Proposed courts budget remains the same for upcoming fiscal year
California’s proposed court budget remained virtually unchanged in the May Revise released this week by Gov. Jerry Brown.
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Friday, May 17th, 2013
Wednesday, April 24th, 2013
CFI bill on interpreters for civil matters moves forward
A CFI-backed bill to establish a pilot program that provides interpreters in civil proceedings passes the Senate Judiciary Committee this week, goes to Appropriations Committee next.
Friday, March 8th, 2013
CFI backs establishing statewide language access plan
CFI is a sponsor of AB1127, introduced by Assembly Member Ed Chau. The bill would require the state to develop a language access plan for the courts.
Sunday, March 3rd, 2013
CFI backs state bills on language access, interpreting in civil matters
CFI backs newly introduced state bills calling for language access plan and interpreting in civil courts.
Friday, January 11th, 2013
Governor’s proposed budget keeps interpreter funds intact
Gov. Jerry Brown proposed maintaining the full baseline amount of $92.794 million in the Court Interpeter budget Item in the next year’s budget.
Monday, August 6th, 2012
Courts can’t impose coordinator work
Contact CFI if court officials tell you to take on coordinator duties. Despite a recent law change, courts can’t force coordinating responsibilities on interpreters.
Monday, July 25th, 2011
JC Hears from Interpreters on Cuts
After calls and emails from interpreters, the Judicial Council voted to leave $1.8 million in reserve.
Tuesday, July 19th, 2011
JC Votes to Take Interpreter Surplus
The Judicial Council holds its first public meeting on the budget in San Francisco on Friday July 22 and will vote whether or not to take away our surplus of over $4 million.
Friday, July 1st, 2011
Budget Adopted with $460M Blow to Courts
The AOC has indicated that court closures are not in store for this year. The Interpreter Fund was left untouched, but there are $150 million in unallocated reductions.
Friday, June 17th, 2011
Governor Vetoes Budget with Deep Cuts
Yesterday Jerry Brown vetoed the budget submitted to him by the legislature the day before. It included a $150 million cut to the courts in addition to the $200 million already cut.
Tuesday, May 31st, 2011
CFI-Sponsored Legislation Clears Major Hurdle at the State Capitol
On May 27th Assembly Bill 618, authored by Assembly member Warren Furutani and sponsored by CFI faced a critical vote by the Assembly Appropriations committee.
Monday, February 14th, 2011
Follow-up on LAO Report
CFI’s Brandon Scovill met with the author of the report and confirmed that the source of his data used to prepare the report was not just unreliable, but completely the wrong data.
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