2024-25 Trial Courts Budget, Judicial Council Allocations

Judicial Council Reports

The Judicial Branch Budget Committee and Trial Court Budget Advisory Committee report to the council provide helpful detail regarding the allocations, and can be viewed by following the links below on the California Courts website:

• Trial Court Budget| Allocations from the Trial Court Trust Fund and Trial Court Allocations for 2024-25

• Trial Court Budget | Fiscal Year 2024-25 Allocation of Community Assistance, Recovery, and Empowerment (CARE) Act Funding

• Trial Court Budget | State Trial Court Improvement and Modernization Fund Allocations for 2024-25

• Trial Court Budget | Fiscal Year 2024-25 Allocation of Court-Appointed Juvenile Dependency Counsel Funding

• Trial Court Budget| Model Self-Help Pilot Program–Technology Model Project Allocation Methodology

• Trial Court Budget| Self-Help Funding Allocation Methodology for Fiscal Year 2024–25 through 2026–27

• Allocations and Reimbursements to Trial Cours | Funding for Court Reporters

• Allocations and Reimbursements to Trial Courts| Pretrial Release Funding and Allocation Methodology

• Child Support | AB 1058 Child Support Commissioner and Family Law Facilitator Program Funding for Fiscal Year 2024–25

The final reduction for fund balances above the 3 percent cap, based on courts’ final 2023–24 year-end fund balance figures, will occur following Judicial Council approval at its November 2024 business meeting.

California Rule of Court (CRC) 10.620(f) requires trial courts to provide notice no later than 15 court days after receipt of the annual allocation of the trial court budget from the Judicial Council after enactment of the Budget