Anne christine massullo bio
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San Francisco Superior Court staffers say they are understaffed and unable to keep up with paperwork, a situation that last week caused dozens of criminal cases to be dismissed.
While District Attorney Brooke Jenkins and Judge Anne-Christine Massullo have blamed each other for trial delays that forced 70 cases to be dismissed, court clerks rallied Tuesday to say they need better training and vacant positions filled to run the court more efficiently.
“We are being overworked and not consistently trained, which is causing problems because they’re not fully staffed all the time,” said Rodrigo Lopez, a deputy court clerk at the Hall of Justice, where he has worked for three years.
“Right now, we talk about getting more police, more sheriff’s [deputies] hired, but nobody ever talks about the courtroom.”
Clerks are working through their breaks and lunch hours and taking assignments home with them to complete, the SEIU Local 1021 union alleged.