ANTELOPE VALLEY : Supervisors Propose 12th Court District
Los Angeles County supervisors on Tuesday approved a 12th court district for the Antelope Valley that could transfer administration of the court from San Fernando to Lancaster and improve service to the public.
The proposal must be incorporated into a state bill and approved by the Legislature before the North District can be created because a 1959 state law set a limit of 11 districts for Los Angeles County, said Ellen McCarthy, spokeswoman for the Judicial Council of California.
“When you don’t have a district out there, it’s a stepchild,” said Ricardo Torres, presiding judge of the Los Angeles Superior Court system. Currently, the court is managed through the North Valley District headquartered in San Fernando. Torres said that neither of the two judges nor the two court commissioners assigned to the Antelope Valley court lives in the area. He said he hopes establishing a new district might encourage some to move there.
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