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The Court, Then and Now
The Court, Then and Now
The State’s FY 2024-25 budget addresses a revenue downturn through budget cuts, borrowing,
shifting expenses between funds, and deferring planning obligations and payments. As part of a $97
million statewide reduction to trial court funding, the Court will receive 88.9% of its projected funding
need, 2.4% below the statewide average. The timeline below highlights key events that have shaped
the Court’s current and future financial outlook.
Court Analytics Virtual Transition from WAFM to
Environment (CAVE) Workload Formula Replaces
CAVE provides secured and quick WAFM
access of current and historical case In 2013, the Judicial Council adopted the
file information for all litigation Workload-Based Allocation Method
types. (WAFM), based on the Resource Safe Access to
Assessment Study (RAS), leading to a Justice
Court User Portal $13 million permanent reallocation of the
(CUP) Court’s base funding. WAFM has now The Court Sets Up Triage
Court users can access enhanced been replaced by a new workload Booths to Serve Public’s
online services to conduct court formula, which serves as the basis for Needs
business such as requesting an determining trial court allocations from
extension, establishing a payment the Judicial Council.
plan, or submitting case documents
electronically.
| 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020
COVID-19 Pandemic,
Court Closures, and
Worldwide Recession
Text-to-Pay The Court becomes a severely
Service underfunded court.
Implemented
Major Changes to
Court Programs
The Language Access Plan is
adopted, and Dependency Court-
Appointed Council (CAC) Base Funding Reduction
funding switches to a workload- Self-Help Services Funding of $12.6 Million
based model. Increase
The Budget Act of 2018 allocates an additional
$19.1 million to enhance court-based self-help
centers. The Court operates six Self-Help
Center Locations, providing essential support
to self-represented litigants as they navigate The Court’s new Five-Year
the court system.
Strategic Plan is unveiled.
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