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CourtClerk
1. There aren't transcripts taken in traffic trials. They're not required, therefore they aren't necessary.
2. I have no idea what adjusterjack is talking about, but if there WERE court reporters taking transcripts, it would cost a WHOLE HELL OF A LOT more than $4 to get them. The court reporters are paid by the hour (with a minimum) and per page. A simple hour hearing could likely cost you a couple of hundred dollars, not a couple of dollars.
3. CA courts have basically done away with court reporters in anything other than criminal trials ANYWAY. Written into new laws passed when the courts went broke a few years ago
4. Most courtrooms went digital long ago.... another reason for no court reporters.
and.... court reporters (not stenographers) make their living by working for the COURTS, not by selling copies. They're paid REGARDLESS of whether they sell a copy of anything.