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Tuesday, October 4, 2016

Luddite Legislators Keep Court Costs High

K. Lloyd Billingsley

The California Court Reporters Association (CCRA) has introduced legislation, AB 2629, that would raise court reporters’ fees for producing transcripts of trials. CCRA president Brooke Ryan believes this raise is long overdue, but she ignores key issues of interest to taxpayers.

Court reporters are highly paid government employees and according to courtreporteredu.org, their average rate of pay in California is the second highest of any state. According to the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics, the average annual pay for California court reporters in 2015 was $70,490. In the Sacramento area, the 2015 average was $71,410, with court reporters bagging an annual $81,940 in Riverside-San Bernardino and $82,040 in Oakland.......To Read More....

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