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The following acts are examples of hate crimes under California law when they are motivated by the victim's actual or perceived race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, sexual orientation, gender, or disability: * Using force or threatening to use force to injure, intimidate, or interfere with another person who is exercising his or her constitutional rights * Defacing or damaging another person's property to intimidate or interfere with that person's free exercise of his or her constitutional rights * Desecrating a religious symbol or displaying a swastika on another person's property with the intent to terrorize another person * Vandalizing, burning, or bombing a church, synagogue, mosque, or other house of worship to terrorize other persons California Hate Crimes Statutes Felonies * P.C. 422.7 - Commission of a crime for the purpose of interfering with another's exercise of civil rights. * P.C. 594.3 - Vandalism of place of worship based on racial or religious bias. * P.C. 11412 - Threats obstructing exercise of religion. * P.C. 11413 - Use of destructive device or explosive or commission of arson in certain places.

The following acts are examples of hate crimes under California law when they are motivated by the victim's actual or perceived race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, sexual orientation, gender, or disability: * Using force or threatening to use force to injure, intimidate, or interfere with another person who is exercising his or her constitutional rights * Defacing or damaging another person's property to intimidate or interfere with that person's free exercise of his or her constitutional rights * Desecrating a religious symbol or displaying a swastika on another person's property with the intent to terrorize another person * Vandalizing, burning, or bombing a church, synagogue, mosque, or other house of worship to terrorize other persons California Hate Crimes Statutes Felonies * P.C. 422.7 - Commission of a crime for the purpose of interfering with another's exercise of civil rights. * P.C. 594.3 - Vandalism of place of worship based on racial or religious bias. * P.C. 11412 - Threats obstructing exercise of religion. * P.C. 11413 - Use of destructive device or explosive or commission of arson in certain places.

The following acts are examples of hate crimes under California law when they are motivated by the victim's actual or perceived race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, sexual orientation, gender, or disability: * Using force or threatening to use force to injure, intimidate, or interfere with another person who is exercising his or her constitutional rights * Defacing or damaging another person's property to intimidate or interfere with that person's free exercise of his or her constitutional rights * Desecrating a religious symbol or displaying a swastika on another person's property with the intent to terrorize another person * Vandalizing, burning, or bombing a church, synagogue, mosque, or other house of worship to terrorize other persons California Hate Crimes Statutes Felonies * P.C. 422.7 - Commission of a crime for the purpose of interfering with another's exercise of civil rights. * P.C. 594.3 - Vandalism of place of worship based on racial or religious bias. * P.C. 11412 - Threats obstructing exercise of religion. * P.C. 11413 - Use of destructive device or explosive or commission of arson in certain places.

"LAMBDA Gay & Lesbian Ant-Violence Project (AVP) TO REPORT A HATE CRIME, CLICK HERE. What is a hate crime ? Depending upon where you live, a hate crime is a criminal act which is motivated, at least in part, because of someone's bias or hatred of a person's or group's perceived race, religion, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or other characteristic. When a crime is a "hate crime", the victim is intentionally selected because of his or her race, color, religion, national origin, gender, disability, or sexual orientation. A number of federal and state laws prohibit acts or threats of violence, as well as harassment and discrimination, based on race, color, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender and/or disability. Some laws also include political affiliation, and age, though federal and state laws vary greatly. A crime is classified as bias-motivated (or a hate crime) when it is clear that the offender's criminal actions were motivated, in whole or in part, by bias. LAMBDA GLBT Community Services takes hate crimes and other anti-GLBT incidents very seriously. LAMBDA works together with law enforcement, judicial, and victim services agencies to eliminate and respond to such incidents. Reporting hate-related incidents and domestic violence helps survivors take advantage of recovery services and enables our community to build up statistics and patterns of crime, providing an opportunity of catching offenders or prevent the violence altogether. Hate crime statutes are designed to send the message that hate-motivated crimes, because they are often attempts to silence and instill fear into entire groups, will not be tolerated. More... click here Why should I report hate incidents? When such incidents are invisible, it is harder to protect against them. Careful documentation and statistics are very important tools in fighting such op