(Subscription required) The Judicial Council also agreed “not to fight this lawsuit pending action from the governor and the Legislature to end civil assessments permanently,” a news release from the plaintiffs stated. Comments from Chief Justice Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye going back to 2013 state her “worry that the judicial branch may be becoming a user-fee institution” and concern that “high fines and higher penalties are falling on those least able to afford it.”