Tuesday | May 9, 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:

• Spending Plan: Find out the 3 priorities the Judicial Council identified for next year’s budget, and what’s expected in the Governor’s “May Revise.”
  
  
• New Facilities Standards: Learn about design and construction choices approved for new and remodeled court buildings.
  
  
• Program Evaluations: Discover how to effectively measure progress and achievements on court activities to win grants and awards.
  
  
• Fresh Look At Our Jury System: Hear what a visiting judge from Japan has to say about our courts, with a close-up on lessons learned in Solano.
  
  
• CLETS Clips Along: Find out which courts are connecting to the California Law Enforcement Telecommunications System for domestic violence restraining orders.
  
  
• CCN TravelCam on the Move: Citizen journalists report from Santa Clara and Stanislaus. Is your court next?

TravelCam Note:

We want to send the CCN TravelCam to YOUR court, if you have a story to tell. It's easy, it's fun, and it brings deserved attention to your court. Just call Leanne Kozak at (916) 263-2838, or e-mail her at Leanne.Kozak@jud.ca.gov.

For more information:

• Cultural awareness video: “In the Interest of Justice”
  Terry Costa
  Lead Judicial Secretary
  San Joaquin Superior Court
  tcosta@courts.san-joaquin.ca.us

• Childcare partnerships:
  Sherri D. Camps
  Trial Court Administrator
  Hayward Hall of Justice
  Superior Court of California, County of Alameda
  (510) 670-5056
  scamps@alameda.courts.ca.gov

• CLETS:
  Neil Payne, AOC Information Services
  (916) 263-1390
  Neil.Payne@jud.ca.gov

• Kleps Awards:
  http://www.courtinfo.ca.gov/programs/innovations/
  Program Evaluations Consultant
  Bernadette Dawson
  innovations@jud.ca.gov          

• News Briefs:
  Tentative rulings on Santa Clara’s site:
  www.sccsuperiorcourt.org/
  
  
  Office of Court Construction and Management (OCCM)
  www.courtinfo.ca.gov/programs/occm/projects.htm
  
  
  Minimum Education Standards
  http://www.courtinfo.ca.gov/invitationstocomment/bproposals.htm
  
  
  Juror Information
  http://www.courtinfo.ca.gov/jury/index.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: May 9, 2006