Tuesday | March 14, 2006
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:

• New Ranking for Construction Projects: learn why the existing list is getting reworked, and how courts can weigh in on the new prioritization.
  
• Top Priorities for the Branch: hear them in highlights from Chief Justice Ronald George’s State of the Judiciary Address to the Legislature.
  
• New Regional Director: get acquainted with Jody Patel, the new NCRO director serving the 32 courts in the Northern Central Region.
  
• Trust & Confidence Survey Response: find out what’s expected of the courts in the next 12-18 months.
  
• Budget Negotiations: get the latest insider’s info straight from the Capitol.
  
• Accounting & HR Technology: listen to court professionals from San Joaquin, Stanislaus, Sacramento and Riverside offer their opinions on CARS and CHRIS.

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For more information:

• Chief Justice’s State of the Judiciary Address:
  http://www.courtinfo.ca.gov/reference/documents/soj022806.pdf
  
  
  

• Judicial Council Meeting 2/28/06 Agenda:
  http://www.courtinfo.ca.gov/jc/documents/age022406.pdf
  
  
  
  
• Public Trust & Confidence Report Short Term Recommendations:
  http://www.courtinfo.ca.gov/jc/documents/reports/0224item8.pdf
  
  Phase 2 fact sheet: http://www.courtinfo.ca.gov/reference/documents/trust_p2.pdf
  
  Questions? Contact Douglas Denton, AOC Executive Office Programs Division, 415-865-7870, douglas.denton@jud.ca.gov
  
  
  
  

• Review of the Statewide Uniform Child Support Guideline:
  http://www.courtinfo.ca.gov/jc/documents/reports/0224item2.pdf

  
  
  
• Court Facilities Planning: Five-Year Infrastructure Plan Fiscal Year 2007–2008:
  http://www.courtinfo.ca.gov/jc/documents/reports/0224item5.pdf

  Office of Court Construction and Management
  http://www.courtinfo.ca.gov/programs/occm/
  
  
  
  

• Appointment Announcement News Release: Jody Patel, NCRO Director
  http://www.courtinfo.ca.gov/presscenter/newsreleases/NR12-06.PDF
  
  
  
  

• Probate Conservatorship Task Force Hearings:
  

  March 17, 2006
  10:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
  Auditorium
  Ronald Reagan State Building
  300 South Spring Street
  Los Angeles, California

  March 24, 2006
  10:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
  Milton Marks Auditorium
  455 Golden Gate Avenue
  San Francisco, California

  
  
  
• Kleps Award Information:
  http://www.courtinfo.ca.gov/programs/innovations/klepsprogram.htm

• 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/
  
  
  
• 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.

CCN: March 14, 2006