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San Diego County was one of the original counties formed when California gained statehood in 1850. The first elected officers of the San Diego Court of Sessions met in October 1850, including presiding judge Hon. John Hayes and associate judges Charles Haraszthy and William H. Moon; the First Court House, approximately at the intersection of San Diego and Mason Streets, was part of what is now ...
The United States District Court for the Southern District of California is one of four federal district courts in California. [3] Court for the District is held at El Centro and the Edward J. Schwartz U.S. Courthouse and U.S. Courthouse Annex in San Diego. The district comprises Imperial and San Diego counties.
Several San Diego County Public Defenders have gone on to become judges in California Superior Court. [ 5 ] In 2014, the office filed over 5,000 petitions—after Proposition 47 (2014) —to have felony convictions and sentences reduced.
Courthouse† Orange Line: San Diego, Downtown Core: Serves the San Diego County Courthouse complex. Terminus for Orange Line. E Street Blue Line: Chula Vista: This was an infill station (it was added 5 years after the line's opening) – the first infill station on the current Blue Line. El Cajon Green Line Orange Line Copper Line: El Cajon
In 2019, Chula Vista was the first city in California to be certified as a sanctuary city by the national non-profit "Welcoming America." [94] In December 2022, the "Welcoming City" designation was revoked due to concerns about its surveillance program. The Chula Vista Police Department was sharing license plate reader data with ICE and CBP. [95]
Chula Vista, National City, and Bonita are served by the weekly newspaper The Star-News, which was formed in 1954 upon the merger of the Chula Vista Star with the National City News. [7] Imperial Beach is served by the weekly Imperial Beach and South County Eagle & Times. [8] San Ysidro was once served by the weekly San Ysidro Border Press. [9]
San Diego County comprises the San Diego–Chula Vista–Carlsbad, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area, [9] which is the 17th most populous metropolitan statistical area and the 18th most populous primary statistical area in the United States.
The paradox of state judicial officers working in county-operated organizations culminated in a 1996 case in which the Supreme Court of California upheld the constitutionality of a statute under which the superior court of Mendocino County was bound by the county board of supervisors' designation of unpaid furlough days for all county employees ...