A Spotlight on SCBA Affiliates - Sacramento County Bar Association

Surfing From River City –
Catch a Performance!
In April 2011, the Sacramento City Council
unanimously decided to loan $300,000 to the
struggling California Musical Theatre to help
it stay afloat. As members of this community,
we can support the local theaters by attending
their outstanding performances. Here are
some links to local theaters that could use
your support!
B Street Theatre
http://www.bstreettheatre.org/
B Street Theatre continues to keep critics raving
and audiences coming back for contemporary
productions ranging from popular
classics to first time debuts. Check its website
for ticket prices and to see shows for the
upcoming season.
Capital Stage
http://www.capstage.org/index.html
Capital Stage continues the commitment of
bringing the hottest new plays and playwrights
to the Sacramento region. “Every
Christmas Story Ever Told (and then some!)”
and “It’s A Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play”
will be showing during the holiday season.
Celebration Arts
http://celebrationarts.net/index.html
Celebration Arts is a multicultural, multidiscipline
performing arts organization known for
developing raw talent and presenting fine
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time credits. (Pen. Code §§ 3000,
3000.01, 3000.08, 300.09 and 2932.)
Will this advance the Governor’s
objective? Not likely.
First, parole is a function of the executive
branch, not the courts. As the
United States Supreme Court observed,
parole is an “integral part of the penological
system” and thus traditionally handled
by administrative officers. (Morrissey
v. Brewer (1972) 408 U.S. 471.)
Second, AB 109 provides no funding
for the increased workload courts
are to assume. Courts already desperately
need additional judges and
resources to properly handle present
workloads. In Sacramento County, lit-
Compiled by Robyn M. Moltzen, Public Services Librarian, Sacramento County Public Law Library
quality productions. Check its website for
ticket prices and to see shows for the upcoming
season.
Community Center Theater
http://www.sacramentoconventioncenter.com/venues/communityCenterTheat
er/
The Community Center Theater is home to
the season productions of Broadway
Sacramento, The Sacramento Ballet,
Sacramento Opera, Sacramento Philharmonic,
Sacramento Community Concerts and
Sacramento Speakers Series. Upcoming theater
productions include “Shrek the Musical,”
“Westside Story,” and “Mamma Mia!”.
Music Circus at the Wells Fargo
Pavilion
http://calmt.com/index.cfm?page=1138
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The upcoming seven-show season will include
the Music Circus premiere of the Broadway
musical blockbuster “Miss Saigon” and the
return of five music-theatre classics never
before produced in the nine-year history of
the Wells Fargo Pavilion, including: “Oliver!,”
“Anything Goes,” “Camelot,” “Annie Get
Your Gun,” and “I Do! I Do!”.
igants wait up to three hours to file
papers in our Family Law Court; we are
four months behind in setting demurrers
and motions for summary judgment;
and callers inquiring about traffic
citations are kept on hold an average of
14 minutes waiting to talk to a clerk.
The Administrative Office of the
Courts projects up to 38,000 new judicial
hearings per year if courts become
the state’s “parole authority.” The AOC
estimates this will require 85 to 122
new judgeships statewide, costing up
to $354 million the first year alone.
Finally, a parolee is entitled to a
hearing offering basic due process protections,
but not the full panoply of
rights associated with a criminal prosecution.
(Morrissey v. Brewer, supra, 408
U.S. at 489.) The Board of Parole
Roseville Theatre Arts Academy
http://www.rosevilletheatreartsacademy.co
m/
The Roseville Theatre Academy features The
Treehouse Players, who dedicate themselves to
providing shows that are enjoyable for the
entire family. They take classic fairytales, new
and original fairytales, and favorite storybook
tales and perform them with their own comedic
twist. They just wrapped up production of “A
Tale of Sleeping Beauty.” These shows are perfect
for ages 3 to 103!
Sutter Street Theatre
http://www.sutterstreettheatre.com/stag
e9/default.php
The Sutter Street Theatre has a history of presenting
whole seasons of award winning comedies,
musicals, and young people's theatre.
“Cabaret” and “Witness for the Prosecution” are
but a part of the upcoming off-Broadway series.
Woodland Opera House
http://thewoodlandoperahouse.art.office
live.com/default.aspx
The Woodland Opera House provides a variety
of productions such as its Theatre for Families
series, which includes “The Canterville Ghost,”
“Schoolhouse Rock Live,” and “Go Dog Go”.
Other upcoming productions include “Irving
Berlins White Christmas” and Rodgers &
Hammerstein’s “South Pacific”.
Hearings conducts parole revocations
as administrative hearings, using civil
service hearing officers. It makes no
sense to replace these summary
administrative proceedings with court
hearings in the name of reducing
costs. Instead, costs will soar.
There is much to commend
Governor’s Brown’s proposal to
realign state and local responsibilities
for low-level felons. Providing
increased local sentencing options is a
good idea, particularly for
Sacramento County where the probation
department has been decimated.
But shifting parole responsibilities to
the courts has no upside, will needlessly
increase taxpayer costs, and
could all but close the courthouse to
civil litigants.
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