On July 3, 2012, San Diego North County Bar Association (NCBA) announced the following: Effective September 3, 2012, the following actions are being taken due to unprecedented and ongoing state budget cuts. The San Diego Court has estimated that it faces as much as a $14 million cut in funding for FY 2012-2013, and predicts the total cuts for fiscal year 2013-2014 could rise to $40 million or more. These cuts are in addition to reductions incurred during the preceding four fiscal years. As a result, the Court is facing the most significant reduction of services in its history.

• All clerks’ business offices located at all San Diego Superior Court facilities will be closed to the public on Fridays starting at 12:00 noon. These partial closure days are not court holidays, so statutory deadlines will not be extended. However, drop boxes are currently provided outside clerical offices for filing papers or submitting payments, pursuant to California Rules of Court, rule 2.210.

• All Probate Court operations located at 325 Melrose Avenue, Vista, CA 92081 will be consolidated with and relocated to the Central Division Probate Court located at 1409 Fourth Avenue, San Diego CA 92101.

• One of the Juvenile Dependency courtrooms located at 325 South Melrose Drive, Vista, CA 92081 will be closed.

• Six criminal courtrooms located at 220 W. Broadway, San Diego, CA 92101 and one civil courtroom located at 330 W. Broadway, San Diego, CA 92101, will be closed.

• The Ramona court facility located at 1428 Montecito Road, Ramona CA, 92065 will close, and all case matters will be relocated to the East County Division Courthouse located at 250 East Main Street, El Cajon CA 92020.