Judicial Branch Budget Committee

The Judicial Branch Budget Committee (JBBC) is comprised of Judicial Council members as one of the council’s internal committees. The JBBC reports directly to the Judicial Council. Members are appointed by the Chief Justice for a one-year term. The membership term runs from September 15 – September 14. 

Download the Committee Roster

• Hon. Ann C. Moorman,  Chair, Superior Court of California, County of Mendocino
• Mr. David H. Yamasaki,  Vice-Chair, Superior Court of California, County of Orange
• Hon. Carin T. Fujisaki, Court of Appeal, First Appellate District
• Hon. Brad R. Hill, Court of Appeal, Fifth Appellate District
• Hon. Maria Lucy Armendariz, Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles
• Hon. C. Todd Bottke, Superior Court of California, County of Tehama
• Hon. Charles S. Crompton, Superior Court of California, County of San Francisco
• Hon. Maria D. Hernandez, Superior Court of California, County of Orange
• Ms. Kate Bieker, Superior Court of California, County of Contra Costa

Lead Staff

• Ms. Angela Cowan, Judicial Council of California

The Judicial Branch Budget Committee will assist the Judicial Council in exercising its duties under rule 10.101 with respect to the judicial branch budget. In assisting the council on the branch budget, the committee:

1. Ensures that proposed judicial branch budgets, allocation schedules, and related budgetary issues are brought to the Judicial Council in a timely manner and in a format that permits the council to establish funding priorities in the context of the council's annual program objectives, statewide policies, and long-range strategic and operational plans;
2. Reviews and makes recommendations annually to the council on submitted budget change proposals for the judicial branch, coordinates these budget change proposals, and ensures that they are submitted to the council in a timely manner;
3. Reviews and makes recommendations on the use of statewide emergency funding for the judicial branch;
4. Reviews and makes recommendations on the funding of grants on programs assigned to the committee; and
5. Acts on other assignments referred to it by the council.

The Judicial Branch Budget Committee shall endeavor to promote the efficient, fiscally prudent, effective, and fair allocation of branch resources so as to advance statewide judicial branch interests.