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Committee Files Measure to Create Office of Victim and Witness Services and Right to Civil Counsel for Domestic‑Violence Victims
Summary
An initiative that would create an Office of Victim and Witness Services and house a right to civil counsel for domestic‑violence victims was filed by the Rules Committee; sponsor described consolidation, annual surveys and estimates of 500–800 early clients with $1–3 million annual civil‑counsel costs.
The Rules Committee on Feb. 14 filed a supervisor‑sponsored initiative to create an Office of Victim and Witness Services and to provide a right to civil counsel for victims of domestic violence.
Andy Mullen, representing Supervisor Stephanie (primary sponsor), said the initiative would establish an office outside law enforcement to consolidate fragmented victim services currently spread across the District Attorney’s Office, Department on the Status of Women, Department of Public Health,…
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