Legislature approves $1.4M to counteract increase in violence against Asian Americans

Following an uptick in hate crimes targeting Asian Americans throughout the Bay Area, the California Legislature has approved $1.4 million in funding to go toward tracking cases in an effort to ultimately stop them.

Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic nearly a year ago, an uptick in racist and xenophobic attacks against Asian Americans have been reported throughout the Bay Area and the nation, indicating an alarming trend.