BILL ANALYSIS
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Date of Hearing: August 31, 2010
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON RULES
Nancy Skinner, Chair
SCR 126 (Corbett) - As Introduced: August 25, 2010
(As proposed to be amended: RN1024093)
SENATE VOTE : 28-0
SUBJECT : Chief Justice Ronald M. George Justice Center.
SUMMARY : Designates the Civic Center Complex, compromised of
the Earl Warren Building and the Hiram W. Johnson State Office
Building, located at the Civic Center Plaza in the City and
County of San Francisco, while maintaining the existing names of
the buildings, as the Ronald M. George Justice Center in honor
of his service as Chief Justice of California. Specifically,
this resolution makes the following legislative findings:
1)Since assuming office as California's 27th Chief Justice in
1996, Ronald M. George has provided visionary, inspirational,
and collaborative leadership that has been pivotal in the
transformation of California's court system into a truly
statewide system with the unifying goal of equal access to
fair and consistent justice for all in every venue in the
state.
2)Chief Justice George has been a driving force behind myriad
branchwide initiatives, including self-help programs, pro bono
services, education in fairness and cultural competency for
judges and court staff, public funding for legal services,
interpreter services, one-day or one-trial jury service, and
plain English jury instructions; and he has worked to promote
the fair and respectful treatment of all, thereby increasing
not only access to justice, but also the public's respect for
the operation and integrity of the judicial branch of
government.
3)Chief Justice George worked tirelessly with the Legislature,
and successive Governors, as well as within the judicial
branch to accomplish reforms that resulted in state funding
for the trial courts unification of 220 municipal and superior
courts into 58 trial courts, one in each county, and the
transfer of California's court facilities from county to state
ownership under the management of the judicial branch.
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4)Ronald M. George has distinguished himself as an exceptional
Chief Justice of California, responsible for achieving
unprecedented improvement in the administration of justice in
our state, and is acknowledged as a jurist dedicated to the
rule of law, intellectual rigor, impartiality, integrity, and
judicial excellence in all its forms.
FISCAL EFFECT : Unknown
REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION :
Support
None on file.
Opposition
None on file.
Analysis Prepared by : Lia Lopez / RLS. / (916) 319-2800