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Steve Goorvitch
Associate Justice
right Left–Right record (FairPAC / Wake the Bench assessment — not an official court label): Right-leaning record. Published vote affirming denial of resentencing relief or affirming conviction (People v. Cortez, B348276). FairPAC / Wake the Bench assessment of record lean — not an official court label.
Research status: grades use public cites only; thin records stay C until sourced. How we research.
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Office
- Associate Justice
- District / seat
- Court of Appeal, District 2, Division 2
- Appellate district
- District 2
- Election
- retention · 2026-11-03
- Grade
- A Common-sense record
- Record lean
- right
Ballot question
Shall Associate Justice STEVE GOORVITCH be elected to the office for the term
Voting / case record
- People v. Cortez (2026) — majority. Joined published opinion affirming denial of a Penal Code §1170(d)(1) resentencing petition (sentence not treated as functional LWOP under the panel’s analysis). source
People v. Cortez, B348276 · Court of Appeal published opinion PDF (filed 2026)
About this listing
Official SOS retention/elevation question for Nov 3 2026 general election.
Why this grade — metrics
- cjp_public_discipline (high): none_attached_in_pack — No public CJP discipline record attached for this judge in this build. link
- key_case_votes (high): public_safety_affirmance — Published case vote pattern: joined/authored affirmance limiting expansive resentencing or affirming criminal judgment (People v. Cortez, B348276). Common-sense public-safety signal under FairPAC bench rubric. link
Public discipline (CJP)
Check the Commission on Judicial Performance before relying on any grade. We do not invent findings.
cjp.ca.gov decisions by judges
Sources
- November 3, 2026, General Election — Official Certified List of Candidates · 2026-08-27 — source
- Commission on Judicial Performance — public decisions
- Grade methodology — methodology.html