Who's In Your Court?
Every year, the Judicial Council of California - the San Francisco entity that serves as the Administrative Office of the Courts - releases a report about the demographic make-up of the state's judges. You can see the full report here.
If scrolling through 53 pages of data tables and summaries isn't your thing, I'll give you the quick hits. Twenty-eight percent of the state's 1,496 trial court judges are female, while 31 percent of the 427 bench officers in Los Angeles are female.
The majority of California's judges are white (72.5 percent). The next three largest racial groups are Hispanic (6.7 percent), Black (4.8 percent) and Asian (4.4 percent). It should be noted, though, that there are two other groups in there: Information Not Provided (6.4 percent) and More Than One Race (4.5 percent).
Los Angeles' bench breaks down this way: White (61.8 percent), Hispanic (8.9 percent), Black (7.3 percent) and Asian (6.3 percent).
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Larry Altman has covered crime in the South Bay since 1990. He's seen it all - the missing model who turned up dead in the desert, the wives found dead in trunks, the high-school coaches who get a little too close to their players. He drives his young colleagues nuts with his "I remember when" stories. He welcomes your tips and observations about the present, and you can mix in a little Lakers basketball talk if you like.
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