California Victim Compensation and Government Claims Board

Local Help

Victim advocates throughout the state can help victims apply for compensation and learn about the criminal justice system. There are 59 Victim Witness Assistance Centers – one in each county and one in the City of Los Angeles – that work directly with the Victim Compensation and Government Claims Board (VCGCB) in assisting victims. In addition, the VCGCB has 21 joint powers agreements with 20 counties and the city of Los Angeles that assist in processing claims. For a local Victim Witness Assistance Center nearest you, please select an office by county from the list below.

Alameda
Kings
Placer
Sierra
Alpine Lake Plumas Siskiyou
Amador Lassen Riverside Solano
Butte Los Angeles Sacramento Sonoma
Calaveras Madera San Benito Stanislaus
Colusa Marin San Bernardino Sutter
Contra Costa Mariposa San Diego Tehama
Del Norte Mendocino San Francisco Trinity
El Dorado Merced San Joaquin Tulare
Fresno Modoc San Luis Obispo Tuolumne
Glenn Mono San Mateo Ventura
Humboldt Monterey Santa Barbara Yolo
Imperial Napa Santa Clara Yuba
Inyo Nevada Santa Cruz  
Kern Orange Shasta  


Alameda County District Attorney
Telephone #: (510) 272-6180

AlpineCounty District Attorney
Telephone #: (530) 694-2971
Email address: kdustman@alpinecountyca.com

Amador County District Attorney
Telephone #: (209) 223-6474
Email address: amador_vicwit@netzero.net

Butte County Probation
Telephone #: (530) 538-7340
Email address: Victimassistance@buttecounty.net

Calaveras County District Attorney
Telephone #: (209) 754-6565
Email address: shiner@co.calaveras.ca.us

Colusa County District Attorney
Telephone #: (530) 458-0449
Email address: ccolsa@countyofcolusa.org

Contra Costa County Victim Witness Assistance
Telephone #: (925) 646-2333
Fax: (925) 646-2566
Website: www.co.contra-costa.ca.us/depart/da/Victim_Witness_Assistance_Program.htm
Email address: edowell@contracostada.org

Del Norte County District Attorney
Telephone #: (707) 464-7273
Email address: victimwitness@dnco.org

El Dorado County District Attorney
Telephone #: (530) 621-6414
E-mail address: smeyer@co.el-dorado.ca.us

Fresno County Probation
Telephone #: (559) 488-3425
Website address: www.fresno.ca.gov

Glenn County District Attorney
Telephone #: (530) 934-6510

Humboldt County District Attorney
Telephone #: (707) 445-7417
Website address: www.co.humboldt.ca.us

Imperial County Probation
Telephone #: (760) 336-3930
Email address: gchristiansen@imperialcounty.net

Inyo County District Attorney
Telephone #: (760) 878-0282
Email address: inyowv@qnet.com

Kern County Probation
Telephone #: (661) 868-4535
Email address: mailto:mccalls@co.kern.ca.us

Kings County Probation
Telephone #: (559) 582-3211 x 2640
Email address: relizon@co.kings.ca.us

Lake County District Attorney
Telephone #: (707) 262-4282

Lassen County District Attorney Telephone #: (530) 251-8281
Website address: www.lassencourt.ca.gov

Los Angeles District Attorney
Telephone #: (800) 380-3811
Website address: da.co.la.ca.us/vwap/roster.htm

Los Angeles City Attorney
Telephone #: (213) 485-6976
Website address: www.cityofla.org/atty/index.htm

Madera County
Action Committee, Inc.
Telephone #: (559) 661-1000 or 1-800-355-8989
Website address: www.maderacap.org/victim.html

Marin County District Attorney
Telephone #: (415) 499-6450

Mariposa County District Attorney
Telephone #: (209) 742-7441
Email address: vicwit@mariposacounty.org

Mendocino County District Attorney
Telephone #: (707) 463-4218
Email address: VictimWitness@co.mendocino.ca.us or tostea@co.mendocino.ca.us

Merced County District Attorney
Telephone #: (209) 385-7311

Modoc County District Attorney
Telephone #: (530) 233-3311
Email address: victimw@hdo.net

Mono County District Attorney
Telephone #: (760) 924-1710
Email address: victimwit@qnet.com

Monterey County District Attorney
Telephone #: (831) 755-5072 or (831) 647-7772
Website address: www.co.monterey.ca.us/da

Napa County Volunteer Center
Telephone #: (707) 252-6222
Website address: www.volunteernapa.org

Nevada County Probation
Telephone #: (530) 265-1246
Website address: new.mynevadacounty.com/da/

Orange County
Community Service Programs, Inc
Telephone #: (949) 975-0244
Website address: www.cspinc.org

Placer County District Attorney
Telephone #: (530) 889-7021
Website address: www.placer.ca.gov/da/da.htm

Plumas County Probation
Telephone #: (530) 283-6285
Email address: plumasvw@psln.com

Riverside County District Attorney
Telephone #: (951) 955-5450
Website address: www.riversideda.com/victim.html/

Sacramento County District Attorney
Telephone #: (916) 874-5701
Website address: www.da.saccounty.net

San Benito County Victim Witness Center
Phone #: (831) 634-1397

San Bernardino County District Attorney
Telephone #: (909) 387-6542
Website address: www.district-attorney.org

San Diego County District Attorney
Telephone #: (619) 531-4041
Website address: www.sdcda.org/helping_victims/vwassist

San Francisco County District Attorney
Telephone #: (415) 553-9044

San Joaquin County District Attorney
Telephone #: (209) 468-2500
Website address: www.co.san-joaquin.ca.us

San Luis Obispo County District Attorney
Telephone #: (805) 781-1519
Fax #: (805) 781-4307
Website address: www.slocounty.ca.gov

San Mateo County District Attorney
Telephone #: (650) 599-7479

Santa Barbara County District Attorney
Telephone #: (805) 568-2400
Website address: www.countyofsb.org/da/VictimWitness/VWprogram.asp

Santa Clara County - SVCCJ
Telephone #: (408) 295-2656
Website address: www.victim.org

Santa Cruz County District Attorney
Telephone #: (831) 454-2010
Website address: www.co.santa-cruz.ca.us

Shasta County Probation
Telephone #: (530) 225-5220
Website address: da.co.shasta.ca.us/vicwit.shtml

Sierra County Probation
Telephone #: (530) 993-4617
Email address: sierravw@psln.com

Siskiyou County District Attorney
Telephone #: (530) 842-8229

Solano County District Attorney
Telephone #: (707) 784-6844 or (707) 553-5400
Website address: www.solanocounty.com

Sonoma County
Victim Assistance Center
Office of the District Attorney
Telephone #: (707) 565-8250
Website address: www.sonoma-county.org/da/victim_assistance.htm

Stanislaus County District Attorney
Telephone #: (209) 525-5541
Website address: www.stanislaus-da.org

Sutter County District Attorney
Telephone #: (530) 822-7345

Tehama County District Attorney
Telephone #: (530) 527-4296

Trinity County Probation
Telephone #: (530) 623-1204

Tulare County District Attorney
Telephone #: (559) 733-6754
Website address: www.da-tulareco.org

Tuolumne County District Attorney
Telephone #: (209) 588-5440

Ventura County District Attorney
Telephone #: (805) 654-3622

Yolo County District Attorney
Telephone #: (530) 666-8187
Website address: www.yoloda.org

Yuba County Probation
Telephone #: (530) 741-6275