State funds approved to help remedy rise in violence against Asian Americans
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Assemblyman Phil Ting, D-San Francisco, chair of the Assembly budget committee, puts on a face mask before the start of an oversight hearing of the Assembly budget special subcommittee on COVID-19 at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif. Ting secured $1.4 million in funding to help track and prevent anti-Asian American violence and hate-crimes. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, Pool)Rich Pedroncelli / Associated Press
Following an uptick in hate crimes targeting Asian Americans throughout the Bay Area, the California Legislature on Monday approved $1.4 million in funding to go toward tracking cases in an effort to ultimately stop them.