Protesters Underscore Study on Court Problems

The county’s courts suffer from bloated management, poor morale and a rift between judges and managers that lingers five years after the state ordered municipal and superior courts to consolidate, according to a review by the National Center for State Courts in Denver.

The draft review surfaced Tuesday as 250 employees protested in front of the Central Justice Center in Santa Ana that they had not received 4% pay raises that had been promised. Other picketing occurred at court complexes in Fullerton, Newport Beach, Orange and Westminster.