The Los Angeles Times reports that, “California courts, reeling from years of state budget cuts, are delaying hearings and trials, allowing records to sit unprocessed for months and slashing services at public windows, a judge’s committee has reported.

The report by the Trial Court Presiding Judges Advisory Committee was based on a survey of all presiding judges and prepared for the Judicial Council, the policy-making body for the courts. All but 10 of the state’s counties responded to the survey.

California’s courts have lost about 65% of their general fund support from the state during the last five years, and Gov. Jerry Brown’s proposed budget fails to restore any of the lost revenue. Presiding judges told the committee that the loss of revenue has affected everything from small claims to child custody disputes.”

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