2025 - 2026 Trial Court Allocations and Workload Formula

Presiding Judges, Court Executive Officers, and Fiscal Contacts:

As of the July 18, 2025 business meeting, the Judicial Council approved 2025-26 Trial Court Trust Fund (TCTF) and General Fund allocations to the trial courts.

Allocation Workbook

To assist courts with budgeting allocations, this year’s allocation workbook includes two worksheets that display the trial court allocations and the Workload Formula allocations separately:

• The “TC Allocations” tab displays 2025-26 trial court base and non-base allocations and includes general ledger numbers for each allocation. Columns T through W display the non-TCTF allocations.

• The “WF Allocation” tab displays the 2025-26 Final Workload Allocation (column Y), the 2023-24 Workload Formula (“need”) (column Z), and Workload Formula Percentage (column AA).

Also included is the 2025-26 Workload Formula which includes the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Resource Assessment Study, and Full-Time Equivalent need.

Judicial Council Reports

The Judicial Branch Budget Committee and Trial Court Budget Advisory Committee reports to the council provide helpful detail regarding the allocations, and can be viewed by following the links below on the California Courts website:

• Trial Court Budget: Allocations from the Trial Court Trust Fund and Trial Court Allocations for Fiscal Year 2025–26
• Trial Court Budget | Fiscal Year 2025-26 Allocation of Community Assistance, Recovery, and Empowerment (CARE) Act Funding

• Trial Court Budget | State Trial Court Improvement and Modernization Fund Allocations for 2025-26   
• Allocations and Reimbursements to Trial Courts: Funding for Court Reporters in Family Law and Civil Law Case Types
• Child Support: AB 1058 Program Funding Methodologies and Fiscal Year 2025-26 Funding Allocations

The final reduction for fund balances above the 3 percent cap, based on courts’ final FY 2024–25 year-end fund balance figures, will occur following Judicial Council approval at its December 2025 business meeting.