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California commission urges permanent data infrastructure, law-enforcement training and community supports to curb rising hate
Summary
The California Commission on the State of Hate told the Assembly select committee that survey and law-enforcement data show far more Californians experience hate than official statistics capture, and offered interim recommendations including permanent data collection, required training and sustained community funding.
Professor Brian Levin, chair of the California Commission on the State of Hate, told the Assembly select committee the commission’s work combines academic research, a 20,000-household survey with UCLA and outreach to community organizations, and that its interim findings show far higher incidence of hate than law-enforcement reports indicate.
Levin said the commission’s CHIS‑based survey suggests roughly 2.6 million Californians experienced at least one act of hate in a one-year…
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