L.A. County Expands Efforts to Combat Anti-Asian Hate Posted On By GWEN MURANAKA, Rafu Senior Editor The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously on Tuesday to expand efforts to combat the disturbing rise, since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, of anti-Asian violence, hatred and discrimination. Supervisor Hilda Solis authored the motion. which gives additional resources to the L.A. County Human Relations Commission program called L.A. vs. Hate, in particular the Rapid Response Network, for the remainder of the current fiscal year. Noriaki Ito and Robin Toma “The alarming surge in hate incidents, particularly aimed at our Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) communities, demonstrates the urgent need to expand the County’s anti-hate program,” said Solis, who represents large portions of the San Gabriel Valley, Chinatown, Little Tokyo, and Historic Filipinotown.