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Trial Court Budget | Workload Formula Adjustment Request Process, Cluster Assignment Evaluation for the Superior Court of San Francisco County (Action Required)
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Summary
The Trial Court Budget Advisory Committee recommends that the Judicial Council approve a revision of the Superior Court of San Francisco County’s cluster assignment from cluster 4 to cluster 3 based on the court’s current number of authorized judicial positions. The current four-cluster model was developed in the early 2000s for use in the Resource Assessment Study model and is based on each court’s authorized judicial positions. While the number of authorized judicial positions at most courts has not changed significantly over the years, the Superior Court of San Francisco County has experienced the most significant change, having eliminated 10 subordinate judicial officer positions in 2014, 15% of its total authorized judicial positions.body
Recommendation
In response to an Adjustment Request Proposal submitted by the Superior Court of San Francisco County, the Trial Court Budget Advisory Committee recommends that the Judicial Council approve changing the cluster assignment of the Superior Court of San Francisco County from cluster 4 to cluster 3, effective July 1, 2020, for use in the fiscal year 2020-21 Resource Assessment Study model and Workload Formula allocations.