Officials closed public counters and limited courthouse access because of staff shortages from COVID-19 infections; normal operations resume Monday.
SAN JOSE — The Santa Clara County Superior Court will resume normal public access starting Monday, about three weeks after officialsbecause of staffing shortages driven by the omicron variant of COVID-19.
Presiding Judge Theodore Zayner said in a statement Friday that “with currently declining case rates county-wide, the court has also seen a reduction in employee absences allowing us once again to provide in-person courthouse access.” On Jan. 12, Zayner ordered the closure of clerk’s offices and other public-facing court resources, and limited courtroom access to people directly involved court hearings, with a handful of exemptions for court matters that involved public and personal safety issues such as domestic-violence restraining orders. It wasinstituted by Santa Clara County courts since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020.
COVID-fueled courthouse restrictions have been controversial in the South Bay and throughout the region, with attorneys and open-access advocates asserting that they unduly impact low-income people and people of color, who are overrepresented in the courts and county jails, and harm due process because of trial delays and other case backlogs.
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