. >> marvin baxter one of the most conservative justice joyce canard in the middle to liberal.u replace one out of seven especially a conservative with a liberal judge, one closer to jerry brown's philosophy you see a difference in close votes for example the gay marriage vote 4-3 and legalizing gay marriage in 2008 baxter the was against it and approved anyway. on the close votes it makes no difference. the bench can use more diversity. no latino justice, no african american justice. he'll have an opportunity to diverse siify the bench. >> there are some he can choose from. from. let's talk about the lore courts. he made 15 appointments this week. what stands out about the appointments he's made? >> he's appointed over 200 judges so far. what stands out is first judge and first female judge and the first latino judge. so you see him digging deep, more public defenders, more defense attorneys, more public interest lawyers. so really as jerry brown does often looking at these kinds of appointments in a different way than other governors have. >> let's turn our attention to the s

justice marvin baxter is stepping down.he will not seek reelection when his term expires in january. baxter is considered one of the court's most conservative members. if governor brown is reelected in november, the democratic governor lo have a significant opportunity to reshape the high court. >>> calls for water conservation are falling on deaf ears. at the beginning of the year, governor brown asked everybody to cut back their water usage by 20%. but the latest reports show that water usage is down by just 5% and the bay area cut back by just 2%. they are considering mandatory conservation rules. >> the staff would put together some emergency regulations and would, those would be made public sometime probably in early july. and we would be meeting mid july. >> cuts may be around the corner, the state might curb were your watering your yard. >>> it's been a dry time and windy as well. >> it is worth noting. i know we are heading into the dry season. there's no sign of any rainfall coming in the next 12 to 14 days. and th

. >>> marvin baxter announced he is retiring. the 74-year-old conservative has decided not to seek reelection to a 12 year term and plans to retire at the end of the year. baxter is a republican. it gives jerry brown the opportunity to appoint a more liberal member to the court. in fact the governor has two members to appoint to the court. they could appear on the ballot this november for a confirmation vote. >>> pg and e says it will spend millions of dollars to upgrate security, following last year's snipper pick. someone opened fire on that substation in april of last year. authorities say whoever was behind the attack also cut communication lines which affected cell phone and 911 service. >> reporter: they will spend more than $100 million over the next three years to protect substations over northern and central california. >>> meantime, electricity and natural gas rates could go up under a proposal issued this evening. they could be allowed to raise rates as much as 7.5%. pg and e says the increase would actually be well be