Effective Monday, November 14, 2022, the Los Angeles Superior Court will no longer provide official court reporters in certain court matters due to a continually shrinking workforce of official court reporters, a staffing shortage that mirrors nationwide and California trends, despite significant increases in trial court funding designated to hire court reporters.
According to the LASC, after that date, the court reporters currently assigned to family law, probate and writs and receiver matters will be reassigned to departments hearing criminal felony and juvenile matters where the law requires the court to provide an official court reporter, the Court has said.
In Los Angeles County, the number of court reporters leaving court service continues to significantly outpace the number of new court reporters entering court service.
The Court’s court reporter workforce has dropped from 430 in 2017 to 330 today despite efforts on the part of the Court, including monetary bonuses and generous benefits, designed to attract new reporters to court service.
