Report 2016-137 Recommendation 10 Responses
Report 2016-137: Commission on Judicial Performance: Weaknesses in Its Oversight Have Created Opportunities for Judicial Misconduct to Persist (Release Date: April 2019)
Recommendation #10 To: Commission on Judicial Performance
To improve its transparency and accessibility to the general public, by April 2020 CJP should implement a plan to regularly engage in outreach activities that target the general public.
Annual Follow-Up Agency Response From October 2021
CJP implemented this recommendation. CJP conducts an annual public meeting, including an annual meeting that will take place on October 15, 2021, at 10 a.m. In even-numbered years, CJP's public meetings will include a discussion of CJP's rule-making process. CJP has also engaged in targeted outreach to stakeholders with clients who regularly interact with the courts and who may be particularly harmed by judicial misconduct. CJP plans to engage in additional public outreach, including in-person presentations, once the COVID-19 pandemic has ended.
- Completion Date: September 2021
California State Auditor's Assessment of Annual Follow-Up Status: Fully Implemented
This recommendation is fully implemented now that CJP has held and plans to continue holding annual public meetings. CJP also provided us evidence of its targeted outreach to stakeholders.
Annual Follow-Up Agency Response From April 2021
The efforts to implement this recommendation are ongoing. CJP continued to engage in outreach and continues to develop a plan to have more outreach activities that target the general public. This will include an annual public meeting, as well as targeted outreach to stakeholders with clients who regularly interact with the courts. The pandemic has limited CJP's ability to engage in public outreach. CJP will continue to adapt its outreach plans once pandemic restrictions have ended.
- Estimated Completion Date: October 2021
California State Auditor's Assessment of Annual Follow-Up Status: Pending
Annual Follow-Up Agency Response From October 2020
CJP continues to work to implement this recommendation. CJP plans to have an annual public meetings in even-numbered years regarding its rule-making process. CJP is engaged in additional planning for public outreach that takes into account the COVID-19 pandemic. It intends to have a complete plan in place by May 2021.
- Estimated Completion Date: May 2021
California State Auditor's Assessment of Annual Follow-Up Status: Pending
1-Year Agency Response
The efforts to implement this recommendation are ongoing. CJP continued to engage in outreach, and was in the process of developing a plan to have more outreach activities that target the general public, prior to the coronavirus pandemic. Given the pandemic, CJP will need to change and adapt those plans. Some of the outreach presentations that were scheduled were canceled as a result of the pandemic.
- Estimated Completion Date: October 2020
- Response Date: April 2020
California State Auditor's Assessment of 1-Year Status: Pending
6-Month Agency Response
The efforts to implement this recommendation are ongoing.
- Estimated Completion Date: April 2020
- Response Date: October 2019
California State Auditor's Assessment of 6-Month Status: Pending
60-Day Agency Response
The efforts to implement this recommendation are ongoing.
- Estimated Completion Date: April 2020
- Response Date: June 2019
California State Auditor's Assessment of 60-Day Status: Pending
All Recommendations in 2016-137
Agency responses received are posted verbatim.