An address delivered by Chief Justice Tani Sakauye of the Judicial Branch of California to a session of the California legislature on march 8th 2016. The address served as a testament to the work being done under the California judiciary as it is governed by the judicial council. With the breakdown of the three courts: through the 58 Superior Courts with 1,800 judges; through the 6 Courts of Appeal with 105 justices; through the Supreme Court with 7 justices. The address served as an insight into the judicial branch’s goals of reengineering self-assessment and transparency; all while speaking towards funding grant needs by the CA Governor presented in the Innovative grant fund proposition.  Such programming alluded to traffic bail rules lifted, implicit bias training, and pretrial release programs  (studies are that in some cases pretrial detention actually increases recidivism). In general, the address served as a call for a hopeful recommitment of civics, fairness and justice within the state of California judiciary system

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