Down near the end of your ballot, you’ll vote yes or no on keeping each justice. These offices are nonpartisan. A justice who gets more yes votes than no votes keeps the job.
California Supreme Court
- Kelli M. Evans — Associate Justice since 2023. Before that: Alameda County Superior Court judge, California Department of Justice, U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division, State Bar of California, and ACLU of Northern California.
- Joshua P. Groban — Associate Justice since 2018. Before that: private practice, senior adviser to Gov. Jerry Brown, and lecturer at UCLA School of Law.
Court of Appeal, Second District
Ventura County is in the Second District, so you vote on all 19 Second District justices on the ballot, not just the ones who sit here. Division 6 sits in Ventura:
- Tari L. Cody — Presiding Justice. Ventura County Superior Court judge from 2000 to 2023, then Associate Justice on Division 6.
- Kenneth R. Yegan — Associate Justice
The other 17 sit in Los Angeles:
- Division 1 — Michelle C. Kim, Gregory J. Weingart
- Division 2 — Steve Goorvitch, Anne Richardson
- Division 3 — Rashida A. Adams (Presiding), Mark Hanasono
- Division 4 — Helen Zukin (Presiding), Audra M. Mori, Nicholas Daum, Armen Tamzarian
- Division 5 — Brian M. Hoffstadt (Presiding)
- Division 7 — Gonzalo C. Martinez (Presiding), Natalie Stone
- Division 8 — John Wiley, Matthew A. Scherb, Victor G. Viramontes
Do Your Research
- Official Voter Guide: Justices — each Supreme Court justice’s statement of qualifications, and the full Court of Appeal list
- Second District Justices — biographies from the California Courts