George Runner Gives Up Bid to Change LA Judges
Metnews is reporting that George Runner is giving up his bid to force district elections for judges in LA County.
When voters conslidated Municipal and Superior courts they did harm to large counties like LA. It made sense not to duplicate services in small counties with two sets of judges. The net effect in large counties is to ignore regional representation in judges. Pomona, Palmdale, West Hollywood and Compton are all different and are no longer represented.
Look at the reasons for opposition below. If judges are to sit in one place services would have to be provided there. Oh my!
The article portions relevant to this are pasted below.
By KENNETH OFGANG, Staff Writer
A proposed constitutional amendment that would have required that Los Angeles Superior Court judges be elected by district, with each district to elect no more than 36 judges, was withdrawn yesterday by its sponsors.
A statement distributed by the office of Sen. George Runner,… Read More