Source: KTVU / Fox 2
We all know that one of the reasons many people opt out of jury service is time away from work and the lack of pay that comes with it.
This week, the Alameda County Superior Court announced welcome news to address that.
Jurors will begin receiving $100 a day and .67 cents per mile for travel to and from the courthouse beginning the second day of jury service after Sept. 2.
That's up from the current $15 a day and .34 cents a mile.
.... Last year, bill author Phil Ting (D-San Francisco) along with San Francisco Public Defender Mano Raju, San Francisco Treasurer José Cisneros, San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins and Alameda County Public Defender Brendon Woods, who advocated for this higher pay so that Californians have better access to a more diverse jury of their peers.