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Orange County Superior Court - Administrative Order 21/08 Public Access to Criminal Proceedings

This Order provides for the termination of livestreaming of criminal proceedings and the opening of criminal courtrooms to the public and the media.

The Court recognizes that public access to criminal proceedings is a right guaranteed to the press and public by the First Amendment of the United States Constitution and article I, section 29 of the California Constitution, and to the defendant by the Sixth Amendment of the United States Constitution and article I, section 15 of the California Constitution. In order to protect the health and safety of court staff and participants during the COVID-19 pandemic while also providing public access to criminal proceedings, pursuant to Administrative Order 20/19 dated June 15, 2020, each criminal trial court was outfitted a video camera to enable live streaming of criminal courtroom proceedings to the public on the Court's public website.

Read the official administrative order.