Report by the Anti-Defamation League shows a 40% increase in anti-Semitic incidents in California last year, including harassment, assault and vandalism, with at least six murders committed by extremist groups in 2021 and 2022.
The report also highlights increasing collaboration among extremist and white supremacist groups in the state, and an increase in the distribution of propaganda by established groups such as the Proud Boys.
Local lawmakers have been targeted in at least 64 instances of harassment or threats, and the state has responded by unveiling a non-emergency hate crime hotline and considering the creation of a hate crime intervention unit.
