Reports and Resources
About OCCM
Appellate and Trial Court Projects
Conditions In Our Courts
Court Transfers
Planning, Design and Construction
Legislation
About OCCM
Office of Court Construction and Management: Fact Sheet (PDF, 88 KB)
Details the Office of Court Construction and Management's scope of responsibilities and current projects.
Appellate and Trial Court Projects
Funding Requests for Fiscal Year 2008–2009
As directed by the Judicial Council, AOC staff submitted a total of 18 project funding requests—for 3 appellate courts and 15 trial courts—to the State Department of Finance in June 2007. These projects and their requested costs for either ongoing or initial phase(s) can be found in the latest Judicial Branch (AB 1473) Five Year Infrastructure Plan for fiscal year 2008–2009.
Links are provided below to the one new appellate court and the four new trial court Project Feasibility Reports and Fact Sheets (when available), prepared to support fiscal year 2008–2009 funding requests. Links to the other 13 reports and fact sheets are provided in the next section, as they had been initially prepared to support previous fiscal year funding requests.
Project Feasibility Reports and Fact Sheets
Court of Appeal-Fourth Appellate District (Riverside)
Butte County-New North Butte County Courthouse
Los Angeles County-New Southeast Los Angeles Courthouse (SE)
Tehama County-New Red Bluff Courthouse
Yolo County-New Woodland Courthouse
Funding Requests for Previous Fiscal Years
As directed by the Judicial Council, AOC staff submitted a total of 15 project funding requests—for 3 appellate courts and 12 trial courts—to the State Department of Finance in June and September 2006. These projects and their requested costs for either ongoing or initial phase(s) can be found in Judicial Branch (AB 1473) Five Year Infrastructure Plan for fiscal year 2007-2008.
Links are provided below to each Project Feasibility Report and Fact Sheet, prepared to support funding requests for these projects.
Project Feasibility Reports and Fact Sheets
Court of Appeal-Fourth Appellate District (San Diego)
Court of Appeal-Fourth Appellate District (Orange)
Court of Appeal-Sixth Appellate District (San Jose)
Calaveras County-New San Andreas Courthouse
Contra Costa-New East Contra Costa Courthouse
Lassen County-New Susanville Courthouse
Los Angeles County-New Long Beach Courthouse
Madera County-New Madera Courthouse
Mono County-New Mammoth Lakes Courthouse
Plumas/Sierra County-New Portola/Loyalton Courthouse
Riverside County-New Riverside Mid-County Region Courthouse
San Benito County-New Hollister Courthouse
San Bernardino County-New San Bernardino Courthouse
San Joaquin County-New Stockton Courthouse
Tulare County-New Porterville Courthouse
Conditions In Our Courts
Judges and Attorneys on Local Court Facilities (March 2006, PDF, 296 KB)
Judicial officers and attorneys report on local court conditions in these excerpts from letters to state legislators.
Conditions in California's Courthouses 
(October 2005, Windows Media)
What are the challenges facing California's courthouses today, and how can their conditions be improved?
Transcript (DOC, 44 KB)
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In Their Own Words (October 2005, Windows Media)
California's judges and justices discuss the impact of current courthouse conditions on safety, access, jury duty, families and public trust and confidence.
Transcript (DOC, 63 KB)
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Seismic Assessment Report and Fact Sheet
Preliminary findings of a seismic assessment of California's court buildings conducted in accordance with the Trial Court Facilities Act of 2002 (Sen. Bill 1732 [Escutia]; Stats. 2002, ch. 1082).
Court Transfers
Transfer Program Toolkit
Resources for county, court and state employees involved in the transfer of trial court facilities.
Completed Court Transfers (Updated, April 2008) (PDF, 34 KB)
Current listing of completed court transfers. Includes county, building name, date of transfer, and transfer type.
Transfer of Court Facilities to the State: Fact Sheet (PDF, 85 KB)
Overview of the transfers' legislative background and the benefits to Californians that will result from this historic shift in the state's judicial branch.
Planning, Design and Construction
Judicial Branch (AB 1473) Five-Year Infrastructure Plan(June 2007)
The Judicial Council approved the first trial court capital-outlay plan in February 2004. In June 2005, a five-year plan for the entire Judicial Branch was developed, referencing all projects for the trial courts in addition to those for the appellate courts and for the offices of the AOC. The plan for FY 2008-2009 was approved by the Judicial Council in April 2007, and it includes an updated trial court capital-outlay plan of 175 new-construction, addition, and major renovation projects, as well as a summary of the FY 2008-2009 project funding requests submitted to the State Department of Finance. Learn more about the latest Judicial Branch Five-Year Infrastructure Plan by clicking the link above.
County Courthouse Construction Fund Forms (February 2006, PDF, 70 KB)
Procedures for use by counties when requesting to encumber or expend local Courthouse Construction Funds. Requests are reviewed by the Administrative Office of the Courts, and funds are intended for small construction projects in court facilities prior to their transfer.
California Trial Court Facilities Standards (April 2006, PDF, 6.9 MB)
These standards reflect best practices that will be applied to the design and construction of basic components of trial court buildings. The 2006 edition was developed using input from a variety of sources including experienced, knowledgeable individuals from courts, counties, architects, and engineers. This document supersedes the Trial Court Facilities Guidelines and Facility Guidelines for Technology in the Courthouse adopted in July 2002.
Forms for Reporting Facilities Deviations (July 2002, PDF)
Appellate Court Facilities Guidelines (July 2002, PDF, 183 KB)
Design guidelines developed by the Task Force on Court Facilities address the specific functional components that will be required in each area of most appellate courthouses in California, including such environmental conditions as accessibility.
Task Force on Court Facilities Online
The Task Force on Court Facilities' Web site includes the task force's reports, such as facilities guidelines and forecasts of future need, along with committee news, rosters, and meeting schedule.
Legislation
Senate Bill 1732: Trial Court Facilities Act of 2002 (October 2005, PDF)
The full text of SB 1732 (Stats. 2002, ch. 1082), which finalized the imperatives of trial court funding reform as envisioned by the Lockyer-Isenberg Trial Court Funding Act of 1997.
