In Alameda County I think this is more a problem of a court system which puts itself above the people. there are numerous stories out there about problems in that county. this includes spending nearly a hundred fifty million on a new court house and support buildings and then chopping the staff to handle cases from nearly a thousand to under seven hundred. So you have all this out lay for shiny new buildings and then the people in the same part of funding get cut.

throw in the courts, even appellate courts, do not like ruling against a judge and its harder to see it happen over a question that does not pertain to an individual case.

all of this budget cutting of staff to work the courts is fascinating but expected in a state that is nearly run by its police public service union. they are big money and getting people in the system is priority there. hence attempts to fix or slow that can be stymied with little public outrage