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Victim compensation board hears calls for spending transparency after report shows rising denials
Summary
Margaret Petros, executive director of Mothers Against Murder, urged the California Victim Compensation Board to publish a clearer accounting of how the agency spent its $172.6 million appropriation after she said only about $44 million reached victims.
Margaret Petros, executive director of the Bay Area nonprofit Mothers Against Murder, urged the California Victim Compensation Board to provide a clearer accounting of funds after reading the agency's annual report.
"When an agency hold 172,000,000 in its hands and less than a third of that ever reaches the people it is meant for, that's really bad management," Petros said, citing figures in the report that she described as concerning: an appropriation of about $172.6 million and roughly $44 million reaching victims.
The board heard several public comments during the meeting's public-comment period that echoed similar themes. Miss Taylor, an applicant who has used the system since 2022, asked for more detail…
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