Chief Justice of California

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judicial office person state chief justice position

The Chief Justice of California is the head of the state’s judicial branch and presiding officer of the Supreme Court of California, responsible for overseeing the administration of justice across the state court system.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Patricia Guerrero	0
Serranus Clinton Hastings	0

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	judicial office ⓘ person ⓘ state chief justice position ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	California, United States ⓘ surface form: State of California
appointedBy	Governor of California ⓘ
appointedFor	service on Supreme Court of California ⓘ
branch	Judicial Branch of California ⓘ surface form: Judicial branch of California
chairs	Judicial Council of California ⓘ
confirmedBy	California Commission on Judicial Appointments ⓘ
constitutionalBasis	Article VI of the California Constitution ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
createdBy	Constitution of California ⓘ
currentOfficeHolder	Patricia Guerrero ⓘ
eligibleForReelection	true ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver	California Courts of Appeal ⓘ California Superior Courts ⓘ
hasPower	assign judges to courts as needed ⓘ issue administrative orders for state courts ⓘ
headOf	Judicial Branch of California ⓘ
inauguralHolder	Serranus Clinton Hastings ⓘ
jurisdiction	California courts ⓘ surface form: California state courts
legalSystem	common law ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	Sacramento ⓘ surface form: Sacramento, California
memberOf	Supreme Court of California ⓘ
officeHoldersNumber	multiple historical office holders ⓘ
officeType	statewide constitutional office ⓘ
oversees	California courts ⓘ surface form: California court system Judicial Council of California ⓘ administration of justice in California state courts ⓘ
partOf	Judicial Branch of California ⓘ
positionHeld	Chief Justice of California ⓘ Chief Justice of California ⓘ
presidingOfficerOf	Supreme Court of California ⓘ
requires	retention election by California voters ⓘ
residenceRequirement	California, United States ⓘ surface form: California
responsibleFor	administrative leadership of California judiciary ⓘ case assignment in Supreme Court of California ⓘ judicial branch budget proposals ⓘ policy direction for California courts ⓘ representing judicial branch before California Legislature ⓘ representing judicial branch before Governor of California ⓘ
style	Chief Justice ⓘ
subordinateTo	Constitution of California ⓘ
symbolicRepresentation	Great Seal of the State of California ⓘ
termLength	12 years ⓘ
worksAt	Supreme Court of California ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Supreme Court of California → hasPart → Chief Justice of California ⓘ

Judicial Council of California → leaderTitle → Chief Justice of California ⓘ

Judicial Branch of California → overseenBy → Chief Justice of California ⓘ