Sacramento Bee
California's civil war of the judges apparently will continue, even though a rebel organization scored a major victory this year. The state budget incorporated many provisions of legislation that the breakaway Alliance of California Judges had sought over the opposition of Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye in a quest for more local control of court funds. However, with the Brown administration likely seeking further court cuts, the alliance has elected one of its most combative members, Sacramento Superior Court Judge Steve White, as president.
