Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye Starves Courts of Funding, Spends Millions on Limo and Security Service for High Court Judges

Judicial Council Chair Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye Caught on Camera Using Highway Patrol as Personal Taxi Service

Tani Cantil-Sakauye caught in the act by News10 in Sacramento.

ABC News10 in Sacramento has caught California Supreme Court Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye in the act of using the California Highway Patrol as a personal taxi and security service at taxpayer expense.

Emmy Award winning News10 investigative reporter Thom Jensen and his photographer tailed Cantil-Sakauye and her personal, armed CHP officer and driver to her home in a gated community in the Sacramento area.

As the video records, Jensen received an inhospitable reception from the chief justice and her CHP valet. At minute 1:40 of the clip, former 3rd District Court of Appeal Justice Arthur Scotland is caught on camera telling a lie to cover for Cantil-Sakauye - his long-time former colleague from Sacramento County Superior Court, the Third District Appellate Court, and the Deukmejian administration...

Click here to read the complete article at Supreme Court of California News.

Mendocino County Announces Court Closures

Effective April 1, 2011 the Covelo and Point Arena Courts in Mendocino County  will hear criminal, traffic, infraction, limited civil and small claims cases every other month. 

The Covelo Court will hear cases on the fourth Friday of each odd numbered monty, while the Point Arena Court will hear cases only on the third Thursday of each odd numbered month.

The "calendaring changes" are necessary due to the Superior Court's current financial crises and a decline in hearings for the Covelo and Point Arena Courts, according to a county press release.