A $42 million increase in expected trial court funding across the state has caused Riverside Superior Court to keep its regular hours without planned closures.
The court had announced Nov. 15 that it would be closing its courtrooms one day a month in response to a decrease in funding. Those planned closures were going to happen Jan. 17, Feb. 14, March 28, April 18, May 23 and June 20.
The trial courts will still be defunded by $55 million compared to last year’s funding—but less than Gov. Gavin Newsom’s previously planned reduction of $97 million.
“We are committed to providing access to justice for our
