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Sacramento County, CA Revamps Public Records WebSite

April 08, 2014 posted by Steve Brownstein

Sacramento judges introduced the first case search system in California built without outside consultants, saying it was constructed without extra funding, gives free public access online and stands in telling contrast to the financially disastrous Court Case Management System developed by the central bureaucracy of California's courts.

Judge Maryanne Gilliard said the Sacramento court's technical staff created the new search system with funds already in the court's budget. Her presentation to a packed courtroom of journalists, court officials and lawyers included a big-screen review of the new features conducted by technology chief Heather Pettit.

"All of our judges believe in free public access," Gilliard told the crowd.

Under its new leadership, Sacramento Superior Court has become a highly transparent California court, providing the public with prompt access to public documents.

Researchers can now undertake a full review of new matters on the day they are filed, where the previous access was delayed, partial and intermittent. The public can now see records promptly online or at the courthouse, where access had been delayed for weeks and months.