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General Directives

General Directives from the Presiding Judge

General Directives Index 2026

Directive No. Directive Description

No. of Pages

 Date Issued
2026-01 Rescission of General Orders 1 01/01/26
2026-02 Designation of Presiding & Supervising Judges 2

01/01/26
2026-03A Weapons Security & Health Screening 3 01/15/26
2026-04 Family Violence Council 3 01/01/26
2026-05 Grand Jury Requests to Interview Court Members or Employees in Civil Investigations 1 01/01/26
2026-06 Expenditure Authorization 1 01/01/26
2026-07 Delegation of Duties to the Court Executive Officer 1 01/01/26
2026-08 Designation of Alternative Dispute Resolution Program Administrator 1 01/01/26
2026-09 Designation of Temporary Judge Program Administrator 1 01/01/26
2026-10 Delegation of Authority Regarding Temporary Judges 1 01/01/26
2026-11 Delegation of Authority to Clerk to Approve Fee Waiver Applications and to Process Requests for Waiver of Court Fees from Inmates Under Government Code Section 68635 1 01/01/26
2026-12 Delegation of Authority to Clerk to Process Notice on Hearing About Court Fees (Judicial Council Form FW-007) 1 01/01/26
2026-13 Clerk's Authority to Refuse to Enter a Full Satisfaction of Judgment or Dismissal in a Case Where Court Fees and Costs Were Initially Waived 1 01/01/26
2026-14 Designation of Judges to Order Interception of Electronic Communications 1 01/01/26
2026-15 Designation of ADA Coordinator 1 01/01/26
2026-16 California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) 1 01/01/26
2026-17 Designation of Juvenile Court Judges 1 01/01/26
2026-18 Provisional Qualification of Noncertified and or Nonregistered Interpreters 1 01/01/26
2026-19 Succession of Leadership 1 01/01/26
2026-20 Designation of Judges to Issue Temporary Gun Violence Restraining Orders when Court is not in Session 1 01/01/26
2026-21 Assignment of Civil Administrative Writs 1 01/01/26
2026-22B Assignment of Criminal Writs 1 03/23/26
2026-23 Use of Subordinate Judicial Officers and Temporary Judges to Review and Adjudicate Ex Parte Matters 1 01/01/26
2026-24 Operation of Electronic Recording Equipment for Specified Proceedings Involving Fundamental Liberty Interests in the Absence of an Available Court Reporter 29 01/01/26

2026-25

 Court Reporters in Family Law Cases 1 01/27/26
2026-26 Reassignment Of Cases at the Wiley W. Manuel Courthouse 1

01/27/26

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