[Victims of Court Corruption] Judges In California Lobby Against Cuts

Wall Street Journal

May 23, 2012, 8:46 p.m. ET

Judges in California Lobby Against Cuts

BY JUSTIN SCHECK

A group of California judges this week began lobbying against Gov. Jerry Brown's proposed cuts to state courts, in a campaign led by the chief justice of the state's Supreme Court.

Mr. Brown this month proposed cutting $544 million from the $3.6 billion annual budget of the state-court system as part of a plan to close a projected $16 billion state-budget shortfall. Mr. Brown plans to offset the cuts by delaying courthouse construction and dipping into court reserves, funds the judges say are largely committed to other purposes.

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