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FILE - In this March 23, 2015, file photo, California Supreme Court Chief Justice Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye delivers her State of the Judiciary address at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif. The Judicial Council of California voted earlier this year to halt eviction and foreclosure proceedings because of the coronavirus pandemic. Cantil-Sakauye announced Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2020, that the council would vote Thursday on whether to resume those proceedings on Sept. 1. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

Vote nears on resuming eviction proceedings in California

By ADAM BEAM - Associated Press

FILE - In this Feb. 24, 2020, file photo, Assemblyman David Chiu, D-San Francisco, chairman of the Assembly housing committee, center, speaks during a news conference, in Sacramento, Calif. California judicial leaders are considering an early end to statewide emergency orders suspending foreclosures and evictions during the coronavirus pandemic, prompting objections from lawmakers and advocates, including Chiu, that they may be acting too soon and disproportionately harming minorities in the midst of civil unrest over the deaths of black people at the hands of police. The state's Judicial Council in early April delayed all eviction cases from moving forward as one of 13 steps responding to the pandemic. &quot;Millions of Californians are hanging on by a thread financially,&quot; he said in a statement. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

California courts end $0 bail order imposed for coronavirus

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Kansas case spurs House panel inquiry on judicial harassment

By ROXANA HEGEMAN - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 23, 2015, file photo, California Supreme Court Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye delivers her State of the Judiciary address before a joint session of the Legislature at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif. California's top judge says state courts should disclose the names of judges and other court officials who have entered into settlement agreements to resolve sexual harassment complaints. Cantil-Sakauye said Tuesday, April 10, 2018, she is asking the policymaking body for California's courts, the Judicial Council, to revise rules to make it clear that the information is public and state courts should release it. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

California chief justice: Release judges’ names in sex cases

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Proposal would change makeup of Judicial Council

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Federal judge sent hundreds of bigoted emails

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