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Under Code of Civil Procedure section 392(b) and Local Rule 2.3(a)(2)(A), Exhibit 1 (reproduced, one row per line; headed “effective 9-22-26”) updates Appendix 2.D with the proper filing courthouse for limited unlawful detainer actions in the ZIP codes and communities it lists; the order supersedes Appendix 2.D only as to those locations.
Department 508's courtroom information (Stanley Mosk Courthouse): ex parte applications (notice and the papers); the initial case management conference; discovery issues; pleading and pretrial motions (heard Monday through Friday, dates reserved on the online Court Reservation System; evidence; motions for summary judgment or summary adjudication; all motions); the final status conference and the trial documents for it (trial briefs, a joint list of stipulated facts, relief requested, a joint statement of the case, a joint witness list and time estimate, jury instructions and objections, a proposed verdict form, a joint exhibit list, discovery to be offered as testimony, a jury questionnaire, and joint exhibit binders); and trials (jury trials typically beginning at 10 a.m., court trials at 1:30 p.m.).
Department 735's courtroom information (Stanley Mosk Courthouse): motions (hearing dates reserved on the Court Reservation System); motions to seal; ex parte applications (8:30 a.m., Monday through Friday, usually decided in chambers; filed by 10:00 a.m. the day before); court reporters; discovery disputes and informal discovery conferences; the trial preparation orders; and electronically lodged documents that require the court's action - with the department's Bench Trial Preparation Order and Jury Trial Preparation Order (meeting and conferring; trial briefs; joint witness and exhibit lists; for jury trials a joint statement to be read to the jury, joint and contested jury instructions and verdict forms; a joint chart of deposition designations; motions in limine; exhibit binders; the trial binder).
Department 517's courtroom information (Stanley Mosk Courthouse): civility and professionalism; general information on hearings; law and motion in five categories with their own days and limits (motions for summary judgment or adjudication one per day on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 8:30 a.m.; anti-SLAPP and injunction motions; demurrers, motions to strike and discovery motions; motions to quash, to continue trial and for attorney's fees and petitions for structured settlements; motions to be relieved as counsel and for pro hac vice admission); discovery motions and informal discovery conferences; ex parte applications (filed by 10:00 am the court day before); case management; setting trials and status conferences (seven trials a week, Song-Beverly trials on Tuesdays; final status conferences typically at 9:00 a.m.); trial procedure; trial readiness documents; motions in limine; the first day of trial and ordering a jury panel; and publishing exhibits at trial.
Effective August 25, 2026, a Child Custody Recommending Counseling pilot for dissolution cases filed at the Stanley Mosk Courthouse with contested custody or visitation and no prior orders: court-connected mediation under Local Rule 5.19 and, if no full agreement, a recommending counseling session with a different Family Court Services specialist, whose report and recommendation (Family Code section 3183) is disclosed at least ten days before the hearing; written objections at least five days before the hearing; subpoenas of the specialist (a $275.00 deposit); ex parte communications; challenges and complaints; and the judicial officer's authority.
Department L's court information for litigants and the public (San Fernando Courthouse), the department for limited civil collection matters (California Rules of Court, rule 3.740): purpose; case assignment; remote appearances; self-represented litigants; calendar management (check-in with the courtroom clerk from 8:30 a.m.); special or limited appearance counsel; settlements; court filings and motions (titles of filings, proper service, Bates stamping and citation to the record); motions for summary judgment; trial procedures; default judgments; accessibility and accommodations; and current contact information.
The Presiding Judge's general order of July 28, 2026 setting the procedure for promptly determining whether a Code of Civil Procedure section 170.6 challenge is a bad faith blanket challenge under J.O. v. Superior Court (2026) 19 Cal.5th 753: definitions; a verified written declaration or an oral attestation under penalty of perjury required with a challenge, and its contents (the party's and the attorney's challenges to the same judge in the previous year); an exemption for any party or attorney who has filed two or fewer challenges against the challenged judge in the preceding year; the time to make the declaration or attestation; service; and the time to object.
Department B's courtroom information (Burbank Courthouse, North Central District): courtroom hours; law and motion on Fridays at 8:30 a.m.; trial proceedings Monday through Thursday, 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.; check-in at 8:30 a.m., in person or on camera; discovery and informal discovery conferences; ex parte applications (Monday through Thursday, 8:30 a.m.); motions (reserved on the Court Reservation System); case management conferences (Monday through Thursday, 8:30 a.m.); and trial and final status conference dates (trials usually Mondays at 10:00 a.m., final status conferences about two weeks before) - with the department's Final Status Conference Order: the conference, court reporters, meeting and conferring, the trial documents to be filed (mandatory trial briefs, joint witness and exhibit lists, a joint statement to be read to the jury, joint proposed jury instructions, jury instructions and a joint chart of deposition designations), motions in limine, exhibit binders, the trial binder, making and arguing objections, and remote testimony.
Chapter Six (Adoption Rules; rules 6.1–6.17): electronic filing in adoption actions; agency, independent, stepparent, adult and married minor, and intercountry adoptions; petitions to determine the parent and child relationship, to terminate parental rights in an adoption or a guardianship, and for freedom from parental custody and control; mandatory consolidation of guardianship and adoption cases; related adoption cases; disclosure of adoption information; setting aside an adoption; emancipation of minors; special immigrant juvenile status; and excuse from compliance.
Chapter Seven (Juvenile Division Rules; rules 7.1–7.34): jurisdiction, confidentiality and access to juvenile case files; public and media courtroom access; medical and psychiatric treatment (the medical consent program, life-sustaining medical treatment, HIV/AIDS testing, psychotropic medications, and mental health treatment and voluntary commitment of dependent and delinquent children); special departments; dependency procedure and practice; appointment of counsel and court-appointed special advocates; time limitations and pre-hearing issues; resolution without hearing (mediation and mandatory settlement conferences); pre-trial procedure; trial and release before disposition; and miscellaneous provisions (financial responsibility under Welfare and Institutions Code section 903, the dependency court tort policy, client complaints, juvenile court blanket orders, and electronic filing in juvenile dependency actions).
Chapter Nine (Appellate Division Rules; rules 9.1–9.12): general provision; electronic filing; appeals; stay orders in pending appeals; appointed counsel in misdemeanor appeals; the record on appeal; briefs (including Wende briefs); oral argument; judgment; applications and motions; extensions and relief from default; and writs.
Chapter Eight (Criminal Division Rules; rules 8.1–8.64, many reserved): the preamble and the duties of the Criminal Division's supervising judge; assignment of cases and bail; pre-trial practice and procedure (among them preliminary hearing transcripts and ex parte applications); trial and sentencing; post-conviction relief; domestic violence and child custody orders; capital cases; pro per issues; mental health matters; and traffic matters, including infraction trials by declaration and determinations of ability to pay.
Chapter Two (Distribution of Court Business and General Provisions; rules 2.1–2.30): the principal divisions of the court; districts and court session locations; filing and transfer of actions (Rule 2.3, with the district maps and ZIP code tables of Appendices 2.A–2.D); master calendar departments; section 170.6 challenges; the assignment of matters to the Appellate Division, the Central District's Civil Division (with the writs and receivers departments of Rule 2.9) and Criminal Division, and the Family Law, Juvenile, and Probate and Mental Health divisions; emergency closure of a courthouse; holidays; hours of court and appearances of counsel; photographing, recording or broadcasting in court (Rule 2.17); fee waivers; selection of trial jurors and juror interference; availability of court reporters; facsimile filing in small claims and the AB 1058 child support program; reconsideration when the original judge is unavailable; trials before temporary judges and references; the civil grand jury; advertising, inappropriate conduct and dress in court; security screening and weapons; and the communication protocol for domestic violence and child custody orders.
Chapter Three (Civil Division Rules; rules 3.1–3.334, many reserved): general provisions (among them assignment of cases, assignment for all purposes, electronic filing (Rule 3.4), time for hearings, evidence at hearings, judicial notice, judicial reference and sanctions); case management and disposition; civil trial procedure (general courtroom decorum, pretrial preparation and rulings, jury selection, trial decorum and opening statements, witnesses, conduct of counsel and parties, exhibits, jury instructions, final argument and jury deliberation); default judgment (among them the form of judgment and attorneys' fees); enforcement of judgment; special proceedings; eminent domain; and alternative dispute resolution (mediation, neutral evaluation, judicial arbitration, quality assurance rules, and voluntary settlement conferences).
Chapter One of the court's local rules (Definitions and Governance; rules 1.1–1.14): definitions and the use of terms (Rule 1.1); the Presiding Judge, the Assistant Presiding Judge and the Acting Presiding Judge, and the election of the Presiding and Assistant Presiding Judges; the Executive Officer/Clerk of Court; the Executive Committee; standing committees; court commissioners; meetings of judges; benefits; seniority; elimination of bias; and the amendment or repeal of the local rules.
Chapter Four (Probate Division Rules; rules 4.1–4.139): general provisions (among them probate notes, the probate case cover sheet and electronic filing); hearings, ex parte procedures and trials; consolidating and relating cases; pleadings; provisions common to various case types; decedents' estate proceedings; guardianships; conservatorships; rules common to conservatorships, guardianships and trusts created or funded by court order; trust proceedings; minors' compromises and compromises by persons with a disability; the Probate Division court-appointed counsel panel; and mental health matters.
Chapter Five (Family Division Rules; rules 5.1–5.28): applicability and sanctions; the cover sheet; session hours and calendaring; related family law cases and their transfer; electronic filing; financial declarations; temporary spousal support; family-centered case resolution; trial setting, trial readiness, settlement conferences and pretrial orders; trial and judgment procedure, including default or uncontested judgment by affidavit; alternative dispute resolution; Family Court Services; private child custody evaluations; complaints about minor's counsel; minors' contracts; the family law facilitator; Title IV-D child support matters; the declaration of a provider of supervised visitation; the collaborative law process; parentage under a gestational surrogacy agreement; and privately compensated temporary judges.
Department D's courtroom information (Glendale Courthouse, North Central District), an unlimited civil independent calendar court: courtroom hours; ex parte applications (Monday through Thursday at 11:00 a.m.); the morning check-in for remote appearances; law and motion (Fridays only, at 8:30 a.m.; hearing dates reserved on the Court Reservation System); case management matters (Monday through Thursday at 8:30 a.m.); courtesy copies; the trial binder's tabs; and trials (jury trials set for Mondays at 9:00 a.m., court trials for Mondays at 1:30 p.m.; court reporters, jury fees, voir dire, opening statements, demonstrative evidence, witnesses, deposition transcripts and discovery responses, objections, exhibits, multiple counsel, closing arguments and jury instructions) - with the department's standing order regarding alternative dispute resolution, its Trial Preparation Order (dated 6/25/2026), its Song-Beverly Act orders (the joint case management conference statement addendum with its notice of filing, a standing order re discovery and customary rulings re document requests) and its motor vehicle personal injury orders (the joint case management conference statement addendum with its notice of filing, and a standing order re discovery).
Department 729's information regarding its procedures (Stanley Mosk Courthouse): department information; filing of documents; service of summons and complaint; case management conferences; alternative dispute resolution options (the court's mediation and settlement programs); law and motion (reserving the hearing date; withdrawal of motions; motions to compel further responses); ex parte applications; matters taken under submission; jury fees; the final status conference (personal appearance by trial counsel; the trial documents to be filed; trial binders, motions in limine binders and evidentiary exhibits presented there; failure to comply); mandatory settlement conferences; trials (conduct of counsel and parties, court reporters, jury selection and fees, objections, stipulations, witnesses, discovery responses and deposition transcripts, reference to evidence, visual aids at opening statement, jury instructions); and sanctions.
Department 506's courtroom information (Stanley Mosk Courthouse), an individual calendar, general jurisdiction civil courtroom, with its revised guidelines effective June 1, 2026 (trials and hearings on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays): public and trial hours (no trials on Wednesdays); general information; law and motion (Tuesdays and Thursdays at 8:30 A.M.; tentative rulings online); ex parte applications (at the beginning of the morning calendar at 8:30 A.M.); case management; trial procedures (final status conferences generally on Mondays at 9:00 A.M., two weeks before trial); settlement programs; conduct of counsel; and parking and building access - with Exhibit A (the joint statement for discovery disputes), Exhibit B (the department's Trial Preparation Order: meeting and conferring, general courtroom trial rules, the trial documents, the motions in limine binder, exhibit binders and the trial binder) and Exhibit C (the department's discovery order).
The standing order for limited civil cases (other than collection and unlawful detainer cases) in Departments 25 and 26 of the Spring Street Courthouse, superseding the Third Amended Standing Order of February 24, 2020: plaintiffs' service of the case-initiation documents; service of the summons and complaint within 60 days and sanctions; default; conferences; economic litigation rules; law and motion (remote appearances, tentative rulings); ex parte applications; jury fees; trial continuances; and trial and trial preparation.
Department 224's courtroom information, policies and procedures (Stanley Mosk Courthouse): introduction; civility and professionalism; self-represented litigants; remote appearances; interpreters; court reporters; accessibility and accommodation; case management conferences; law and motion (submitting on the tentative by email); discovery (general matters, initial disclosures, informal discovery conferences, Song-Beverly warranty litigation); ex parte applications (Monday through Friday at 8:30 am, reviewed in chambers; notice by 10:00 a.m. and filing by 10:00 am the court day before); settlement (the court's settlement programs; notices of settlement and requests for dismissal); stipulations, proposed orders and judgments; trial continuances; final status conferences and trial preparation; trial binder and exhibit binder requirements; select trial procedures; clerk's office and self-help services; failure to comply; and less-experienced attorneys.
Department 632's courtroom information (Stanley Mosk Courthouse), an unlawful detainer department: telephone and courtroom hours; scheduling law and motion hearings (regularly noticed motions heard on Wednesday mornings at 8:30 A.M.); interpreters; court reporters; ex parte applications (noticed for 1:30 p.m.; self-represented parties may file by 11:00 A.M. the same day; notice by 10:00 a.m. the court day before); settlement discussions; the clerk's office and court support services; and cell phone usage.
Effective April 20, 2026, a pilot at the Compton Courthouse in limited jurisdiction unlawful detainer cases, with free mediation by the County's Department of Consumer and Business Affairs for qualified parties: plaintiffs must serve the Notice: Unlawful Detainer Diversion Pilot at Compton Courthouse (SCLAC CIV 317) on all defendants with the complaint and summons. The General Orders page lists the order as of April 16, 2026; the order is dated and filed April 14, 2026.
Department 511's courtroom information (Stanley Mosk Courthouse): courtroom hours; case management conferences (8:30 a.m.); discovery; law and motion (from 9:00 a.m.; hearing dates reserved through the Court's Reservation System; tentative rulings by 4:30 p.m. the court day before; submitting by email by 8:00 a.m.); ex parte applications (Monday through Friday at 8:30am; filed by 10:00 a.m. the court day before); orders to show cause (cause shown by written declaration); settlement conferences (the court's programs, and settlement conferences the judge will conduct); and the department's trial preparation order (final status conferences at 9:30 a.m.; joint exhibit and witness lists, a concise joint statement, a joint proposed verdict form, motions in limine, experts, joint jury instructions and bench trials).