{"id":375486,"date":"2025-11-13T08:03:14","date_gmt":"2025-11-13T08:03:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/375486\/"},"modified":"2025-11-13T08:03:14","modified_gmt":"2025-11-13T08:03:14","slug":"county-seeks-applicants-to-serve-on-the-2026-27-grand-jury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/375486\/","title":{"rendered":"County seeks applicants to serve on the 2026-27 Grand Jury"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/timesofsandiego.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Superior-Court.jpg?ssl=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"780\" height=\"439\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Superior-Court.jpg\" alt=\"Superior Court building\" class=\"wp-image-334427\"  \/><\/a>The downtown San Diego Superior Court. (Photo by Chris Stone\/Times of San Diego)<\/p>\n<p>San Diego County court officials  are seeking applicants Wednesday to serve on the 2026-27 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sdcourt.ca.gov\/sdcourt\/jury2\/grandjury\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">San Diego County Grand Jury.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Seats on the grand jury are available to eligible, qualified county residents who apply by Jan. 9, according to the San Diego Superior Court.<\/p>\n<p>The 19-member grand jury will work four days a week, about six hours per day, from July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2027, at the Grand Jury office in downtown San Diego. Members receive a small stipend per day, plus mileage, with downtown parking provided.<\/p>\n<p>According to a superior court statement, the grand jury does not conduct criminal investigations, but does investigate citizen complaints, as well as perform \u201cits traditional function as a `watchdog\u2019 over government agencies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Applications can be downloaded from the <a href=\"http:\/\/dcounty.ca.gov\/grandjury\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Grand Jury\u2019s website<\/a>. Applications can also be obtained by calling 619-450- 7272 or at the courthouses in downtown San Diego, El Cajon, Vista or Chula Vista.<\/p>\n<p>Qualified candidates will be nominated for a random drawing tentatively scheduled for June 5. According to a Superior Court statement, the drawing gives each supervisorial district equal representation by population.<\/p>\n<p>The requirements for applicants are:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>U.S. citizen<\/li>\n<li>At least 18 years old<\/li>\n<li>Sufficient knowledge of the English language<\/li>\n<li>Lived in San Diego County for at least one year prior to selection<\/li>\n<li>Pass a criminal background check.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>READ NEXT<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The downtown San Diego Superior Court. (Photo by Chris Stone\/Times of San Diego) San Diego County court officials&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":214496,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5134],"tags":[5229,167511,1582,276,180671,3549,7264,180672,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-375486","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-diego","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-applicants","10":"tag-ca","11":"tag-california","12":"tag-grand-jury","13":"tag-san-diego","14":"tag-sandiego","15":"tag-superior-court","16":"tag-united-states","17":"tag-united-states-of-america","18":"tag-unitedstates","19":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","20":"tag-us","21":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115541351667964684","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/375486","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=375486"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/375486\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/214496"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=375486"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=375486"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=375486"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}