"Unprecedented Closures" For California Courts

Posted in: Court Closures

For the first time in California history, the courts will close across the state one day each month because there simply isn’t enough money to keep them open.

The California Judicial Council, the policymaking arm of the state courts, voted Wednesday to shutter every court in the state the third Wednesday of every month, an unprecedented response to the state’s staggering budget deficits. With a $414 million budget gap for the California court system, the 21-member council unanimously backed the courthouse closure option to save an estimated $85 million, despite widespread discomfort with the idea.

“It doesn’t feel good,” said San Francisco Superior Court Judge Mary Wiss, a council member and president of the California Judges Association. “It leaves you with something in the pit of your stomach.”

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1. Carol Waverly
   August 4th, 2009 at 4:52 pm

   Court Furlough Day.

   When computing limitation/filing deadlines for the firm calendaring system, is the furlough Wednesday to be considered a calendar day and excluded as a court day?

   Carol Waverly
   Paralegal

2. admin
   August 8th, 2009 at 8:24 am

   “The ensuing closure days will be “treated as holiday for the purposes of performing any act requiring the transaction of judicial business, including, but not limited to, holding court hearings or computing the time to file court documents.”