California Courts Consider Requesting Covid-Era Powers Extension

California’s court system is considering whether to request an extension of the judiciary’s pandemic-era emergency powers as infections continue to disrupt operations, Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye said.

“The problem for the branch is we can’t move to an endemic stage as long as there continues to be a 10-day isolation period where we continue to lose valuable staff and judges,” Cantil-Sakauye said at a Friday virtual event held by the California Constitution Center and several other organizations.

In the early days of the pandemic, California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) signed an executive order that made it easier for the California ...