COVID-19 pandemic will continue to impact budget, staffing at both ends of Santa Clara County
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The Palo Alto Courthouse has been closed since March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Photo by Sammy Dallal.
California may have fully reopened its economy on Tuesday, but the Palo Alto Courthouse won t be part of that celebration. Dwindling budget revenue from the state continues to impact staffing and it could be months before service is restored at the north county location, a court spokesperson confirmed.
The courthouse at 270 Grant Ave. in Palo Alto and the South County Courthouse in Morgan Hill will stay shuttered for the foreseeable future, Santa Clara County Superior Court spokesperson Benjamin Rada said Monday. The Palo Alto Courthouse handled proceedings for short-term criminal cases that occurred in the northern end of the county; those cases are now being handled in San Jose.
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Santa Clara County Superior Court on Monday reopened clerk s offices for in-person business at three courthouses following the county s move last week to the red tier of the state s Blueprint for a Safer Economy reopening guidelines.