My name is Lawrence Mendoza and I live in Santa Barbara ,
California
When must a Gubernatorial Appointee to the California
Superior Court seek re/election to their first full term of six years? What
happens if the temporary judicial appointee fails to seek re/election yet still
occupied their seat on the bench?
The reason I ask is because it appears that some judicial
appointees have failed to seek reelection when required to by the law, my first
example comes from July of 2005.
Posted on Tue Jul 12 2005 22:41:42 GMT-0700 (Pacific
Daylight Time) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1441708/posts
07/12/2005 “Governor
Arnold Schwarzenegger today announced the appointment of Franklin E. Bondonno
and Carol W. Overton to judgeship’s in the Santa Clara County Superior Court. Filling the vacancy
created when former Superior Court Judge William Danser was ousted as a result
of his criminal conviction in a ticket-fixing scandal. Both newly appointed
Superior Court Judges can seek a full six year term in the June 2006 primary
elections. “
Through my research I found that 2005
appointee Judge Bondonno ran for his first full term in the
2006 June primary, keeping in complacence with our State Constitution. .(http://www.smartvoter.org/2006/06/06/ca/scl/judicial.html ) However the other 2005 appointee Judge
Overton did not seek re/election in 2006, instead choosing to wait until the June
2008 primary to run for re/election. Consequently she failed to comply with our
Constitution and that is our problem! (http://www.smartvoter.org/2008/06/03/ca/scl/judicial.html)
Over
these last six years I have spent countless hours researching issues and events
so that I can intelligently share my findings and tonight is no different. You see there
is no ambiguity in regards to the length of time a temporarily gubernatorial appointee/
judge may occupy the bench before being required by law to seek re/election to
their first full term.
The California Constitution clearly states that if
a vacant Judicial seat in Superior Court was filled by a temporary gubernatorial appointee in a
non-election (odd) year. They must seek
re/election to their first full six year term in the following
years (even) general primary
If the judicial vacancy was filled in an (even) election
year, they must wait to seek
re/election to a full term in the next even year’s general
election or roughly two years. Let’s review three more appointees to the bench
in odd years and when the first sought re/election to their first full term of
six years.
Richard B.
Ulmer, Jr. a judge for the
Superior Court of San Francisco was appointed to the court by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger in 2009. Ulmer
then ran for re/election in 2010 for the seat he was appointed to in 2009. http://www.smartvoter.org/2010/06/08/ca/sf/judicial.html
Arthur A. Garcia. a judge for the Superior Court of
George C. Eskin a judge for the Superior Court of
In closing we have a very serious problem
when Judges, Civil or Criminal, Law Enforcement, District Attorneys and their
prosecutors intentionally attempt to misrepresent facts or out right lie to the
public in Any
Matters. Those types of actions by them automatically “forfeit their right to the Public s Trust”. Without doubt the keeping of Public Trust requires a higher standard from those previously
mentioned than that of you or me. This standard dictates that because integrity is indispensable to those
positions, any one whose misconduct undermines that integrity no longer
deserves to serve the public or our trust.
S.B.C.C.C. The place where COMMON SENSE never goes out of style!
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