Los Angeles Courts Abolish Mediation Programs

We stumbled upon this article by Victoria Pynchon (a friend of our blog):

In a tersely worded announcement on the Los Angeles Superior Court’s “Update” website, the largest court system in the world describes drastic immediate cutbacks that could bring the delivery of justice to a trickle if not a complete collapse.

According to a November 27 “Court Update,” Court administrators announced that the system has been told to “permanently cut its budget by $55 million to $86 million” within the next six months. These draconian cuts will be added to more than $100 million in budgetary cuts over the past two years.

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