San Bernardino Courthouse Superior Court of California, County of San Bernardino Initial Funding Year: FY 2007-2008

Overview
The Superior Court of California, County of San Bernardino serves the residents of the City of San Bernardino and the surrounding communities of Redlands, Fontana, and Twin Peaks in nine separate facilities. These facilities poorly serve the growing needs of the superior court, and the lack of consolidated facilities exacerbates the functional problems of the main court facilities. The nexus of court operations is located in the downtown court complex, consisting of two facilities. The original courthouse is the historic San Bernardino Courthouse, which was constructed in 1926 as a county office and court facility and is on the National Register of Historic Places. The courthouse originally had 2 courtrooms and a boardroom and now houses 15 marginal courtrooms. This facility was expanded in 1958 with the construction of the adjoining San Bernardino Courthouse Annex to the rear of the historic San Bernardino Courthouse. This facility, referred to as the "T-Wing," was constructed as an office building for county agencies with no courtrooms. The T-Wing now houses 11 makeshift courtrooms. These facilities have significant security problems, are very overcrowded, have many physical problems, and prevent the court from operating safely and efficiently.

This project will provide a new 36-courtroom facility on a site to be donated to the state by the City of San Bernardino directly across the street from the historic San Bernardino Courthouse. It will consolidate court operations and include space for court administration, a court clerk, court security operations, a holding area, and facility support space. The building will be 357,000 square feet on a site of about 7 acres.

Public Comment Period Expired

Notice of Invitation to Comment: Proposed Courthouse Project in the City of San Bernardino at N. Arrowhead Ave./W. 3rd St. for California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Compliance

In compliance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), the AOC released a Draft Initial Study and Mitigated Negative Declaration for public review in March 2008. The deadline for public comment was April 18, 2008. The AOC completed a Final Initial Study and Mitigated Negative Declaration (PDF) in May 2008.

Timeline

This project is expected to be completed Winter 2012.

The date is tentative and may be updated at any time.

Reference Documents

Fact Sheet (PDF, June 2007)
Feasibility Report (PDF)

For More Information
AOC Office of Court Construction and Management
415-865-8720, occm@jud.ca.gov

Page last updated: May 2008