Report 2016-137 Recommendation 13 Responses

Report 2016-137: Commission on Judicial Performance: Weaknesses in Its Oversight Have Created Opportunities for Judicial Misconduct to Persist (Release Date: April 2019)

Recommendation #13 To: Commission on Judicial Performance

To improve public transparency and offer opportunities for the public to provide testimony on its proposed rules and operations, CJP should hold at least one public meeting during its biennial rulemaking process. It should ensure that it properly notifies the public about the meeting and provides the public the opportunity to comment at the meeting.

Annual Follow-Up Agency Response From October 2020

CJP fully implemented this recommendation. For the biennial rule-making process that CJP just concluded, CJP held a public meeting by video-conference on September 15, 2020. (CJP conducted the public meeting by video-conference due to the COVID-19 pandemic.) CJP gave public notice of the meeting and provided the public with an opportunity to comment at the meeting. CJP intends to conduct similar public meetings on an ongoing basis as a part of its biennial rule-making process.

California State Auditor's Assessment of Annual Follow-Up Status: Fully Implemented

We are rating this recommendation as fully implemented because CJP noticed and held its first public meeting and stated it plans to hold similar meetings in the future.

1-Year Agency Response

CJP had planned to conduct a public meeting during the current rulemaking process (that occurs every other year). Given the coronavirus pandemic, CJP will need to determine the date of that meeting and how such a public meeting will take place.

California State Auditor's Assessment of 1-Year Status: Pending

6-Month Agency Response

The efforts to implement this recommendation are ongoing.

California State Auditor's Assessment of 6-Month Status: Pending

60-Day Agency Response

The efforts to implement this recommendation are ongoing.

California State Auditor's Assessment of 60-Day Status: Pending

All Recommendations in 2016-137

Agency responses received are posted verbatim.