Sonoma County
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Superior Court judges in this pack, plus statewide Supreme and District 1 Court of Appeal retention justices.
Superior Court (23)
- MisalignedOut of touch on the basics
James G. Bertoli (Sonoma County)
Why: CJP Public Admonishment (2024) — CJP public admonishment (Oct 30, 2024) of Sonoma County Superior Court Judge James G. Bertoli for…
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Robert M. Laforge (Sonoma County)
Why: Roster-only Thin until published-opinion or CJP cites attached. Source:…
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Daniel Chester (Sonoma County)
Why: Roster-only Thin until published-opinion or CJP cites attached. Source:…
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Laura Passaglia (Sonoma County)
Why: Roster-only Thin until published-opinion or CJP cites attached. Source:…
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Patrick M. Broderick (Sonoma County)
Why: Roster-only Thin until published-opinion or CJP cites attached. Source:…
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Shelly J. Averill (Sonoma County)
Why: Roster-only Thin until published-opinion or CJP cites attached. Source:…
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Jane Gaskell (Sonoma County)
Why: Roster-only Thin until published-opinion or CJP cites attached. Source:…
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Dana Simonds (Sonoma County)
Why: Roster-only Thin until published-opinion or CJP cites attached. Source:…
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David Kim (Sonoma County)
Why: Roster-only Thin until published-opinion or CJP cites attached. Source:…
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Oscar A. Pardo (Sonoma County)
Why: Roster-only Thin until published-opinion or CJP cites attached. Source:…
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Lynnette D. Brown (Sonoma County)
Why: Roster-only Thin until published-opinion or CJP cites attached. Source:…
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Kinna Patel Crocker (Sonoma County)
Why: Roster-only Thin until published-opinion or CJP cites attached. Source:…
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Kenneth English (Sonoma County)
Why: Roster-only Thin until published-opinion or CJP cites attached. Source:…
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Lawrence E. Ornell (Sonoma County)
Why: Roster-only Thin until published-opinion or CJP cites attached. Source:…
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Kristine Burk (Sonoma County)
Why: Roster-only Thin until published-opinion or CJP cites attached. Source:…
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Paul J. Lozada (Sonoma County)
Why: Roster-only Thin until published-opinion or CJP cites attached. Source:…
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Paige A. Hein (Sonoma County)
Why: Roster-only Thin until published-opinion or CJP cites attached. Source:…
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Troye Shaffer (Sonoma County)
Why: Roster-only Thin until published-opinion or CJP cites attached. Source:…
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Mark Urioste Juvenile Dependency (Sonoma County)
Why: Roster-only Thin until published-opinion or CJP cites attached. Source:…
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Chistopher Honigsberg (Sonoma County)
Why: Roster-only Thin until published-opinion or CJP cites attached. Source:…
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Rosie Takhar-Dhillon (Sonoma County)
Why: Bay Area Superior roster Soft from official court directory/assignment cite. Source:…
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Megan Amaral (Sonoma County)
Why: Bay Area Superior roster Soft from official court directory/assignment cite. Source:…
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Jennifer V. Dollard (Sonoma County)
Why: Sonoma Superior roster Soft from official Judicial Assignments HTML (Hon. Soft Jennifer V. Dollard; commissioners Soft-excluded)…
Court of Appeal — District 1 (11)
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Charles A. Smiley (Court of Appeal, District 1)
Why: Thin for A or F: Concurred in Debbane (A172067). Stay C. No CJP public discipline attached. Appointing-era signal alone does not upgrade.…
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Danny Y. Chou (Court of Appeal, District 1)
Why: Thin for A or F: Authored published civil opinions (Herc Rentals, A174303; Sakach, A175648). Stay C. No CJP public discipline attached.…
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Gordon Burns (Court of Appeal, District 1)
Why: Thin for A or F: Concurred in Herc Rentals (A174303); as assigned justice concurred in Cervantes v. Bianco (S295866) and Bonta v. Bianco…
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Ioana Petrou (Court of Appeal, District 1)
Why: Thin for A or F: Published panel cites (People v. Centeno, A171308; Irvine v. Irvine, A172066). Holdings do not clearly meet A or F under…
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Kathleen M. Banke (Court of Appeal, District 1)
Why: Thin for A or F: Authored published opinion affirming plaintiffs vs SF vacant-unit tax (Debbane, A172067). Civil/tax — stay C. No CJP…
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Mark Simons (Court of Appeal, District 1)
Why: Thin for A or F: Concurred in Herc Rentals (A174303) and Sakach (A175648). Stay C. No CJP public discipline attached. Appointing-era…
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Monique Langhorne Wilson (Court of Appeal, District 1)
Why: Thin for A or F: Concurred in Debbane (A172067) vacant-unit tax opinion. Stay C. No CJP public discipline attached. Appointing-era signal…
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Tara M. Desautels (Court of Appeal, District 1)
Why: Thin for A or F: Concurred in People v. Putallez (A174094). Stay C. No CJP public discipline attached. Appointing-era signal alone does…
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Therese M. Stewart (Court of Appeal, District 1)
Why: Mixed / insufficient case-vote depth for A or F. Appointing-era signal: Newsom-era Court of Appeal elevation on 2026 SOS retention list…
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Tracie L. Brown (Court of Appeal, District 1)
Why: Thin for A or F: Authored People v. Adam (A175410) reversing for §1382 speedy-trial error. Stay C. No CJP public discipline attached.…
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Victor A. Rodriguez (Court of Appeal, District 1)
Why: Thin for A or F: Concurred in published criminal affirmance (People v. Centeno, A171308). Thin for A/F. No CJP public discipline attached.…
Supreme Court (statewide) (2)
- MisalignedOut of touch on the basics
Joshua Groban (California Supreme Court)
Why: Out-of-touch / progressive-bench signal under FairPAC rubric: Appointed to California Supreme Court by Governor Gavin Newsom (2018). Prior…
- MisalignedOut of touch on the basics
Kelli M. Evans (California Supreme Court)
Why: Out-of-touch / progressive-bench signal under FairPAC rubric: Appointed to California Supreme Court by Governor Gavin Newsom (2022). Prior…