State senators on Tuesday shot down a proposal by Gov. Gavin Newsom that would allow courts to continue using remote technology in civil cases after the state’s COVID-19 emergency ends.

The proposal, recently unveiled in a budget-related bill, has been under fire from court reporters and language interpreters who say the courts’ use of video and phone appearances to keep people out of courthouses isn’t working.

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