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2023 Hate Crime Statistics for California*

Bias Motivation Categories by Year

Bias Motivation Category

2021

2022

2023

Race/Ethnicity/Ancestry

49

1,367

1,108

Religion

6

318

433

Sexual Orientation

16

416

462

Disability

0

11

23

Gender

0

15

7

Gender Identity

3

74

81

Total:

74

2,201

2,114

Types of Crime

Crimes Against Persons1,38663.6%
Crimes Against Property78335.9%
Crimes Against Society100.5%

Bias Motivation Categories

Race/Ethnicity/Ancestry1,10852.4%
Religion43320.5%
Sexual Orientation46221.9%
Disability231.1%
Gender70.3%
Gender Identity813.8%

 


 *2021 was the first year that the annual hate crimes statistics were reported entirely through the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS).  As a result of the shift to NIBRS-only data collection, law enforcement agency participation in submitting all crime statistics, including hate crimes, fell significantly from 2020 to 2021.


Case Examples

A California man was charged with hate crimes for punching an Asian American woman in Culver City, while yelling racial slurs at her.

According to evidence, the defendant asked the victim for a cigarette and then followed her yelling racial slurs. He punched the victim in the head, causing her to fall into the street and hit her head. While the victim was lying face down in the street, the defendant shouted, “You hear what I said, [racial slur]? I said good morning, [slur]!”

The victim suffered severe injuries and received 11 stitches to the face because of the attack.

Charges: https://www.justice.gov/usao-cdca/pr/socal-man-charged-hate-crime-physical-attack-asian-american-woman-while-hurling-racial

A California woman was sentenced to 32 months in prison for sending a series of antisemitic threats over the phone to former Executive Director of Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life Synagogue and his family.

According to evidence at trial, the defendant left over 240 messages over four years with the victim, his wife, and her adult child. These messages were filled with hateful antisemitic remarks and death threats to the family and all Jewish people. In several messages she mentioned victims killed in the October 2018 massacre at Tree of Life Synagogue by name. Her threats left the family scared for their lives.

The defendant was arrested in March 2023 and pleaded guilty to hate crimes in March 2024.

Sentencing: https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdfl/pr/california-woman-sentenced-prison-making-anti-semitic-phone-threats-former-executive

Guilty Plea: https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdfl/pr/california-woman-pleads-guilty-leaving-threatening-anti-semitic-message

A California man was arrested and charged for making antisemitic threats against several North Carolina entities and individuals, including an elected official, members of law enforcement, and several synagogues located in North Carolina.

According to evidence, on or about May 7, the defendant stated, “Jews didn’t deserve to live. Jews didn’t deserve to be on this earth. I’m going to kill the Jews. I’m coming to the Temple to kill all the Jews and the children.” He also made a bomb threat to the Wake County, North Carolina, Sheriff’s Office.

Charges: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/california-man-arrested-making-violent-threats-against-north-carolinians

A California man pleaded guilty to hate crimes and gun charges for shooting and wounding two Jewish men as they left religious services in February 2023.

According to evidence, the defendant shot the first victim as they were leaving services at the synagogue. The next day, the defendant shot another victim who was leaving services at a different synagogue in the same Los Angeles neighborhood.

Evidence indicates that the defendant held antisemitic beliefs, and he targeted a predominately Jewish neighborhood after searching a popular business-review app for a kosher market in the Pico-Robertson district of Los Angeles.

Guilty Plea: https://www.justice.gov/usao-cdca/pr/ex-riverside-man-agrees-plead-guilty-hate-and-gun-crimes-shooting-two-jewish-men

Charges: https://www.justice.gov/usao-cdca/pr/man-who-allegedly-shot-two-jewish-victims-leaving-los-angeles-synagogues-indicted

A California man was sentenced to 12 months in federal prison for disrupting a “Stop Asian Hate” rally in March 2021 by running a red light and driving through a crowded crosswalk of peaceful protesters.

According to evidence, the defendant drove through the peaceful rally yelling, “Go back to China!” and other racial slurs at the demonstrators. The defendant then intentionally drove through a crosswalk, narrowly missing a group of demonstrators, including a 9-year-old child.

The defendant got out of the car and continued to yell racist threats at the demonstrators. He called the police, identifying himself as “John Doe,” and falsely reported that rally participants were “about to trample [his] car.”

The defendant pleaded guilty to civil rights charges in October 2023.

Sentencing: https://www.justice.gov/usao-cdca/pr/diamond-bar-man-sentenced-one-year-federal-prison-driving-his-car-through

Guilty Plea: https://www.justice.gov/usao-cdca/pr/diamond-bar-man-pleads-guilty-civil-rights-charge-driving-his-car-crowd-demonstrators

Indictment: https://www.justice.gov/usao-cdca/pr/diamond-bar-man-arrested-indictment-charging-him-using-his-car-intimidate-demonstrators

A California man associated with a racially motivated violent extremist group was sentenced to 57 months in federal prison for possessing ammunition and machine guns as a convicted felon.

According to evidence, the defendant used online messaging apps to post racist comments against Jewish people, including calling for mass murder and genocide of Jews. He also posted links and instruction manuals concerning hand grenades, biological warfare, and the “Aryan Revolution,” at times offering to make firearms and firearm parts for others using 3-D printers.

In July 2023, law enforcement officers searched the defendant’s home and found 116 rounds of ammunition and various machinegun conversion devices, which he was prohibited from possessing based on a previous burglary felony.

Sentencing: https://www.justice.gov/usao-cdca/pr/reseda-man-who-expressed-anti-semitic-hate-sentenced-federal-prison-illegally

A California man who firebombed a Planned Parenthood clinic in Costa Mesa, California, and plotted other attacks, including an attack on a California power grid in furtherance of a race war, an attack at Dodger Stadium during an LGBTQI+ pride night celebration, and the home invasions of several Jewish homes in Los Angeles was sentenced to nine years in prison.

On March 13, 2022, the defendant and a co-defendant lit a Molotov cocktail and threw it at a Planned Parenthood clinic, striking the clinic entrance and starting a fire before fleeing. According to evidence, the defendant later planned a second attack but stopped when he saw law enforcement at the clinic.

The co-defendants had been discussing starting a race war by attacking an electrical substation with the goal of disrupting the power grid in Orange County, California. The defendant kept a thumb drive disguised as a military necklace, with an operation plan and a gear list for his attacks. Law enforcement found some of this gear in the defendant’s home, with racial slurs printed on weapons and a recording of a mass shooting. Evidence also revealed plans to attack Dodger Stadium on a night celebrating LGBTQI+ pride and plans to rob Jewish families in Hollywood Hills.

He was motivated by white supremacist ideology and expressed violent racist, antisemitic, and homophobic intentions on several occasions. Further sentencing for additional crimes will come later this year.

Sentencing: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/former-marine-sentenced-molotov-cocktail-attack-against-planned-parenthood-clinic-orange

Guilty Plea: https://www.justice.gov/usao-cdca/pr/former-us-marine-pleads-guilty-firebombing-planned-parenthood-clinic-orange-county-and

Co-Defendant’s Guilty Plea: https://www.justice.gov/usao-cdca/pr/irvine-man-pleads-guilty-firebombing-planned-parenthood-clinic-and-plotting-attack

Charges: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/federal-grand-jury-charges-three-molotov-cocktail-attack-last-year-planned-parenthood-clinic

A rideshare driver in California was charged for attacking a passenger for her suspected Jewish heritage.

According to evidence, the defendant drove to pick up a rider from her house. When he arrived he asked the rider if she was Jewish or Israeli and claimed he would not drive a Jewish or Israeli passenger.  He then punched the passenger in the face.

The defendant was arrested and charged with a federal hate crime.

Chargeshttps://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/former-california-rideshare-driver-charged-federal-hate-crime-antisemitic-attack-passenger

A judge sentenced a Californian man to more than a year in prison for making anti-LGBTQ+ threats against the dictionary company Merriam-Webster, Inc., and others.

Between October 2 and October 8, 2021, the defendant made a series of threatening messages and comments. Some of the threats were about the word entries for “Girl” and “Woman”, and the defendant sent comments through the website threatening to bomb Merriam-Webster’s offices. These threats led Merriam-Webster to temporarily close its offices in Springfield, Massachusetts and New York City, New York.

The same online user made similar threats to others, including the American Civil Liberties Union, Amnesty International, Land O’ Lakes, Hasbro, Inc., IGN Entertainment, the President of the University of North Texas, two professors at Loyola Marymount University, and a New York rabbi.

Press Release: https://www.justice.gov/usao-ma/pr/california-man-sentenced-threatening-merriam-webster-anti-lgbtq-violence

Press Release: https://www.justice.gov/usao-ma/pr/california-man-pleads-guilty-threatening-merriam-webster-anti-lgbtq-violence

Press Release: https://www.justice.gov/usao-ma/pr/california-man-accused-threatening-merriam-webster-anti-lgbtq-violence-indicted

Press Release: https://www.justice.gov/usao-ma/pr/california-man-arrested-and-charged-making-threats-against-lgbtq-community

A Diamond Bar man was arrested on federal charges alleging that he disrupted a “Stop Asian Hate” rally in March 2021 by deliberately running a red light, blocking the path of demonstrators and yelling racial epithets at them.

According to the charges, on March 21, 2021, a “Stop Asian Hate” rally occurred in Diamond Bar. The rally was a protest against the increase in hate crimes and hate incidents against members of the Asian American Pacific Islander community both locally and nationally – including the murders of six Asian American women five days earlier in Atlanta.

During the rally, the defendant allegedly yelled, “Go back to China!” and other racial slurs at the demonstrators. Allegedly, he then deliberately drove his car through the intersection’s crosswalk at the red light, made an illegal U-turn and cut off the route of several rally participants lawfully crossing the street. His car narrowly missing a 9-year old, and others.

The defendant pulled his car over some distance away from the intersection, got out of the car and continued to yell racial epithets and threats at the demonstrators. He then called the police, identified himself as “John Doe” and falsely reported to police that the rally participants were blocking the street and he had to run a red light “because they were about to trample my car,” the indictment alleges. He also allegedly requested that police “get some control out” at the intersection.

If convicted of the two charges in the indictment, the defendant could face up to 20 years in prison.

An indictment is a serious accusation. But the defendant is presumed innocent until proven guilty.

Press Release: https://www.justice.gov/usao-cdca/pr/diamond-bar-man-arrested-indictment-charging-him-using-his-car-intimidate-demonstrators

A federal court sentenced two men to prison for hate crimes after their attack on a family-owned Turkish restaurant in 2020.

Turkey and Armenia are neighboring countries in western Asia that have a long history of conflict. In September 2020, tensions in Turkish and Armenian communities escalated worldwide, including in the United States.

The defendants, who are Armenian-American, sent text messages stating that they planned to go “hunting for [T]urks.” Later that day, the men met with Armenian-American friends to protest what they considered to be Turkish aggression against Armenians, expressing their contempt for Turkey, and showing support for Armenia. The group drove to the restaurant, and the defendants stormed inside, attacking several people inside. During the attack, multiple victims were injured, including one individual who lost feeling in their legs and collapsed multiple times due to their injuries. One of the defendants asked the victims, “Are you Turkish?” and shouted, “We came to kill you! We will kill you!”

The attack caused at least $20,000 of damage to the restaurant and physically injured multiple victims. The defendants owe their victims $21,200 to pay for the damage.

A federal judge sentenced the one of the men to five years in prison and the other to 15 months in prison for the attack.

Press Release: https://www.justice.gov/usao-cdca/pr/federal-prison-sentences-two-socal-men-who-targeted-turkish-victims-hate-crime-attack

Press Release: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/california-man-agrees-plead-guilty-federal-hate-crime-case-attacking-family-owned-restaurant

A federal court sentenced a California man to life followed by 30 years in prison for his attack on a Poway synagogue. The man pled guilty to over 100 charges for killing one woman, injuring three people, and attempting to kill more than 50.

According to evidence, the defendant set fire to the Dur-ul-Arqam Mosque on March 24, 2019. A month later, he went to the Chabad of Poway Synagogue with a loaded semi-automatic rifle and ammunition. He opened fire on the congregants, killing one and injuring three others. The defendant fled the scene, but law enforcement later caught him and discovered the rifle and ammunition in his car.

A later search of his computer, uncovered a document where he admitted to setting fire to the Dur-ul-Arqam Mosque. He also wrote that the Pittsburgh Tree of Life Synagogue shooting inspired him to burn the mosque and attack the synagogue.

Indictment:https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/california-man-indicted-federal-hate-crimes-related-poway-synagogue-shooting-and-arson

Press Release: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/california-man-charged-federal-hate-crimes-poway-synagogue-shooting

Press Release: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/california-man-sentenced-life-followed-30-years-prison-federal-hate-crimes-related-2019-poway

A federal court sentenced a California man to more than six years in prison for a hate crime for attacking a Black man in Santa Cruz, California.

According to evidence, the defendant slashed the victim with a nine-inch knife. He cut the victim on his head, chest, and stomach, while yelling racial slurs.

The defendant had a history of committing violent acts while yelling racial slurs. This was his fourth known attack against Black men in the last seven years.

Press Release: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/california-man-sentenced-more-six-years-prison-federal-hate-crime-conviction

Press Release: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/california-man-convicted-federal-hate-crime-attempting-stab-black-man

Press Release: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/california-man-charged-federal-hate-crime-attempting-stab-Black-man

A federal jury convicted a California man of willfully attempting to cause bodily injury by using a dangerous weapon because of a person’s actual or perceived race or color.

The man is guilty of confronting and attacking a Black man with a nine-inch knife, swiping the man multiple times on his head, chest, and stomach, while yelling racial slurs. At the time of the attack, the defendant was on probation in connection to another racially-motivated attack he committed in 2018.

The defendant faces a maximum of 10 years in prison.

Press Release: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/california-man-convicted-federal-hate-crime-attempting-stab-black-man

Press Release: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/california-man-charged-federal-hate-crime-attempting-stab-Black-man

A California woman has been sentenced to 15 months and 13 days for intentionally obstructing individuals’ free exercise of religion by threatening to bomb the Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School in Washington, D.C., the oldest Catholic school for girls in the country.

The defendant faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison, 3 years of supervised release, and a fine of up to $250,000.In May of 2019, the school announced that it would begin publishing same-sex wedding announcements in its alumni magazine. In response to the school’s decision, the defendant made multiple calls to the school, threatening to bomb the church, blow up the school, and kill school officials and students.

Press Release: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/california-woman-sentenced-15-months-threatening-bomb-catholic-prep-school

Press Release: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/california-woman-pleads-guilty-hate-crime-threatening-bomb-catholic-prep-school

A California woman pleaded guilty to committing a religious-bias hate crime by threatening to bomb the Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School in Washington, D.C.

In May 2019, after school officials announced that Visitation Prep, the oldest Catholic school for girls in the country, would begin publishing same-sex wedding announcements in its alumni magazine, they began receiving threats. On May 15, the defendant left a series of voice messages stating that she was going to burn and bomb campus buildings, and kill school officials and students.

The crime carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison, three years of supervised release, and a fine of up to $250,000.

Press Release: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/california-woman-pleads-guilty-hate-crime-threatening-bomb-catholic-prep-school

Benjamin Daley, Michael Miselis, and Thomas Gillen, members of the white-supremacist group formerly known as the Rise Above Movement (RAM), were sentenced in court for violence they committed at political rallies as part of their conspiracy to riot.

From March 2017 to August 2017, the three men traveled with other RAM members to multiple political rallies and organized demonstrations in Virginia and California where they engaged in planned acts of violence. They attended these rallies intending to provoke physical conflict with counter-protestors, which they believed would justify their use of force and protect them from prosecution. The defendants admitted that their acts of violence during the Charlottesville Unite the Right rally were not in self-defense.

Daley was sentenced to 37 months in prison, Gillen was sentenced to 33 months in prison, and Miselis was sentenced to 27 months in prison. A fourth defendant, Cole Evan White, will be sentenced at a later date. All four defendants previously pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to riot.

Sentencing: https://www.justice.gov/usao-wdva/pr/three-members-california-based-white-supremacist-group-sentenced-riots-charges-related


News

March 13, 2025

Federal Task Force to Combat Antisemitism to Visit Leadership of Four Big Cities Rocked by Incidents of Antisemitism


March 11, 2025

San Diego Man Admits Guilt in Sending Hate-Filled Email with Death Threat


March 4, 2025

Violent Recidivist Sentenced to More Than 4 Years in Federal Prison for Racially Motivated Attack on Asian American Woman


February 28, 2025

Oakland Man Who Worked As A Substitute Teacher Charged With Mailing Threatening Letters To East Bay Elementary School


December 11, 2024

California Man Pleads Guilty to Hate Crime for Attack on Asian American Woman While Shouting Racial Slurs 


November 1, 2024

Man who Provided Guns to Shooter of Two Jewish Community Members in California Sentenced to Prison 


September 30, 2024

Former California Man Sentenced to 35 Years in Prison for Attempting to Murder Two Jewish Men Leaving Los Angeles Synagogues Last Year


September 13, 2024

Former Orange County Resident Linked to White Supremacist Group Pleads Guilty to Plotting and Engaging in Violence at Political Rallies


August 2024

Bring United Against Hate Week to Your Community!


August 13, 2024

California Man Indicted for Sending Threatening Communication to LGBTQ Victim


June 10, 2024

California Man Sentenced to More Than 3½ Years in Federal Prison for Campaign in Which He Threatened Violence Against Jewish and Asian Americans


May 29, 2024

California Man Charged with Hate Crime for Physical Attack on Asian American Woman While Hurling Racial Slurs


May 24, 2024

California Woman Sentenced to Prison for Making Antisemitic Phone Threats to Former Executive Director of Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life Synagogue


May 24, 2024

California Man Arrested for Making Violent Threats Against North Carolinians


May 14, 2024

Ex-Riverside Man Agrees to Plead Guilty to Hate and Gun Crimes for Shooting Two Jewish Men Leaving L.A. Synagogues Last Year


May 6, 2024

California Man Sentenced to One Year in Federal Prison for Driving His Car Through Demonstrators at ‘Stop Asian Hate’ Rally


April 19, 2024

California Man Who Expressed Anti-Semitic Hate Sentenced to Federal Prison for Illegally Possessing Ammunition and Machine Guns


April 15, 2024

Former Marine Sentenced for Molotov Cocktail Attack Against Planned Parenthood Clinic in Orange County, California


March 13, 2024

Former California Rideshare Driver Charged with Federal Hate Crime for Antisemitic Attack on Passenger


March 8, 2024

California Woman Pleads Guilty to Leaving Threatening Antisemitic Message


February 29, 2024

California Man Pleads Guilty to Firebombing Planned Parenthood Clinic and Plotting to Attack Electrical Substation in Orange County


January 29, 2024

California Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Stalking Charge and Admits to Threatening Mass Shooting of Synagogues


January 29, 2024

U.S. Attorney’s Office Hosts Federal, State, and Local Partners for ‘United Against Hate’ Event at UCLA


November 30, 2023

Former U.S. Marine Pleads Guilty to Firebombing a Planned Parenthood Clinic in Southern California and Admits to Planning Additional Attacks


November 13, 2023

U.S. Attorney’s Office for Southern District of California Launches United Against Hate Week


October 26, 2023

California Man Pleads Guilty to a Civil Rights Charge for Driving His Car into a Crowd of Demonstrators at a ‘Stop Asian Hate’ Rally


August 18, 2023

United States Attorney’s Office for Northern District of California and the Asian American Foundation Host Oakland Roundtable Discussion on Fighting Hate


June 5, 2023

U.S. Attorney’s Office for Eastern District of California and Not In Our Town Present Documentary on Tree of Life Synagogue Massacre


April 14, 2023

California Man Sentenced for Threatening Merriam-Webster with Anti-LGBTQ Violence


March 3, 2023

California Man Who Allegedly Shot Two Jewish Victims Leaving Los Angeles Synagogues Indicted for Multiple Hate Crime and Firearms Offenses


February 17, 2023

California Man Charged with Federal Hate Crimes for Allegedly Shooting and Wounding Two Victims Leaving Synagogues


November 14, 2022

U.S. Attorney’s Office for Southern District of California Joins Community and Law Enforcement Partners in Launching San Diego’s First United Against Hate Week


September 14, 2022

California Man Pleads Guilty to Threatening Merriam-Webster with Anti-LGBTQ Violence


June 30, 2022

U.S. Attorney Convenes Multi-Agency Briefing Informing Local Community Leaders on Targeted Violence Indicators


May 26, 2022

U.S. Attorney for Eastern District of California Announces Greater Fresno Hate Crimes Task Force


May 12, 2022

California Man Charged with Bias-Motivated Interference for Disrupting Demonstration Against Asian Hate


May 5, 2022

California Man Indicted for Threatening Merriam-Webster with Anti-LGBTQ Violence


April 22, 2022

California Man Arrested and Charged with Making Threats Against LGBTQ Community


March 7, 2022

Federal Prison Sentences for Two California Men Who Targeted Turkish Victims in Hate Crime Attack on Family-Owned Restaurant


February 3, 2022

Building Community Trust Is Key to Improving Hate Crime Reporting


January 27, 2022

Landmark Federal Hate Crime Conviction in Northern California


December 28, 2021

California Man Sentenced to Life Followed by 30 Years in Prison for Federal Hate Crimes Related to 2019 Poway Synagogue Shooting and Attempted Mosque Arson


December 3, 2021

California Man Sentenced to More Than Six Years in Prison for Federal Hate Crime Conviction


December 2, 2021

Community Plays Key Role in Groundbreaking Hate Crimes Conviction: An Open Letter From FBI San Francisco


October 8, 2021

FBI Sacramento Special Agent in Charge’s Message to the Community Regarding Hate Crime


October 6, 2021

FBI Sacramento Field Office Launches Campaign Raising Hate Crime Awareness, Encouraging Reporting


September 28, 2021

FBI San Diego Begins Hate Crimes Reporting Campaign to Spread Awareness About Hate Crimes & Encourage Reporting


September 21, 2021

FBI Los Angeles Kicks Off Ad Campaign to Spread Awareness About Hate Crimes & Encourage the Public to Report


September 17, 2021

California Man Pleads Guilty to 113-Count Federal Hate Crime Indictment for 2019 Poway Synagogue Shooting and Mosque Arson


September 8, 2021

California Man Agrees to Plead Guilty in Federal Hate Crime Case for Attacking Family-Owned Restaurant and Making Death Threats


June 1, 2021

U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of California Shares Resources for Reporting Anti-Asian Hate Incidents


May 27, 2021

Alaska Defendant Pleads Guilty for Threatening Los Angeles Synagogue


May 13, 2021

Remarks by FBI San Francisco Special Agent in Charge Craig Fair on Combating Hate Crimes in Oakland Chinatown


May 6, 2021

FBI San Francisco Announces New Strategy to Combat Hate Crimes


April 27, 2021

Two California Men Indicted in Hate Crimes Case Alleging They Attacked Family-Owned Restaurant and Threatened to Kill the Victims Inside


April 20, 2021

U.S. Attorney’s Office, FBI and ADL to Host Discussion on Hate Crimes, Hate Incidents and Discrimination Against Asian Americans


April 9, 2021

California Man Convicted with Federal Hate Crime for Attempting to Stab Black Man


March 26, 2021

California Woman Sentenced to 15 Months for Threatening to Bomb Catholic Prep School


March 25, 2021

Acting U.S. Attorney Phil Talbert Offers a Statement of Support for the Asian American Pacific Islander Community Amidst Rising Anti-AAPI Hate Crimes and Incidents


March 23, 2021

Top Federal Prosecutor in Los Angeles and Head of FBI Field Office Denounce Hate Crimes and Racism Targeting Asian Americans


March 23, 2021

East L.A. Gang Member Who Led Firebombing of African-American Residences Sentenced to 16 Years in Federal Prison


March 19, 2021

San Diego Law Enforcement Leaders Condemn Anti-Asian Hate Crimes


January 4, 2021

California Woman Pleads Guilty to Hate Crime for Threatening to Bomb Catholic Prep School


September 29, 2020

California Man Charged with Federal Hate Crime for Attempting to Stab Black Man


June 16, 2020

Joint Statement by U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Erin Nealy Cox and Senior Advisor to the Office of the Assistant Attorney General Office of Justice Programs Bill Woolf before the Senate Judiciary Committee


May 19, 2020

Central California Federal Law Enforcement Leaders Address Discrimination During the Coronavirus Pandemic


May 19, 2020

Eastern California Federal Law Enforcement Leaders Affirm Importance of Protecting Civil Rights Amid Coronavirus Pandemic


April 24, 2020

Southern California Federal Law Enforcement Leaders Affirm Importance of Protecting Civil Rights Amid Coronavirus Pandemic


January 10, 2020

California Woman Charged with Hate Crime for Threatening to Bomb Catholic Prep School


July 19, 2019

Three Members of California-Based White Supremacist Group Sentenced on Riots Charges Related to August 2017 "Unite the Right" Rally in Charlottesville


July 17, 2019

Man Allegedly Makes Phone Threats to Pride Parade; Investigators Track and Link Him to Unsolved Bank Robberies


July 3, 2019

East L.A. Gang Member Who Firebombed African-American Residences Sentenced to 13 Years in Federal Prison


May 21, 2019

California Man Indicted for Federal Hate Crimes Related to Poway Synagogue Shooting and Arson of Escondido Mosque


May 9, 2019

California Man Charged with Federal Hate Crimes for Poway Synagogue Shooting


April 9, 2019

Final Defendant in East L.A. Street Gang Pleads Guilty to Federal Charges Stemming From Firebombing of African-American Residences


November 19, 2018

United States Attorney Addresses Latest Hate Crimes Statistics and Announces Upcoming Hate Crimes Forum


September 13, 2018

Recent Prosecutions of Firearm Offenses in Sacramento Area


June 5, 2018

Former Fugitive Gang Member Sentenced to 20 Years in Federal Prison for Racially-Motivated Murder


April 5, 2018

Three Gang Members Agree to Plead Guilty to Federal Hate Crime Charges Related to Firebombing of African-American Residences


April 10, 2017

Bakersfield Man Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison for Hate Crime


February 14, 2017

Longtime Fugitive Enters Plea in Federal Hate Crimes Case Alleging Racially Motivated Murders of African Americans


Resources

The resources below include specific examples, experiences, or information related to California.
Go to the Resources page to access all resources.

Film/Documentary | Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) | Law Enforcement, Public Officials, Victim Advocacy Groups/General Community

Not In Our Town: On the Ground with Law Enforcement


Film/Documentary | Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) | Law Enforcement, Victim Advocacy Groups/General Community

Lessons from a Hate Crime Detective


Guide | Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) | Victim Advocacy Groups/General Community

Lessons from a Hate Crime Detective: A guide for community screenings


Guide | Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) | Law Enforcement

Lessons from a Hate Crime Detective: A guide for law enforcement


Publication | National Institute of Justice (OJP) | Law Enforcement, Prosecutors

Program Provides a Safe Place To Report Hate Crimes


Publication | National Institute of Justice (OJP) | Researchers

Questioning Bias: Validating a Bias Crime Victim Assessment Tool in California And New Jersey


Film/Documentary | Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS)

Manhattan Beach


Guide | Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) | Law Enforcement, Prosecutors

A Prosecutor’s Stand: Hate Crimes – Important Facts for Officers Leading Discussions of the Film


Film/Documentary | Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS)

A Prosecutor’s Stand


DOJ Offices

FBI Field Offices
FBI

Los Angeles
11000 Wilshire Boulevard
Suite 1700
Los Angeles, CA 90024

T: 310.477.6565
losangeles.fbi.gov

San Francisco
450 Golden Gate Avenue, 13th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94102-9523

T: 415.553.7400
sanfrancisco.fbi.gov

Sacramento
2001 Freedom Way
Roseville, CA 95678

T: 916.746.7000

San Diego
10385 Vista Sorrento Parkway
San Diego, CA 92121

T:858.320.1800
sandiego.fbi.gov

U.S. Attorneys' Offices
DOJ

Central District of California (Los Angeles)
www.justice.gov/usao-cdca/contact

Eastern District of California (Sacramento)
www.justice.gov/usao-edca/contact-us

Northern District of California (San Francisco)
www.justice.gov/usao-ndca/contact-us

Southern District of California (San Diego)
www.justice.gov/usao-sdca/contact-us


CRS Regional Offices
CRS

Western Regional Office
888 South Figueroa Street
Suite 2010
Los Angeles, CA 90017

T: 213.894.2941
F:213.894.2880
askcrs@usdoj.gov

Western Field Office
90 Seventh Street
Suite 3-300
San Francisco, CA 94103

T: 415.744.6565
askcrs@usdoj.gov
Updated March 17, 2025