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The Superior Court of Sacramento County is one of 58 Superior Courts in California.
2012 election
Race on ballot
The following is a list of candidates for the 2012 Sacramento County Superior Court - on ballot election:
Races not on ballot
The following is a list of candidates for the 2012 Sacramento County Superior Court election:
Judges
Judicial selection
The method of judicial selection for the California Superior Courts is officially non-partisan election of judges, though many judges join the court via gubernatorial appointment. Once judges are appointed, they compete in the next general election following appointment.
If an incumbent Superior Court judge files for reelection and draws no opponent, that race does not appear on the ballot. If the race is contested, the candidate who wins more than 50% of the vote is elected. If no candidate receives more than 50%, the top two compete in a runoff in the general election in November. [1]
Court locations
- The Gordon D. Schaber Sacramento County Courthouse, 720 9th Street, Sacramento, CA 95814
- William R. Ridgeway Family Relations Courthouse, 3341 Power Inn Road, Sacramento, CA 95826
- Carol Miller Justice Center, 301 Bicentennial Circle, Sacramento, CA 95826
- Juvenile Courthouse, 9605 Kiefer Boulevard, Sacramento, CA 95827
- Lorenzo Patiño Hall of Justice (Sacramento County Main Jail), 651 I Street, Sacramento, CA 95814
2009 petition
A strong majority of the court's judges signed petitions in July 2009 in opposition to a pending budget deal that will result in closing the court one day a month. The judges believe that these trial court closures should not take place unless the California Administrative Office of the Courts cuts its spending or releases money from a database management project on which it has spent a little over $1 billion.[2]
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