California Gov. Gavin Newsom and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass have called for action to address anti-Semitism in the state after the recent attack targeting the Jewish community in Boulder, Colorado.

Bass condemned the attack and said she would call an emergency meeting at City Hall to address safety and security concerns in Los Angeles.

“This was the second terrorist attack against Jews in two weeks—I will be calling an emergency meeting at City Hall regarding safety and security here in Los Angeles immediately after Shavuot,” Bass said in a statement on June 1. “Anti-Semitism will not be tolerated in this city.”

Shavuot is a Jewish holiday that is observed this year from June 1–3.

The mayor said the Los Angeles Police Department has also increased patrols at houses of worship and community centers.

Twelve people were injured in the Boulder attack, including a Holocaust survivor, after an Egyptian national allegedly shouted “Free Palestine” and threw Molotov cocktails into a predominantly Jewish crowd who were marching for Israeli hostages to be released.

The suspect, Mohamed Sabry Soliman, 45, entered the United States on a tourist visa in August 2022. He overstayed his visa, which expired in February 2023.

The Colorado attack comes just two weeks after two Israeli Embassy staffers were shot dead while leaving an event at the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington.

Police said the suspect, 30-year-old Elias Rodriguez, also shouted “Free Palestine” as he was being taken into custody. He’s been charged with the murder of foreign officials.

Newsom also announced the state’s updated plan to counter anti-Semitism following the Boulder attack.

The governor said his administration has enacted legislation that would increase student safety across college campuses; bolster funding for security at synagogues and other places of worship, especially those considered high risk; and provide funding for Holocaust education in schools.

“Recent years have seen a troubling spike in reported hate crimes and manifestations of bigotry,” Newsom said in a statement on June 2. “We face a tide of hate and violence, one that is not easily stemmed.”

According to the Los Angeles County Commission on Human Relations’ 2023 Hate Crime Report, Los Angeles experienced a 45 percent increase in hate crimes in 2023 from the previous year.

Reported hate crimes reached 1,350 in 2023, up from 930. Anti-Semitic crimes saw a 91 percent increase, with 242 reports compared to the previous year’s 127.

California had the second-highest number of incidents of anti-Semitism in the United States in 2024, including harassment, assault, and vandalism, with 1,344 cases, up from 1,266 in 2023 and 518 in 2022, according to an Anti-Defamation League anti-Semitism audit.

Tensions have increased between supporters of Israel and those aligned with Palestinians amid the ongoing war in Gaza.

The Israel Defense Forces launched its military operation in Gaza after Hamas-led terrorists carried out widespread attacks on southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023.