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
The following list of counties and their related courthouse projects includes those for which the AOC has submitted funding requests to the State Department of Finance for the last three fiscal years - 2007, 2008, and 2009.
These projects are also included in the Judicial Branch (AB 1473) Five Year Infrastructure Plan.
We are updating our Projects listing. Please check the project Web page for the most recently available information.
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
Court Facilities Dispute Resolution Committee
The Court Facilities Dispute Resolution Committee is authorized to hear disputes between counties and the Judicial Council for the transfer of responsibility for court facilities.
Transfer Program Toolkit
Resources for county, court and state employees involved in the transfer of trial court facilities.
Completed Transfer Agreements (Updated, April 2009) (PDF)
Current listing of completed transfer agreements. Includes county, building name, agreement type, executed agreement date, and effective date of transfer.
"Record Number of Courthouses Transfer to State Governance" (January 14, 2009, News Release)
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 (July 2008)
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 2009–2010 was approved by the Judicial Council in April 2008, and it includes an updated trial court capital-outlay plan of 152 new-construction, addition, and major renovation projects, as well as a summary of the FY 2009–2010 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.
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.
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.
