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California DOJ: reported hate incidents rose in 2024; victims and prosecutions also increased
Summary
The California Department of Justice told a legislative select committee that reported hate crime events and reported victims increased in 2024, with anti-Black incidents remaining the largest single category. DOJ officials urged better data collection, training for law enforcement and community outreach.
My name is Damon Brown, a special assistant attorney general and legal and policy adviser on civil rights and police practices at the California Department of Justice, told the California State Assembly Select Committee on Hate, Racism, and Xenophobia that the DOJ released its 2024 Hate Crime in California report and is pushing departments and community partners to strengthen prevention, reporting and prosecution.
The report, Brown said, found increases in both reported hate crime events and reported victims in 2024. Reported hate crime events rose 2.7% from 1,970 in 2023 to 2,023 in 2024; hate crime offenses rose 8.9% from 2,359…
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