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Media coverage under California Rules of Court, Rule 1.150 (19.1); a media agency's request to photograph or otherwise record a court proceeding on Judicial Council form MC-500 with a proposed order (MC-510), filed with the Court Executive Officer or designee, and requests to record employee work areas (19.2); and the limitations on coverage of court facilities or locations - no photographing or recording by the media and general public in any part of a court facility, or within 50 feet of the entrances of the two first-floor courtrooms of the Hall of Justice (Courtroom #14 and #15); devices turned off in transit; no recording through courtroom door windows or of anyone wearing a juror badge (19.3).
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RULE 19 RULES APPLICABLE TO MEDIA COVERAGE 19.1 INTRODUCTION This rule is established under the authority recognized in California Rules of Court, Rule 1.150. The words and phrases used in this rule have the same meanings as in Rule 1.150. Nothing in this rule changes or affects the procedures established in the California Rules of Court regarding the coverage of court proceedings by electronic media. (Eff. 1/1/2005; Rev. 1/1/2007) 19.2 MEDIA REQUESTS A. The media agency requesting authorization to photograph or otherwise record a court proceeding must timely file a request on Judicial Council form MC-500 and a proposed order (MC-510) with the Court Executive Officer or designee. The Court Executive Officer or designee must promptly notify the parties that a request has been filed. B. A request to photograph or otherwise record employee work areas shall be submitted directly to the Court Executive Officer or designee. (Eff. 1/1/2005; Rev. 7/1/2010) 19.3 LIMITATIONS ON COVERAGE OF COURT FACILITIES OR LOCATIONS The following limitations apply, if media request is granted, unless an exception is permitted by written judicial order. 1. Photographing or recording of any kind by the media and general public is not permitted in any part of a court facility or location, including, but not limited to lobby areas, hallways, stairs, and elevators. In addition, photographing, or electronic recording of any kind by the media and general public is not permitted within 50 feet of the entrances of the two courtrooms that occupy the first floor of the Hall of Justice (Courtroom #14 and #15). 2. Photographing and recording devices must be turned off while transporting them in any area of any court facility or location. 3. Any photographing or recording of the interior of a courtroom through glass door windows is prohibited. 4. Photographing or electronic recording of anyone wearing a juror badge, whether intentional or inadvertent, anywhere in any court facility or location is prohibited. The faces of anyone wearing a juror badge inadvertently depicted in the background of any photograph or recording must be blurred or digitized beyond recognition before publication or broadcasting. 5. Except as limited in Rule 19.3 (1) above, photographing, or recording at or near the entrances to any court facility or location is not prohibited, but such media coverage shall not obstruct pedestrian traffic or compromise security. (Eff. 1/1/2005; Rev. 1/1/2007, 7/1/2007, 1/1/2008, 1/1/2010, 7/1/2010; Renumbered 1/1/2023- formerly Rule 21)
RULE 19 RULES APPLICABLE TO MEDIA COVERAGE 19.1 INTRODUCTION This rule is established under the authority recognized in California Rules of Court, Rule 1.150. The words and phrases used in this rule have the same meanings as in Rule 1.150. Nothing in this rule changes or affects the procedures established in the California Rules of Court regarding the coverage of court proceedings by electronic me
Reviewer note: Composed 2026-10-08 (California T4 Sonoma build 2026-10-08) from BenchPath custody ca/t4/ca-sonoma/docs/local-rules/local-rules-working-jul-2026-new-address-update.pdf (the court's rule book, “Local Rules of Court Effective July 1, 2026”, as fetched 2026-10-08; 1515969 bytes, sha256 e3a9b3a99af553adf4c33851ccbc58bbbfb1020ec74e105c1225b9e6d076c102; 204 pages) with the shared verbatim composer (v2 reflow) over Rules 1 to 21 (PDF pages 8 to 189), each rule composed alone from its first page to the page before the next rule's: each page's running header (“SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SONOMA”, two rules of underscores and the page number) removed as chrome; lines reflowed into the rules' paragraphs; eight breaks the reflow made before a citation or history note's “Rule N.N” at a line start rejoined and eleven paragraph, heading, history and list-line breaks it ran together set back (19 whitespace-only fixes, build/book-fixes.json; the vertical-gap audit finds no joined break left); four struck characters (tracked deletions on PDF pages 70, 98, 176 and 184; the strike report) left out; proof 1 (whitespace-only) and proof 2 (same character multiset as the text layer minus chrome) pass. The cover, the list of the court's judicial officers, the table of contents, the index, the forms listings and the list of currently effective rules belong to no rule. Review note: The court's Media page (held) cites the media rule as Local Rule 21 and links the Local Rules of January 2021; the rule was renumbered Rule 19 effective January 1, 2023 (its history note).
Division XI: information forms for data processing (Rule 11.2); required action - action taken on all calendared cases and a future date always set (Rule 11.19); and pro tem judges - an attorney named as a plaintiff in a civil or small claims case may not sit as a judge pro-tem during the case or within six months following its resolution, nor one named as a defendant in two or more such cases (Rule 11.22). Rules 11.1, 11.3 to 11.5, 11.7 to 11.18, 11.20 and 11.21 are repealed, and Rule 11.6 (voluntary arbitration; see Local Rule 10.2) was repealed and renumbered.
Duval County's indigent-defense and magistration rules under the Texas Fair Defense Act (S.B. 7): who may be booked into the county jail and on what paper; arrest-case numbering; presentment to a magistrate within 48 hours (art. 15.16); the magistrate's warnings, counsel inquiry, interpreter duty, indigence determination and appointment of counsel within 24 hours of a request; the alternative appointment plan under art. 26.04(g)-(h) with annual applications, seven attorney categories (capital, first and second degree, third degree/state jail/misdemeanor, competency, appeals, post-conviction, extradition), CLE and experience standards, random rotation within each category, written acceptance within 48 hours, first contact by the end of the next working day, replacement and suspension of counsel, fee applications within five days of completing services and the compensation attachment ($500 pleas; $175/$150 hourly; $1,400 per jury-trial day; appellate caps); bail schedules by offense class with a personal bond office (fee $20 or 3%), pre-trial supervision and revocation hearings within two working days; arraignment settings and notice; repeal of conflicting rules.