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The Court, Then and Now

Budgeted Salary and Non-Judicial Positions
$400
$350
$300 1,594.5 1,603.8
Equitable Funding for $250 1,533.3
Trial Courts Millions $200 1,515.7 1,495.1
The FY 2022-23 California budget 1,469.2 1,467.2 1,475.3
includes a $100 million ongoing $150
General Fund increase to promote fiscal $100
equity among the trial courts, with
ongoing funding for: $50
- Operational cost increases $-
- Fiscal equity among trial courts 2017-18 2018-19 2019-20 2020-21 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25
- Offset of AB 177 revenue loss Salary (in millions) Benefits (in millions) Position (Full Time Equivalent (FTE)
- Backfill of redirected CIVA revenues
- New judgeships
Funding Adjustments for Trial
Courts Amid Fiscal Challenges
California judicial branch budget reflects a $97
AB 177 Repeal of million reduction in trial court funding, driven by
Criminal Fees ongoing budget constraints and the need to address
Pursuant to Assembly Bill (AB) the state's fiscal challenges.
177, the courts no longer have
authority to collect specified
criminal fees.

| 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026

Funding
Restoration and CARE Act
FY 2021-22 New In October 2023, The CARE
Funding (Community Assistance,
Recovery, and Empowerment)
Act was introduced in
AB 199 Reduction California's court system, FY 2024-25 Trial Court Statewide
of CIVA commencing in seven counties, Funding Percentage = 91.3%
Pursuant to Assembly Bill including Orange County.
(AB) 199, the civil
assessment (CIVA) fee of
$300 for failure to appear FY 2024-25 Orange, 88.9
in Court is reduced to Statewide, 91.3
$100. Also, the fees
collected are deposited in
the State General Fund
rather than the Trial Court FY 2023-24 Orange, 89.6
Trust Fund. Statewide, 94.8

Orange, 91.0
FY 2022-23
Statewide, 92.2

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