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Letters

Aug. 30, 2022

Courtroom electronic recording should be expanded

Spring Street Courthouse

Lawrence P. Riff

Site Judge
Los Angeles County Superior Court

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Re: Shortage prompts LA court to move stenographers to felony, juvenile matters (LADJ, Aug. 29).

For years court administrators and even the California Supreme Court warned of the coming crisis in access to justice for impoverished and vulnerable litigants. The problem? The state (and nation) is running out of qualified court reporters. Why? Not because currently there is not enough money to pay them. But because there is an inexorab...

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