A White Nationalists, antilgbt, racist, antimuslim and antiimmigrant groups are scattered throughout the golden state. This is something that makes it even clearer, these most recent numbers, that this problem isnt going anywhere, just as recent events make that clear. You may be surprised to know that some of the new breed of leaders of White Nationalist groups come from here in california. Dan noyes continues our coverage with that part of the story. Reporter i covered a nazi rally that turned into a violent confrontation in virginia 34 years ago. It was one of my first stories for cnn. In some ways, sadly not much has changed except for the people in charge. The San Francisco office of the Antidefamation League and other organizations that track hate groups were shocked and disturbed by what they saw in charlottesville over the weekend. This is the largest gathering of White Supremacists weve seen in this country for possibly several decades. Reporter he tells us different hate grou
Good evening and thanks for joining us. Im ama daetz. And im dan ashley. A right wing rally has been permitted in the city without the citys knowledge. Dan noyes will help us understand whats changing about the groups behind these events. Lets go live to kate larson, who is at San Francisco to he will us how San Francisco is preparing for one of these groups. Reporter even though chrissy field is in San Francisco, it is on federal property. So after learning that the park service approved a permit for a right wing rally in the coming weeks, the mayor and police chief spoke out very clearly today about their concern for Public Safety at this normally Family Friendly location. We have reached out to the golden gate Recreation Area many times and have yet to hear back about their permit conditions for this controversial event. We are not welcoming this group into San Francisco to promote hate. Reporter but the mayor thinks the National Park service did just that when they permitted a righ