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CalVCB board authorizes rulemaking to clarify hearing rules, expand income-loss verification
Summary
The California Victim Compensation Board voted unanimously Jan. 16 to begin formal rulemaking to amend Title 2 hearing procedures and the 649 series of regulations, responding to a recent court order and proposing broader ways to verify income and support-loss claims.
The California Victim Compensation Board on Jan. 16 authorized staff to begin the formal rulemaking process to amend multiple California Code of Regulations provisions that govern hearings and income/support-loss verification for victim compensation claims.
Senior attorney Janine Karlberg told the board the proposal affects 26 regulations and is intended both to clarify which hearing rules apply to which types of proceedings and to expand the kinds of evidence CalVCB may accept to prove income or support loss.
The proposed changes follow an August 5, 2024 Alameda County Superior Court order invalidating a CalVCB hearing regulation (identified in the meeting record as 647.21.1). Karlberg said the ruling required CalVCB to immediately stop holding documentary-only hearings without first offering oral hearings and presented an opportunity to revise and modernize the entire hearing…
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