Resources
Be The Jury — SF pilot program report (PDF) — details of the $100/day stipend pilot for low-to-moderate-income jurors in San Francisco San Francisco Government
Be The Jury one-pager (eligibility info, how it works) Superior Court of California
Be The Jury one-year evaluation (SF.gov) San Francisco Government
SF Treasurer’s “Unique Program to Increase Juror Pay” article (describing impacts) Treasurer & Tax Collector
AB 881: proposed bill to expand the pilot (Digital Democracy) Digital Democracy | CalMatters
Bill text of AB 881 (LegiScan) LegiScan
Governor Newsom’s veto memo on AB 881 (PDF) Governor of California
Alameda County pilot for $100/day jury pay press release Alameda Superior Court
“Why California courts need to offer jurors more than $15 per day” — commentary piece CalMatters
OneLegal article on current jury pay in California One Legal
SF Jury Duty Services (SF Superior Court / general info) San Francisco Government
Arrange a Screening for Your Organization!
JUDGING JURIES is available for screenings at community organizations, law schools, and social justice events across the country. To arrange a screening or learn more about hosting an event, please contact Marga Varea at marga@twinseasmedia.com.
We look forward to seeing you at one of these impactful screenings! Let’s continue to foster important conversations around jury service and social justice.
Visit twinseasmedia.com/judging-juries to learn more.
We are excited to launch the national engagement campaign for Judging Juries, a new documentary by the Peabody Award winning Director/Producer Abby Ginzberg. Abby and her film company Social Action Media has been producing documentaries about race and social justice for more than 30 years including Barbara Lee: Speaking Truth to Power, Waging Change, And Then They Came for Us, Agents of Change, and Soft Vengeance: Albie Sachs and the New South Africa, to name a few.
If you are an organization, teacher, activist, or community organizer, we need you to partner with us to help get the word out about Judging Juries. We are at a pivotal moment in California where we may be able to create sufficient momentum for the new bill AB 881, which would increase juror pay throughout California to $100 per day. Assemblymember Phil Ting has just introduced the bill and it will be scheduled for hearings in March, 2023. There is no better time than now to work toward ending the $15 per day for jury service in California, which keeps many working people and people of color from being able to serve.
If you are interested in learning more about the film, participating in a screening once the film is completed or helping us get the word out about it, please send an email to abby@socialactionmedia.com and provide us with your name, organization, email and phone number. We look forward to developing collaborations as we move toward completion of the film.