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CAIR-LA: California state funding for Stop the Hate program must continue, leaders say – CALÓ News
According to CAIR’s national data, in 2024 the organization received 8,658 complaints, including 1,800 in California. This number marks the highest number of complaints CAIR has recorded since its first civil rights report in 1996.
Amr Shabaik, senior civil rights managing attorney for CAIR-LA, said he was alarmed to hear that funding would end this year, even as his community are targeted for attacks.
“This is something that has to be prioritized in the state budget, especially when we have this president every single day talking and somehow activating those extreme groups with his rhetoric,” he said.
“If we are cutting funding to fight these types of crimes, it sends a message also in California that we are not valued, that we aren’t deemed as important enough to continue the funding,” he added.