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Commission approves prior minutes, hears subcommittee progress and schedules outreach work
Summary
The commission approved minutes (July 23 and Sept. 5 community forum), heard updates on subcommittee work (bystander intervention research, POST training video due Jan. 26), and discussed outreach to underreporting communities and an October collaboration meeting between subcommittees.
The California Commission on the State of Hate conducted routine business including approval of minutes and reports from several subcommittees.
Procedural votes: Vice Chair Damsky moved to approve the July 23, 2025 minutes with Commissioner Feiler seconding; a roll‑call vote recorded five ayes (Chair Brian Levin, Vice Chair Damsky, Commissioners Che, Feiler and Suthers) and one abstention (Commissioner Russell Roybal, citing absence), and the motion passed. Later the commission approved minutes for the Sept. 5, 2025 community forum on a motion by Commissioner Roybal, seconded by Commissioner Suthers; that roll call returned five ayes with Vice Chair Damsky abstaining (unable to attend), and the motion passed.
Subcommittee updates and next steps: Chairs reported progress across multiple subcommittees. The patterns, trends and prevention subcommittee (chair noted earlier meetings) described a literature review on message interventions and a new data blog ('Keeping Count') used to provide more timely snapshots. The resources, support and response subcommittee reported working with UCLA and other partners to review bystander intervention programs and that the POST hate‑crime training video the commission helped develop is in post production with an expected delivery date of Jan. 26. The community forums subcommittee previewed an Oct. 25 K–12 forum in Pasadena and plans for a rural‑focused forum in Shasta County.
Outreach and future agenda items: Commissioners emphasized outreach to populations less likely to report — rural communities, indigenous communities and legal 'deserts' — and suggested overlaying CA versus Hate reports with local law‑enforcement and representative survey data. The chair asked staff to coordinate one representative from each interested subcommittee to plan a public October collaboration meeting and said staff will propose timing for combined November/December business to avoid holiday conflicts.
Ending: The chair thanked outgoing Commissioner Feiler for service and adjourned the meeting at 11:37 a.m.
