San Bernardino Superior Court is better equipped than it has been in decades, the court’s annual report says.
The court is now 95% funded with $144 million annually, up from 48% funded in 2013, with an additional $7 million needed to bridge that gap, according to the report released March 18.
The court also has 102 judicial officers now, after last year’s additions of 14 appointed judges and four nominated commissioners. The court still needs 28 more judges to be considered fully equipped to handle the cases filed by county residents.
Those 2.18 million San Bernardino County residents filed 259,784 cases in 2023. That’s a