With scarcely two weeks remaining in the Legislature’s biennial session, many of its remaining high-profile issues appear to be stalled. Now, after negotiations broke down late last week, you can add much-needed reform of the State Bar to the no-fly list, along with Gov. Jerry Brown’s transportation tax, housing reform and reauthorization of the state’s plan to reduce carbon … [Read more...]
Dropped and dismissed: Child sex abuse lost in the system
Reporter Tennessee Watson says she was sexually abused by her gymnastics coach when she was a kid in the 1980s. More than 25 years later, when she learned he still was coaching children, she called the police. Her inside account of the painful process of seeking justice in her own case exposes discrepancies in prosecutors’ responses to reports of child sexual abuse and spotlights a lack of … [Read more...]
First-Ever State Audit Aims to Hold Judges Accountable
Lawmakers have called for an audit of California’s Commission on Judicial Performance for the first time in the agency’s 56-year history. The commission, which is responsible for disciplining judges, has drawn the ire of activists who say it protects bad jurists and from bench officers who say it over-penalizes them for minor missteps. A joint audit committee of the … [Read more...]
California takes steps toward improving judicial accountability
The commission that’s supposed to hold California judges accountable now will be subject to a dose of accountability itself. In a unanimous vote this week, a joint committee of the California Legislature authorized an audit of the Commission on Judicial Performance, the only entity that can discipline or remove a state judge. “The audit is not just about whether or not the CJP is being a … [Read more...]
Audit of state judicial commission praised by Marin court critics
A Marin nonprofit is applauding the audit approved this week of a state judicial oversight agency that they say has failed to adequately investigate complaints against judges and discipline misconduct. The Joint Legislative Audit Committee unanimously approved on Wednesday the first audit of the California Commission on Judicial Performance. Established in 1960, the commission is tasked … [Read more...]
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