I know previous budget cuts in California have caused cases to move slower than usual and the judicial system is pushing to restore some of those cuts now that we have a surplus again, but the case delays were nothing to this degree.
That's actually not "trustee," a trustee holds responsibility in something, it's "trusty," as in "that prisoner is trusty, you don't have to worry about him smashing your head in with a shovel while he's doing road work in an orange jumper." I wonder if it's a typo or if the author doesn't know what the word is.
Speculation: Christopher Robin Milne is probably rolling in his grave when the Internet decided to associate his name with that of a baseball abomination's.