Add: Singled out is the San Francisco-based Administrative Office of the Courts, which, despite draconian cutbacks overall that have nearly paralyzed the system, has seen the ranks of its bureaucrats grow from 430 employees in 2002 to 1,100 last year. Hundreds of them earn six figure salaries. One of its divisions, its 75-member legal team, has a staff attorney allowed to telecommute from Switzerland.
More: Among the panel’s recommendations: cut the AOC to no more than 700 employees and move it from its $11 million a year digs in San Francisco to smaller quarters in Sacramento. Mercury News