The California State Auditor has this report on the California Commission on Judicial Performance. Among the recommendations are to split the CJP into an investigative body to investigate and bring charges and an adjudicative body to determine the charges. That would require an amendment to the state constitution.
The Auditor is also really upset that CJP will only take complaints by mail, not online. Personally, I think that is a good idea. It's just too easy to fire off an angry email. Making a misconduct allegation against a judge is a serious matter. The time and effort needed to write it out on paper and mail it is not large, but it may be enough to cool one's temper a bit.
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