Two weeks after California’s judiciary leaders ordered more transparency in disclosing taxpayer-funded settlements of judicial wrongdoing, most courts have offered the same response: We don’t have anything to report.
Shortly after June 1, The Recorder asked all 58 trial courts, six appellate courts, the state Supreme Court and the Judicial Council for any financial settlement records. The Judicial Council made clear on May 24 that, despite some courts’ initial objections, the documents are not shielded from disclosure by the judicial branch’s records laws.
