FILE: Jurors listen to court proceedings in an undated framegrab from video. (Judicial Council of California via California Courts/YouTube)

Alameda County Superior Court jurors will no longer get $100 a day for their efforts thanks to state budget cuts, court officials announced. 

The pilot program that provided the money, along with 67 cents per mile for travel to and from the courthouse, was removed from Gov. Gavin Newsom’s budget in his May revisions. 

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Kiley Russell writes primarily for Local News Matters on issues related to equity and the environment. A Bay Area native, he has lived most of his life in Oakland. He studied journalism at San Francisco State University, worked for the Associated Press and the former Contra Costa Times, among other outlets. He has covered everything from state legislatures, local governments, federal and state courts, crime, growth and development, political campaigns of various stripes, wildfires and the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.