State commission urges permanent hate-data infrastructure and law-enforcement training

Aug 4, 2026

The California Commission on the State of Hate recommended a permanent statewide data system, required hate-crimes training for law enforcement, and sustained funding for community-based services to prevent and respond to bias-motivated incidents.

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Professor Brian Levin, chair of the California Commission on the State of Hate, told the Select Committee that survey and victimization research point to far more incidents than law-enforcement reports capture and urged the Legislature to build a permanent data infrastructure and training mandates.

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