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Community leaders urge reauthorization of California's Stop the Hate grants as funds near expiration

Assembly Budget Subcommittee on Human Services (California State Assembly) · April 29, 2026
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Summary

Regional leads and grantees told the subcommittee the Stop the Hate program has expanded prevention, response and legal services statewide and urged the legislature to reauthorize funding before the July 1 expiration to sustain services for communities affected by hate incidents.

CDSS Office of Equity Director Eliana Kamowitz and regional lead representatives updated the subcommittee on Stop the Hate, the statewide grant program that funds community‑based prevention and intervention services.

Kamowitz said the program measures outcomes in direct services, prevention/intervention programming, a transformative grant portfolio…

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