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Human Rights Commission presents landscape analysis on anti-AAPI violence; committee schedules follow-up
Summary
Human Rights Commission staff presented findings that city-funded violence-prevention and victim-support programs lack consistent reporting, language access gaps hinder survivors, and referrals do not guarantee services; the committee continued the item for departmental follow-up and further hearings.
At a Sept. 23 hearing, the Human Rights Commission (HRC) and the Office of Racial Equity presented a citywide landscape analysis of responses to hate violence and crime impacting Asian American and Pacific Islander communities. The presentation, prompted by a May Board resolution, identified gaps in program coordination, reporting, language access and accountability and proposed a set of recommendations for a citywide response.
Sarah Sang (Policy Director, Office of Racial Equity) said HRC's work compiled departmental program inventories, conducted interviews, held community workshops…
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