The Commission on Judicial Appointments will hold public hearings May 17 starting at 11 a.m. in the Supreme Court Courtroom, 350 McAllister Street, 4th Floor, in San Francisco. The commission will consider the following appointments by Gov. Gavin Newsom:• 11 a.m.—Justice Maria E. Stratton, as Presiding Justice of the Second District Court of Appeal, Division Eight (Los Angeles)
• 11:45 a.m.—Martin N. Buchanan, as Associate Justice of the Fourth District Court of Appeal, Division One (San Diego)
The Commission members are:
• Chief Justice Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye (Chair)
• Attorney General Rob Bonta
• Presiding Justice Arthur Gilbert (for Justice Stratton's hearing) and Presiding Justice Manuel A. Ramirez (for Martin Buchanan's hearing).
Seating in the courtroom will be limited—with some overflow seating also available in the auditorium—and any mask requirements will be enforced as may be required by state and local health directives in effect at the time of the hearing. The hearings will be webcast live on the California Courts Newsroom.
The state Constitution specifies that a gubernatorial nomination or appointment to the Supreme Court or a Court of Appeal is “effective when confirmed by the Commission on Judicial Appointments.”
The commission consists of the chief justice of California, the attorney general of California, and the presiding justice of the Court of Appeal of the affected district or, if there are two or more presiding justices, the one who has presided longest or, for a nomination or appointment to the Supreme Court, the presiding justice who has presided the longest on any Court of Appeal.
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