Legislative, Judicial, and Executive
0250 Judicial Branch

Article VI of the Constitution creates the Supreme Court of California and the Courts of Appeal to exercise the judicial power of the state at the appellate level. Article VI also creates the Judicial Council of California to administer the state's judicial system. Chapter 869, Statutes of 1997, created the California Habeas Corpus Resource Center to represent any person financially unable to employ appellate counsel in capital cases.

The Lockyer-Isenberg Trial Court Funding Act of 1997 (Chapter 850, Statutes of 1997) provided a stable and consistent funding source for the trial courts. More.....

MAJOR PROGRAM CHANGES Back to Top
  • Trial Court Operations Funding-The 2012 Budget Act limited trial court reserves to 1 percent beginning on July 1, 2014. The spending down of court reserves offsets General Fund spending on a dollar-for-dollar basis. The Budget uses a $200 million transfer from the Immediate and Critical Needs Account to support trial court operations as the courts adapt to the new reserve policy.


PROGRAMS Back to Top
The following table presents total proposed budget year positions and expenditures for each budgeted program area. These expenditures include all funding sources that support the state agency's programs.
Code Program
Proposed
2013-14*
Positions
Dollars
10 Supreme Court
175.0
$43,500
20 Courts of Appeal
866.5
204,886
30 Judicial Council
698.4
150,795
35 Judicial Branch Facility Program
146.0
263,083
45 State Trial Court Funding
-
2,430,566
50 Habeas Corpus Resource Center
94.0
13,576
96 Offset From Local Property Tax Revenue
-
-
Totals, Positions and Expenditures (excluding Infrastructure)
1,979.9
$3,106,406
 
Infrastructure Expenditures
-
48,339
Totals, Positions and All Expenditures
1,979.9
$3,154,745

Refer to the Program Descriptions for a description of programs operated by this state agency.

Refer to the 3-Yr Expenditures & Positions for expenditures, positions, and funding detail.

Refer to the Infrastructure Overview for infrastructure expenditure detail.

PRINTABLE BUDGET DOCUMENTS Back to Top
The following identifies budget documents for this state agency that are available in a printable (pdf) format.

Entire Judicial Branch Budget (pdf * - 329K) in pdf format.
This document provides a printable format (pdf) of all budget information for this state agency. Note: Along with other information, this document includes the documents listed below.

Fund Condition Statements ONLY (pdf * - 16K)
This document provides a printable format (pdf) of only the fund condition statements for each fund administered by this state agency.

Detail of Appropriations and Adjustments ONLY (pdf * - 13K)
This document provides a printable format (pdf) of only the detail of appropriations and adjustments for this state agency.


ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Back to Top
Legal Citations and Authority
Includes the legal citations (state statutes, federal statutes, and court orders) for operation of department programs and activities.

Trial Court- Related Appropriations, Allocations, and Expenditure Budgets (pdf * - 129K)
This document provides the allotment of funds to Trial Court related programs appropriated from either the Trial Court Trust Fund or the General Fund.

Expenditures of Superior Courts (pdf * - 129K)
This document provides 2011-12 actual expenditures and 2012-13 estimated expenditures of the Superior Courts of California.