RESTITUTION FOR CRIME VICTIMS VS

17 BILLS WERE SIGNED INTO LAW THIS WEEK IN CALIFORNIA, AND 1 WAS INTRODUCED LAST YEAR BY LOCAL SENATOR BRUCE MCPHERSON. THE SENATOR TOLD KSCO NEWS HIS BILL WAS DESIGNED TO HELP CRIME VICTIMS AND THEIR FAMILIES BY ADDING FUNDS INTO THE CRIME VICTIMS RESTITUTION FUND. HE SAID THE BILL WILL ADD AN EXPECTED 2 TO 4 MILLION DOLLARS INTO THE FUND, WHICH IS IN NEED OF MONEY AND WAS BEING SHORT CHANGED. SENATOR MCPHERSON SAID THE BILL WAS CO-AUTHORED BY SENATOR JEFF DENHAM AND WILL TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY.