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Median spending for a judicial office of the Los Angeles County Superior Court has risen from $3,177 in 1970 to $70,000 in 1994. [45] Fresno County public defenders have protested excessive case loads, carrying about 1,000 felony cases a year giving them an average of only about two hours and five minutes per case. [46]
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.
All court locations are in the county seat of Fresno. Criminal cases are held at the downtown courthouse location, while the B. F. Sisk location handles civil and family law cases, and the M Street courthouse handles traffic cases. There is a separate juvenile court location, located southeast of the main downtown county court campus. [13]
Friday’s ruling by Superior Court Judge Jon Skiles was a win for a pair of Fresno City Council members, Garry Bredefeld and Luis Chavez, who are both running for the Fresno County Board of ...
“A street sign can be put back as easily as it can be taken down,” the judge wrote.
Fresno County sued California over a law that removes a term widely considered derogatory against Indigenous women from geographic features and place names.
The five-member elected Fresno County Board of Supervisors (BOS) is the county legislature. The board operates in a legislative, executive, and quasi-judicial capacity. As a legislative authority, it can pass ordinances for the unincorporated areas (ordinances that affect the whole county, like posting of restaurant ratings, must be ratified by the individual city).
The Judicial Council of California is the rule-making arm of the California court system. [1] In accordance with the California Constitution and under the leadership of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of California, the council is responsible for "ensuring the consistent, independent, impartial, and accessible administration of justice."