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Category Archives: Crime Victim Services

California Victim Compensation Board Spending More But Helping Less

Payments fall from $123.9 million in fiscal 2001-02 to $81.2 million last year, a state audit shows. But the costs to run the board have risen substantially.
By Patrick McGreevy
December 10, 2008

Crime victims in California are getting less financial help from a state victim compensation fund, and too much is spent on administering the program, according [...]

CA Attorney General’s Office of Victim Services Eliminated - help requested!

In response to the budget crisis, and the 10% across the board cuts, the Office of Victims’ Services (OVS) at the State Attorney General’s Office was voted to be eliminated along with their Crime and Violence Prevention Center.

Unfortunately, this is not usual, when money gets tight – victim service programs are the first to [...]