Section 14024 Of Title 7.5. The Hertzberg-leslie Witness Protection Act From California Penal Code >> Title 7.5. >> Part 4.
14024
. The Attorney General shall coordinate the efforts of state
and local agencies to secure witness protection, relocation, and
assistance services and then reimburse those state and local agencies
for the costs of the services that he or she determines to be
necessary to protect a witness from bodily injury, assure the witness'
s safe transition into a new environment, and otherwise to assure the
health, safety, and welfare of the witness. The Attorney General may
reimburse the state or local agencies that provide witnesses with
any of the following:
(a) Armed protection or escort by law enforcement officials or
security personnel before, during, or subsequent to, legal
proceedings.
(b) Physical relocation to an alternate residence.
(c) Housing expense.
(d) Appropriate documents to establish a new identity.
(e) Transportation or storage of personal possessions.
(f) Basic living expenses, including, but not limited to, food,
transportation, utility costs, and health care.
(g) Support, advocacy, and other services to provide for witnesses'
safe transition into a new environment.
(h) Other services as needed and approved by the Attorney General.