practices. He served four years ...
[1] [7] [8] In 1981, Brown elevated Todd to the Los Angeles County Superior Court, a position she would hold until when Brown's former chief of staff, Governor Gray Davis, appointed her to the California Second District Court of Appeal, Division Two as of August 18, 2000. [1] Doi retired from the bench in January 2013. [9]
Superior Court Judge Sam Ohta, pictured in 2023, tossed out two felony charges against Diana Teran and ruled the case will move forward on six others. (Irfan Khan/Los Angeles Times)
The courthouse was later named in honor of Stanley Mosk, the longest serving justice on the California Supreme Court and former Attorney General of California, in 2002. [ 2 ] Since 2019, the courthouse has gained prominence as the site of the conservatorship dispute of Britney Spears , and the corresponding #FreeBritney rallies which have taken ...