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January
• Chief sworn in as 28th Chief Justice of California.
• Supreme Court Justice Carlos Moreno announces retirement.
• Chief appoints Appellate Justice Harry E. Hull to Judicial Council.
• New management oversight of CCMS announced.
• Chief calls meeting of statewide branch leaders to discuss pending branch budget cuts. -
February
• Bureau of State Audit publishes audit of CCMS; all recommendations accepted.
• Chief convenes second meeting of branch leaders to discuss budget cuts
• Chief chairs her first meeting of the Judicial Council in Sacramento -
March
• Administrative Director William Vickrey announces his retirement, effective Sept. 9
• Chief creates Strategic Evaluation Committee to conduct in-depth review of AOC to promote accountability, transparency & efficiency.
• Chief enlists Trial Court Presiding Judges Advisory Committee to survey judges in their courts on branch governance issues. -
April
• Justice Richard Huffman, head of the Executive and Planning Committee on the Judicial Council, announces his departure from the council, effective June 30.
• Chief creates Judicial Council internal committee to oversee CCMS. -
May
• Department of Finance releases audit of AOC and appellate courts and finds no material weaknesses in fiscal controls.
• Presiding Judges from 35 courts submit responses from judges on branch issues identified by the Chief. -
June
• Chief appoints new co-chairs & broadens charge of the Advisory Committee on Accountability & Efficiency to promote financial accountability in judicial branch and to review budget, staffing, & compensation at the AOC.
• Chief appoints four members to Judicial Council (Appellate Justice Judith Meisels Ashmann-Gerst, Sacramento Judge David De Alba, San Francisco Judge Teri L. Jackson, Santa Clara CEO David H. Yamaski.)
• Governor approves the Budget Act of 2011 that -
July
• Chief appoints Justice Doug Miller as new chair of council’s Executive and Planning Committee.
• Chief creates Court Facilities Working Group, headed by Justice Brad Hill, to set priorities for court construction projects.
Chief appoints Yolo Superior Court Presiding Judge David Rosenberg as chair to the Judicial Council’s Trial Court Presiding Judges Advisory Committee, effective September 15
• Judicial Council names Ron Overholt as Interim Administrative Director of the Cou -
August
Chief opens the council’s educational meetings to the public and expands public comment period at council meetings.
Chief asks the Executive and Planning Committee explore new governance models for the judicial branch and Judicial Council.
Chief appoints a working group headed by Justice Harry E. Hull to begin search for new Administrative Director of the Courts.
Chief appoints a working group headed by Yolo Judge David Rosenberg to clarify parliamentary procedures for Judicial Council meetings. -
September
• Judicial Council approves emergency funding request of $2.5 from the Superior Court of San Francisco
• CCMS passes two independent reviews, which say the system will perform as designed; reviews recommended by the state’s Bureau of State Audits and the states Technology Agency
• Judicial Council announces national search for new Administrative Director of the Courts
• Chief delivers first annual address to State Bar and outlines four-point plan for the branch
