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Hate crime laws in the United States are state and federal laws intended to protect against hate crimes (also known as bias crimes). While state laws vary, current statutes permit federal prosecution of hate crimes committed on the basis of a person's characteristics of race, religion, ethnicity, disability, nationality, gender, sexual orientation, and/or gender identity.
California law clarifies protections against hate crimes based on sexual orientation and gender identity or expression, alongside other categories. State law provides penalty enhancements for a crime motivated by the victim's perceived or actual sexual orientation or gender identity.
The first state law against hate crimes, titled California Section 190.2 was passed in 1978 in California. This statute's sole purpose was the enhance the penalty of crimes that were motivated by prejudice due to race, sexual orientation, ethnicity, disability, etc.
Known as CA vs. Hate, the program was jump-started after a rise in hate crimes and hate incidents in the state. California started an anti-hate hotline. It received more than 1,000 reports after a ...
California is officially launching a hotline this week for people to report acts of hate and bias, as the state grapples with a rise in reported hate crimes.
President Obama signed the Matthew Shephard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crime Prevention Act into law in 2009. But the effort to pass this landmark legislation started much earlier. Legislative ...
The California Civil Rights Department (CRD), formerly known as the Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH), is an agency of California state government charged with the protection of residents from employment, housing and public accommodation discrimination, and hate violence.
In the year since the hotline debuted, the state has received 1,020 reports of hate crimes — including discrimination and harassment claims. It's been one year since California launched a hate ...