To amend title 28, United States Code, to establish 3 divisions in the Central Judicial District of California.
PL 102-357 (H.R.3795), enacted 08/26/1992

106 STAT. 958 
PUBLIC LAW 102-357—AUG. 26, 1992 
Public Law 102-357 
102d Congress 
An Act 
Aug. 26, 1992 
To amend title 28, United States Code, to establish 3 divisions in the Central 
[H.R. 3795] 
Judicial District of California. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of 
the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
28 u s e 84 note. 
SECTION 1. FINDINGS. 
The Congress makes the following findings: 
(1) The Federal Grovemment has the responsibility to provide 
quality services which are readily accessible to the people it 
serves. 
(2) The court facilities in the Central Judicial District of 
CaUfomia are presently inadequate, and current and projected 
growth exacerbates the problem. 
(3) The population demographics of southern California have 
changed dramatically over the last decade, as the center of 
population shifts inland. Between 1980 and 1990, the popu-
lation of Riverside County increased 76.5 percent, euid San 
Bernardino County's population increased 58.5 percent, to a 
combined population 01 2,600,000. 
(4) In the next 15 years, the population in Riverside and 
San Bernardino Counties is expected to increase again by 70 
percent, and 67 percent, respectively. By the year 2005, River-
side and San Bernardino Counties will have 4,400,000 resi-
dents. 
(5) As a result of the population growth, the freeways connect-
ing the Pacific coast and the inland areas are tremendously 
overburdened, and Federal offices along the coast are no longer 
accessible to the residents of Riverside and San Bernardino 
Counties. 
(6) The creation of 3 divisions in the Central Judicial District 
of California is urgently needed to provide for the delivery 
of judicial services to all areas and all residents of the Central 
Judicial District of California. 
SEC. 2. CREATION OF 3 DIVISIONS IN CENTRAL DISTRICT OF 
CALIFORNIA. 
Section 84(c) of title 28, United States Code, is amended to 
read as follows: 
"(c) The Central District comprises 3 divisions. 
"(1) The Eastern Division comprises the counties of Riverside 
and San Bernardino. 
"Court for the Eastern Division shall be held at a suitable 
site in the city of Riverside, the city of San Bernardino, or 
not more than 5 miles from the boundary of either such city. 
"(2) The Western Division comprises the counties of Los 
Angeles, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, and Ventura. 
"Court for the Western Division shall be held at Los Angeles. 
"(3) The Southern Division comprises Orange County. 
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106 STAT. 959 
"Court for the Southern Division shall be held at Santa 
Ana.". 
SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
28 USC 84 note. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—This Act and the amendments made by this 
Act shall take effect 6 months after the date of the enactment 
of this Act. 
(b) PENDING CASES NOT AFFECTED.—This Act and the amend-
ments made by this Act shall not affect any action commenced 
before the effective date of this Act and pending in the United 
States District Court for the Central District of California on such 
date. 
(c) JURIES NOT AFFECTED.—^This Act and the amendments made 
by this Act shall not affect the composition, or preclude the service, 
of any grand or petit jury summoned, empaneled, or actually serving 
in the Central Judicial District of California on the effective date 
of this Act. 
Approved August 26, 1992. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 3795: 
HOUSE REPORTS: No. 102-772 (Comm. on the Judiciary). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 138 (1992): 
Aug. 3, considered and passed House. 
Aug. 6, considered and passed Senate.