Cal. Gov. Code § 69994.1

When needed in order that the judicial business of the courts in such county may be carried on without delay, the judges of such courts may appoint as many additional phonographic reporters as the business of the courts may require, who shall be known as official reporters pro tempore, and who shall be compensated at the same rate of compensation as official phonographic reporters in such county would be compensated for the first year of service computed on a daily basis.