Workload Assessment Advisory Committee

January 6, 2017 Meeting
10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Location: Redwood Room, Judicial Council Conference Center
Public Call-In Number: (877) 820-7831, Passcode: 5197241

• Notice

Previous Meetings

• 2016 Workload Assessment Advisory Committee Meetings
• 2015 Workload Assessment Advisory Committee Meetings
• 2014 Workload Assessment Advisory Committee Meetings

Superior Court Judges

• Hon. Lorna A. Alksne (Chair), County of San Diego
• Hon. Irma Poole Asberry, County of Riverside
• Hon. Joyce Hinrichs, County of Humboldt
• Hon. Suzanne N. Kingsbury, County of El Dorado
• Hon. John D. Kirihara, County of Merced
• Hon. Richard C. Martin, County of Lake
• Hon. Annemarie G. Pace, County of San Bernardino
• Hon. Jennifer K. Rockwell, County of Sacramento
• Hon. Garrett L. Wong, County of San Francisco

Superior Court Executive Officers:

• Ms. Sherri Carter, County of Los Angeles
• Mr. Sean Metroka, County of Nevada
• Ms. Sheran Morton, County of Fresno
• Mr. Stephen Nash, County of Contra Costa
• Mr. Darrel E. Parker, County of Santa Barbara
• Mr. Michael Planet, County of Ventura
• Ms. Teresa Risi, County of Monterey
• Mr. Brian Taylor, County of Solano

AB 1058 Funding Allocation Joint Subcommittee

• Hon. Mark A. Juhas, Co-Chair, Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles
• Hon. Carolyn B. Kuhl, Co-Chair, Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles
• Hon. Lorna A. Alksne, Superior Court of California, County of San Diego
• Hon. Irma Poole Asberry, Superior Court of California, County of Riverside
• Hon. C. Todd Bottke, Superior Court of California, County of Tehama
• Hon. Jonathan B. Conklin, Superior Court of California, County of Fresno
• Mr. Richard D. Feldstein, Superior Court of California, County of Napa
• Ms. Rebecca Fleming, Superior Court of California, County of Stanislaus
• Ms. Alisha A. Griffin, Director, California Department of Child Support Services
• Hon. Maureen F. Hallahan, Superior Court of California, County of San Diego
• Hon. Joyce D. Hinrichs, Superior Court of California, County of Humboldt
• Hon. Ira R. Kaufman, Superior Court of California, County of Plumas
• Ms. Sheran L. Morton, Superior Court of California, County of Fresno
• Mr. Stephen H. Nash, Superior Court of California, County of Contra Costa
• Hon. B. Scott Thomsen, Superior Court of California, County of Nevada
• Ms. Alicia Valdez Wright, Esq., Superior Court of California, County of San Luis Obispo

Background
The Judicial Council established the Judicial Branch Resource Needs Assessment Advisory Committee (JBRNAAC) as a standing Judicial Council advisory committee on December 13, 2013.

The JBRNAAC succeeded the Senate Bill (SB) 56 Working Group, previously established by the Administrative Director of the Courts in 2009.

In April 2014, the JBRNAAC was renamed the Workload Assessment Advisory Committee (WAAC).

Charge of Workload Assessment Advisory Committee

(a) Area of focus
The committee makes recommendations to the council on judicial administration standards and measures that provide for the equitable allocation of resources across courts to promote the fair and efficient administration of justice.

(b) Additional duties
In addition to the duties specified in rule 10.34, the committee must recommend:

1. Improvements to performance measures and implementation plans and any modifications to the Judicial Workload Assessment and the Resource Assessment Study Model;
2. Processes, study design, and methodologies that should be used to measure and report on court administration; and
3. Studies and analyses to update and amend case weights through time studies, focus groups, or other methods.

1. The advisory committee consists of an equal number of superior court judicial officers and court executive officers reflecting diverse aspects of state trial courts, including urban, suburban, and rural locales; size and adequacy of resources; number of authorized judgeships; and for judicial officers, diversity of case type experience.
2. A judicial officer and court executive officer may be from the same court.

Rule 10.66 adopted effective January 1, 2015.