The council voted to send emergency funds to the courts to address case backlogs that aren’t going away any time soon.
The Judicial Council is the policymaking body of the California courts, the largest court system in the nation. (Photo the Judicial Council of California via YouTube)
SAN FRANCISCO (CN) Aiming to relieve some of the pressure on courts overwhelmed by case backlogs, California’s Judicial Council voted to allocate a second round of Covid-19 court funding at its meeting on Friday, where it also heard an update on a pilot project to lower traffic fines and help residents pay their tickets online.