Jewish Democrat Scott Wiener harrassed in Dolores Park

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17. it may be more nuanced than that. From Wikipedia:

As co-chair of the CLJC, Wiener has contributed to legislation aimed at countering anti-Israel narratives and activism, alleged antisemitism, and promoting Holocaust education in California public schools and universities.[159][162] Wiener and CLJC worked to ensure that ethnic studies legislation to "provide clear direction to local school districts and the California Department of Education that anti-Jewish and anti-Israel content cannot be included in the teaching of ethnic studies".[163][164] Wiener and the CLJC successfully advocated for the incorporation of the IHRA definition of antisemitism in California's Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum (ESMC), which has been criticized as including legitimate critique of Israel in order to silence pro-Palestinian activism.[165][166][167]

On February 14, 2025, Wiener introduced AB 715, a bill described by proponents as preventing K-12 anti-semitism through a series of new prohibitions and requirements, including the appointment of an Antisemitism Prevention Coordinator.[168][169][170] AB 715 was signed into law in October 2025.

Wiener and the California Legislative Jewish Caucus have been criticized by Jewish Voice for Peace for "twist[ing] criticism [of Israel] into antisemitism".[171] He said that Israel should "be more surgical" in Gaza, but opposed with CLJC a Gaza cease-fire resolution in Sacramento.[172] Wiener and other CLJC officials commended California State University Chancellor Mildred García for placing Sonoma State University President Mike Lee on leave after Lee announced support for an academic boycott of Israel in agreement with protesters and Students for Justice in Palestine,[173][174][175] which was seen as aligning with the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement, and which Wiener described as "horrific and wrong".[176][177][178]

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