CA AB1079

Establishes the Hate Crimes Intervention Program within the State Department of Public Health's Injury and Violence Prevention Branch to implement evidence-based community interventions in impacted communities, commencing on or before July 1, 2025, or one year after legislative appropriation.

Requires the Civil Rights Department to create and distribute statewide and regional radio, social media, and television campaigns to discourage discrimination based on disability, gender, nationality, race or ethnicity, religion, or sexual orientation.

Mandates the Civil Rights Department convene a working group of nine marketing experts appointed by the director, one Assembly member, and one Senate member to develop a plan implementing the anti-discrimination campaigns.

Specifies advertisement focus shall be proportional to hate crime rates against each protected community as determined by the most recent Attorney General Hate Crime in California report or more reliable data.

Exempts the working group from the Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act and requires working group members to serve on a volunteer basis.