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Speakers urge stronger county response after grand jury report on hate; board calls for HRC review
Summary
Public commenters and supervisors said the grand jury report on hate incidents omits experiences of Arab, Muslim, AAPI and other communities. The Board directed staff to assess the Human Relations Commission's capacity, data methods and outreach and approved staff responses with amendments.
During public comment, community groups told the Board the county’s 2023–24 hate incident summary and the grand jury report undercount and omit the experiences of Arab, Muslim, Palestinian, AAPI, Black and LGBTQ residents. Speakers said fear, language access barriers and mistrust of law enforcement lead to underreporting and urged the Board to restore funding and community partnerships for the Human Relations Commission.
Basha Jamil of CARE LA said local counts (Care LA:…
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