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Community service credit for infraction fines under Penal Code section 1209.5: the court raises the hourly credit to $34 per hour for 2026 (the statutory rate being $33.80, double the $16.90 minimum wage).
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[File stamp: FILED, Clerk of the Superior Court, DEC 31 2025, By: G. Arce-Barraza, Deputy] THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO IN RE ESTABLISHMENT OF HOURLY RATE FOR CONVERTING A FINE ON AN INFRACTION TO COMMUNITY SERVICE GENERAL ORDER OF THE PRESIDING DEPARTMENT ORDER NO. 010126-34 THIS COURT FINDS AND ORDERS AS FOLLOWS: Penal Code section 1209.5 permits a person convicted of an infraction, upon a showing that payment of the total fine would pose a hardship, to elect to perform community service in lieu of paying the total fine that would otherwise be imposed. The hourly rate applicable to community service is set forth in section 1209.5, subdivision (c)(1), and is double the minimum wage set for the calendar year, as established by Labor Code section 1182.12, subdivision (b)(2). Pursuant to section 1182.12, California’s statewide minimum wage will be $16.90 per hour, effective January 1, 2026. The hourly rate applicable to community service will thus be $33.80. Section 1290.5, subdivision (b)(2), authorizes the court to increase this amount. Pursuant to the authority set forth in Penal Code section 1209.5 and California Rules of Court, rule 10.603, the court hereby increases the amount that is credited for each hour of community service performed pursuant to section 1209.5 to $34 per hour. This order shall become effective on January 1, 2026, and expire on December 31, 2026, unless otherwise ordered by this court. IT IS SO ORDERED. DATED: December 31, 2025 [signature] HONORABLE MAUREEN F. HALLAHAN PRESIDING JUDGE
[File stamp: FILED, Clerk of the Superior Court, DEC 31 2025, By: G. Arce-Barraza, Deputy] THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO IN RE ESTABLISHMENT OF HOURLY RATE FOR CONVERTING A FINE ON AN INFRACTION TO COMMUNITY SERVICE GENERAL ORDER OF THE PRESIDING DEPARTMENT ORDER NO. 010126-34 THIS COURT FINDS AND ORDERS AS FOLLOWS: Penal Code section 1209.5 permits a person con
Reviewer note: Composed 2026-09-28 (California T3 San Diego build) from BenchPath custody ca/t3/ca-san-diego/go/general_order_010126-34.pdf (65716 bytes, sha256 3d9f8e98e7d2ba2217a486e93c455b46f329728f238df40fca77401efe31500c; 2 pages) - the court's own posted PDF, a scan with no usable text layer: transcribed from the rendered page images, every page read against the image; a machine reading (RapidOCR) was used only as a second reader for a word-level diff; every quotation mark, apostrophe, dash and section sign checked in full-resolution crops; pleading line numbers and “///” fill marks omitted; the file stamp and signature bracketed. The order cites “Section 1290.5, subdivision (b)(2)” where the surrounding text cites section 1209.5. Printed irregularities are kept as printed.
9 verbatim requirements from 4th Circuit Administrative Order 1997-10.
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