Judicial candidates for:
Los Angeles County Superior Court, Orange County Superior Court,
Alameda County Superior Court, Fresno County Superior Court,
Kern County Superior Court, Monterey County Superior Court,
San Francisco County Superior Court, San Joaquin County Superior Court,
Santa Barbara County Superior Court, Santa Clara County Superior Court.

Superior Court Judge
November Election Recommendations Are In

Thank you for visiting the Judge Voter Guide website. Our research and recommendations on the judges are designed to help you cut through the rhetoric, election propaganda and biased media coverage that makes it hard to tell which judges to vote for.

Unfortunately, many judges sitting on California courts may be incompetent, corrupt, lazy or soft on crime.

Even worse, many are political opportunists
who have a political agenda—
they are “judicial activists”

A judicial activist legislates from the bench. Instead of strictly interpreting California law, these judges make the laws. Instead of applying the law to facts, they impose their own values on us all.

The following are the Superior Court Recommendations for California’s General Election 11/2/2010

JudgeVoterGuide.com ranks every aspect of a candidate’s record on a scale of 1 (most activist) to 10 (most constructionist).

Nothing is overlooked, from a judge’s rulings to on-the-record statements to American Bar Association ratings. We also look at their stated positions and contributions as well as who’s endorsing them.

Finally, each judge’s career is considered from a bird’s-eye view. Experience. Integrity. Commitment to community. We even personally talk to the candidates.

Ratings:

Judicial Index Average

Judicial Activist	Strict Constructionist

• Positions
• Contributions
• Rulings
• Statements

Qualifications

Unqualified	Very Qualified

• Experience
• Reputation
• Integrity
• American Bar
  Association
  ratings

Below are ratings for the 2010 judicial candidates listed by county. Please note each judicial candidate’s numerical rating is a combination of the judicial index average and the qualifications ratings you see above.

Santa Barbara County

California Supreme Court

• Carlos Moreno (Do Not Recommend—Rating average: 2)
• Ming Chin (Do Not Recommend—Rating average: 6)
• Tani Cantil-Sakauye (Do Not Recommend—Rating average: 6)

Justice, California State Court of Appeal; District 2, Division 1

• Jeffrey Johnson (Do Not Recommend—Judicial Average: 6)
• Robert Mallano (Do Not Recommend—Judicial Average: 5)
• Victoria Chaney (Recommend—Judicial Average: 7)

Justice, California State Court of Appeal; District 2, Division 2

• Judith Ashmann (Do Not Recommend—Judicial Average: 4)

Justice, California State Court of Appeal; District 2, Division 3

• Walter Croskey (Do Not Recommend—Judicial Average: 7)

Justice, California State Court of Appeal; District 2, Division 4

• Steven Suzukawa (Recommend—Judicial Average: 

Justice, California State Court of Appeal; District 2, Division 5

• Orville Armstrong (Recommend—Judicial Average: 9)

Justice, California State Court of Appeal; District 2, Division 6

• Paul Coffee (Recommend—Judicial Average: 
• Steven Perren (Do Not Recommend—Judicial Average: 5)

Justice, California State Court of Appeal; District 2, Division 7

• Frank Jackson (Recommend—Judicial Average: 
• Laurie Zelon (Do Not Recommend—Rating average: 5)

Justice, California State Court of Appeal; District 2, Division 8

• Elizabeth Grimes (Recommend—Judicial Average: 7)
• Tricia Bigelow (Recommend—Judicial Average: 7)