re: #96 SanFranciscoZionist

Here you go.
info.sen.ca.gov

Or another peek at it
religioustolerance.org
The main intents of bill SB 1234 are:
bullet To harmonize the wording of existing state hate-crimes laws,
bullet To define precisely terms relating to hate-crimes,
bullet To increase penalties to $5,000 in fines and/or six months in jail, and
bullet To enhance the training that police officers receive about hate crimes.
bullet To criminalize the incitement to violence against a protected group if it is sufficiently serious that it can reasonably be expected to result in harm to members of the targeted victims.

The bill was sponsored by Senator Sheila Kuehl (D) of West Los Angeles. It was passed by both houses of the legislature by healthy margins on 2004-AUG-24 and 25. The votes were 24 to 14 in the Senate, and 51 to 23 in the Assembly. A number of fundamentalist Christian groups and individuals tried to convince Governor Schwarzennegger (R) to veto the bill. However, he signed it into law on 2004-SEP-22. The law became effective on 2005-JAN-01.

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Groups formally supporting and opposing the bill:
The bill was officially supported by:

Equality California; Anti-Defamation League; California Church Impact; California Council for the Blind, San Bernardino; California Council for the Blind, Inland Empire; California NOW; Commission on the Status of Women; Community United Against Violence; Crime Victims United of California; Jewish Community Relations Council; Los Angeles Coalition to End Hunger and Homelessness; Metropolitan Community Church Los Angeles; Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund; Muslim Public Affairs Council; National Center for Lesbian Rights; National Coalition for the Homeless; Our Family Coalition; Pride at Work, Southern California; San Francisco Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Community Center; SoCal Pride at Work; Transgender Law Caucus; and Western Center on Law and Poverty.

It was formally opposed by:

The Capitol Resource Institute, and Campaign for California Families. 6