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 Employee Costs - The Budget includes $16.1 million General Fund for trial court employee benefit costs, of which $7.5 million reflects funding for trial courts that have made progress towards meeting the Public Employees? Pension Reform Act of 2013 standard for employees sharing the cost of pension funding. Recognizing that many of these costs are beyond the control of the trial courts, the Administration will continue to fund future increases related to existing health benefits and retirement costs for trial court employees and retirees.
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
 Enacted
2016-17*
Positions
Dollars
0130 Supreme Court
156.2
$46,438
0135 Courts of Appeal
795.0
224,784
0140 Judicial Council
553.5
133,173
0145 Judicial Branch Facility Program
131.2
409,904
0150 State Trial Court Funding
-
2,817,624
0155 Habeas Corpus Resource Center
81.1
15,015
0170 Offset from Local Property Tax Revenue
-
-34,491
Totals, Positions and Expenditures (excluding Infrastructure)
1,717.0
$3,612,447
 
 Infrastructure Expenditures
-
451,690
Totals, Positions and All Expenditures
1,717.0
$4,064,137

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 * - 68K) 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 * - 15K)
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 * - 15K)
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.