SACRAMENTO — In a blow to the chief justice, the state Assembly on Monday passed AB 1208, the controversial Trial Court Rights Act, by a 42-24 margin.

Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye has barnstormed the state in recent weeks, arguing to newspaper editorial boards and other groups that the bill aimed at curbing the Judicial Council’s spending power is an unfair challenge to judicial independence.

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