Marin County (San Rafael)
SAN RAFAEL — Every second Tuesday of the month, Judge Beverly Wood dons a black robe and sits in the dining hall of the St. Vincent de Paul Society.
Wood and a group of mostly unpaid staff use the dining room to run the Marin Community Court program.
She created the program over six years ago to help those with traffic violations and suspended licenses get back on the road using what she calls “a combination of carrots and sticks.” Those include mandated community servi... (continued)
