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| New state court director comes from prison system |
| By blog.sfgate.com- Bob Egelko |
| Published: 09/03/2014 |
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A high-ranking official in the state prison system is the new chief administrator of the California courts. Martin Hoshino, undersecretary for operations in the state Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, was chosen by the state Judicial Council on Tuesday to become administrative director of the nation’s largest court system. Hoshino succeeds Steven Jahr, who is retiring Sept. 30 after two years. After losing about $1 billion in state aid over four years, the courts got a funding increase for the fiscal year that started July 1, but it was only about half of the $266 million court officials said they needed to reopen closed courtrooms and restore services and staff that had been cut back. Some Superior Court judges and labor unions have accused judicial leaders of centralizing power and wasting money while trial courts were starving. Read More. |
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