Isn achieving statutory protection what is most important in protecting officials?
A. This agreement provides no more protection than the current case law and statutes we have that require stenographic reporters and prohibit the use of ER. Current case law notes that the legislative intent behind our codes and statutes is the use of the stenographic court reporter. The California State Legislature has unanimously, in bipartisan fashion, confirmed this over and over again. Having statutory language is not any more sacred than case law or other legislative language. The intent of the main statutes regarding the usage of court reporters was confirmed in CCRA vs. Judicial Council, 59Cal.App.4th 959: “The fact that the Legislature has by statute authorized electronic recording in some contexts suggests strongly that-unless the existing statutory scheme providing for the official record to be taken down in shorthand is amended-the Legislature does not intend that electronic recording of superior court proceedings be the method of creating an official record.
