This page tells you about:

• Forms and Rules of Court
• California Judicial Branch Criminal Justice Realignment
  Act Videos
• Local Trainings
• State Court Realignment Information

Forms and Rules of Court

• California Rules of Court
  • Rule 4.530  Intercounty transfer of probation and mandatory supervision cases
  • Rule 4.540  Revocation of postrelease community supervision
  • Rule 4.541  Supervising agency reports
• Judicial Council Forms
  • Form CR-250 , Notice and Motion for Transfer
  • Form CR-251 , Order for Transfer
  • Form CR-252 , Receiving Court Comment Form
  • Form CR-300 , Petition for Revocation of Community Supervision

California Judicial Branch Criminal Justice Realignment Act Videos

• Evidence-Based Practices: Reducing Recidivism to Increase Public Safety (43:00) [scroll to the second video on the page]
  
  • Written materials 
  • Transcript 
• Realignment Act: Legislative Intent and Impact on Counties (4:58)
• California’s New Sentencing Alternatives (8:48)
• Revocation Hearing Caseflow and Procedure (4:44)
• Parolee Reentry Courts as Models (3:29)

Local Trainings

The training materials below were provided at the actual trainings and are intended to be revised as they are updated. Please check back often for the most recent version. Additional information can be found on the California Judicial Branch’s Criminal Justice Realignment Resource Center website .

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• Nov. 6, 2012 Training: Criminal Justice Realignment Update and Trends
  Presented by local experts, Hon. Paul Cole, Hon. Stephen Manley and Hon. Philip Pennypacker on Nov. 6, 2012 in San Jose.
  • Training Materials - Nov. 6, 2012: Realignment PowerPoint 
• Jan. 5, 2012 Training: Who Are the People In Your Neighborhood?

  Presented by local experts, Hon. Philip Pennypacker, Hon. Stephen Manley, Deputy Chief Probation Officer Karen Fletcher, and Probation Department Supervisor David Kilmer, on Jan. 5, 2012 in San Jose.

  • Training Materials - January 5, 2012 [click to expand]
    • Powerpoint - Who Are the People in Your Neighborhood? 
    • Tab 1 Felony Sentencing After Realignment (revised 10/1/12)
    • Tab 2 Daily Jail Population Statistics (Office of the Sheriff) 
    • Tab 3 Post Conviction Release Information Sheet 
    • Tab 4 Flash Incarceration Authorization (Sonoma County) 
    • Tab 5 Valdivia Packet (Judge Pennypacker) 
    • Tab 6 Significant Provisions of CRC rule 4.540 
    • Tab 7 Amendments to the CRC adopted by the Judicial Council on October 28, 2011 
    • Tab 8 Judicial Council form CR-300, Petition for Revocation of Community Supervision 
  
  
• Sep. 1, 2011 Training: Felony Sentencing After Realignment - Realignment and the New World

  Presented by Hon. J. Richard Couzens (Ret.), Superior Court of Placer County, on Sep. 1, 2011 in San Jose.

  • Training Materials - September 11, 2011 [click to expand]
    • PowerPoint - Felony Sentencing after Realignment 
    • Binder Cover Page 
    • Table of Contents  (revised 10/3/11)
    • Tab 1 Statutes 
    • Tab 2 Intentionally Left Blank
    • Tab 3 Intentionally Left Blank
    • Tab 4 SCC 2011 Public Safety Realignment Draft Implementation Plan 
    • Tab 5 Decision Tree (Office of the Public Defender) 
    • Tab 6 Felony Sentencing After Realignment   (revised 10/1/12)
    • Tab 7 Awarding Custody Credits After AB 109   (revised 10/1/12)
    • Tab 8 CTS Table (Office of the Public Defender) 
    • Tab 9 Prosecutor’s Analysis, September 2011 (Kathy Storton, Office of the District Attorney) 
    • Tab 10 AB 109 - Plea Bargaining
    • FAQ Memo - Criminal Justice Realignment Act (California Courts website) 
  Video: Felony Sentencing After Realignment - Realignment and the New World Training
  Presented by Hon. J. Richard Couzens (Ret.), Superior Court of Placer County,
  on September 1, 2011 in San Jose. Click to play the video (1:10:34)

State Court Realignment Information

• State Court Realignment Resource Center website 
• Civil Addict Program letter : sent by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) to all Presiding Judges, detailing the sunsetting of the Civil Addict program by SB 1021 .