Category: Judges

RICHARD I. FINE’S AMEND BILL SBX 2 11 Omnibus Judiciary Bill: (1) Amending SBX 2 11 and related Government Code Sections; (2) Establishing Permanent State of California Commission on Judicial Oversight and Victims Compensation for Judicial Misconduct and Judicial Abuse of Power; (3) Amending AB 2960 Establishing Judicial Term Limits; and (4) Amending AB 2960 Requiring Retention Elections for Unopposed Superior Court Judges Seeking Re-Election BILL NUMBER: BILL TEXT CHAPTER FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE APPROVED BY GOVERNOR PASSED THE SENATE PASSED THE ASSEMBLY INTRODUCED BY [to be inserted] October , 2022 An act: (1) responding to the systemic emergency judicial crisis in California existing since approximately 1985 when individual counties and courts commenced paying State Superior Court judges sitting on State Superior Courts for their counties “supplemental or local judicial benefits” in addition to the State compensation (salary and benefits) paid to the judges by the State causing disparity in judges judicial salary and benefits, double taxation for citizens and residents in the “paying counties”, “unconstitutional (unlawful) ‘supplemental local judicial benefit payments’ ” to the judges resulting in 90% of California’s Superior Court judges receiving “bribes” under California and federal criminal laws; (2) responding to President Biden’s June 3, 2021 Memorandum declaring Corruption to be a National Security Issue; (3) responding to the public outcry against: (a) California’s judicial misconduct and judicial abuse of power negatively controlling judicial decisions as exemplified by SBX 2 11 and articles in the Daily Kos by Richard I. Fine, Doctor of Law, Ph.D. (Law, International Law) showing the judicial misconduct and judicial abuse of power by: (i) counties, courts and their employees; and (ii) members of the California judiciary; and (b) the Federal judiciary’s misconduct and abuse of power negatively controlling judicial decisions… Read More