Tuesday | February 13, 2007
9:00–9:30 a.m.
9:30–10:00 a.m.
12:15–12:45 p.m.
12:45–1:15 p.m.

Highlights in this edition:

• Details on Governor Schwarzenegger's budget proposals including 100 new judgeships and $20 million for new court facilities.
• Sacramento, Placer, San Joaquin and Stanislaus create an entertaining interactive on-line staff training program for improving customer service.
• Orange finds the key to reducing repeat offenses in DUI Court.
• San Diego's Downtown Community Court employs restorative justice to crack down on nuisance crimes, improve the neighborhood, and lighten the court's work load.
• Riverside hosts a "Family Law Settlement Conference Faire" that vacated 100 trials in 4 days.
• And hear from newsmakers in Alameda, Butte, El Dorado, Glenn, Merced, Plumas, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Siskiyou, Solano, Sonoma, and Tehama Counties.

TravelCam Note:

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For more information:

• Budget Update
  http://serranus.courtinfo.ca.gov/programs/finance/latest.htm
  (Serranus login required )
  
  
• AOC Office of Governmental Affairs:
  916-323-3121
  
  
• Interactive Customer Service Training:
  
  
  • Linda Shafer
    Sacramento Superior Court Staff Development Officer
    916-874-6037
    ShaferL@saccourt.com
    
    
  • Maggie Cimino
    AOC Supervising Education Specialist
    415-865-7801
    Maggie.cimino@jud.ca.gov
  
  
  
• "Your Legal Rights" radio call-in program
  http://www.kalw.org/listen.html



• Merced's new courthouse update:
  http://www.mercedsunstar.com/local/story/13273298p-13905849c.html




• Briefs:
  
  
  • San Mateo’s public survey:
    http://www.sanmateocourt.org/survey/
    Contact: Judge Mark R. Forcum, Chair
    Community Outreach Committee
    650-363-7835
    
    
  • Foundation of the State Bar
    http://calbar.ca.gov/state/calbar/calbar_generic.jsp?cid=11367&id=1333
  
  
  
  • Mediation Week: March 18-24
    http://serranus.courtinfo.ca.gov/programs/adr/resources.htm
    (Serranus login required )
  
  
  
  • ADR Network e-mail address: adrnetwork@listserve.com
    
  
  
  
• California Courts Review Magazine
  On line: http://www.courtinfo.ca.gov/reference/ccr.htm
  To request a hard copy:
  PubInfo hotline: (800) 900–5980 or pubinfo@jud.ca.gov
  
  
• Court News Update: http://serranus.courtinfo.ca.gov/cnu/
  (Serranus login required )
  
  
• CCN story suggestions/comments: Leanne.Kozak@jud.ca.gov

CCN, winner of the 2005 Communicator Award of Distinction and the State Information Officers Council Gold Award for Excellence in Government Communications, is the half-hour newsmagazine for California court professionals. CCN is produced by the Administrative Office of the Courts and is distributed via satellite to nearly 200 downlink sites on the second Tuesday of each month.