Phase Two: Resources - Currently Available

  • PLANNING NEWSLETTER, *Collaborations*
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  • COMMUNITY-FOCUSED COURT PLANNING RESOURCE TOOLS:
  • VIDEO PRODUCTS:  The following stand-alone videotapes from the May 1998 Conference, Courts and Their Communities: Local Court Planning and the Renewal of Public Trust and Confidence, are available.  To request these video products e-mail planning@jud.ca.gov.
    • Court, Communities, and the Administration of Justice (CJER Video #2889; 66 minutes:   A highlight of the historic May 1998 California Statewide Conference, this video features a panel discussion moderated by Roger Warren, President of the National Center for State Courts.  The distinguished panel, composed of state and national court and community leaders, surveys the California court environment and sets a context for the role of community collaboration and strategic planning in renewing public trust and confidence in the courts.  Reacting to a keynote video, Leading Justice Into the Future, the panelists -- Steven Nissen, Executive Director of the State Bar of California; Mary Hernandez, San Francisco Board of Education; John Walker, Latham & Watkins and Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce; and Margo Lindsay, National Center for Citizen Participation in the Administration of Justice -- discuss several important issues, including sources of public dissatisfaction with the courts; what the courts can do to improve public trust and confidence; and the importance of institutionalized strategic planning in addressing issues of public trust and confidence and maintaining a strong, independent judiciary.
    • Real Experience:  Models of Urban and Rural Court Planning (CJER Video #2890; 75 minutes):  A key part of the 1998 California Statewide Conference on Courts and Their Communities was the forum on strategic court planning in the real world.   Moderated by Hon. Kathleen E. O'Leary, Presiding Judge of the Orange County Superior Court, and facilitated by Dr. R. Dale Lefever, the panelists discuss their experiences of and strategies for successful court community collaboration in the planning process.  Hon. Joseph Farina provides an overview of Florida's development of a state-mandated strategic court plan.  Hon. Thomas Merrigan outlines the planning process for court reform initiated by Massachusetts's widely recognized Franklin County Futures Lab.  Presenting a California countywide perspective on court planning is Hon. W. Scott Snowden of Napa County.  The panelists discuss a wide range of strategic planning issues, including how to identify and involve community members and the resources necessary for effective planning, and ethical boundaries and limitations pertinent to the community outreach component.
    • Community Outreach:  Opportunities for Court and Communities (CJER Video #2891; 75 minutes):  This video from the groundbreaking 1998 California Statewide Conference on Courts and Their Communities features a panel discussion on a wide range of community outreach efforts.  The panel is moderated by Hon. Veronica S. McBeth, Presiding Judge of the Los Angeles Municipal Court.  The panelists -- Eric Lee, Director of Technology and Consulting, Center for Court Innovation; Alexander Aikman, Executive Officer of El Dorado County Superior Court; and Hon. Darrell W. Stevens, Supervising Judge, Butte County Superior Court, Chico Division -- describe their varied experiences in establishing outreach programs that have involved the courts and community in successful collaborations.  Their individual stories -- which focus on process and procedures -- illustrate how the courts can augment court resources, improve the court's quality of service, and better address community needs by tapping community resources and expertise.  Several court outreach programs are profiled in detail.
  • COUNTY-LEVEL ECONOMIC AND DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILES RESOURCES:   Provided to facilitate the strategic planning process, this list of sources for locating county-level trend information can provide data to be used by the courts in their research and analysis of user/customer needs.  Sources include a number of state institutions of higher learning, including The Center for Economic Development at California State University, Chico, which produces the Annual Profile Series for 20 California Counties.  Other resources provide demographic and trend information on many California Counties.
  • STRATEGIC PLANNING AND BUDGETING OVERVIEW PAPER:   Designed to educate planning teams, the court community, and others about California's court strategic planning and budget development processes -- and the relationship of planning to budgeting.
  • VIDEO TRAINING MANUAL (limited supply):   The AOC has developed a 3-videotape training package to assist courts in learning how to initiate and implement community-focused court planning.   Instructional materials for the videos and manual were drawn from the first-of-its-kind statewide conference, Courts and Their Communities:   Local Court Planning and the Renewal of Public Trust and Confidence, held in Long Beach, California, in May 1998.   This product has already been distributed to all California county court planning team leaders.  To inquire about availability,  e-mail planning@jud.ca.gov.