Supervisors Back Meeting of Hate Crimes Task Force : Minorities: The board calls for the panel, which last met in 1988, to hold a one-day seminar in the wake of a 27% increase in attacks in 1991.

In the wake of a report documenting a record increase in hate crimes last year, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously Tuesday to reconvene a Hate Crime Task Force that last met in 1988.

Supervisor Mike Antonovich proposed that the task force reconvene for a one-day seminar to examine how well its original recommendations had been implemented by cities and the county and to develop new methods for preventing and monitoring hate crimes.

A report released two weeks ago by the county Commission on Human Relations logged 672 hate crimes in 1991, a 27% increase over 1990. Gay men, blacks and Jews were the most common victims.

Seven of the 11 communities reporting the largest numbers of hate crimes are located in the San Fernando Valley.

The commission blamed the increase on tensions created by a variety of events, including the Gulf War, the trade imbalance with Japan and black-Korean conflicts. The rise in figures also reflected a greater community awareness of hate crimes and the success of police and civil rights groups in persuading victims to report the incidents.

The Hate Crime Task Force was originally formed to develop a hate crime policy and victim assistance program that local governments could adopt. Its members included law enforcement officials, representatives of the district attorney’s office and officials from cities in the county.

It disbanded four years ago after developing the model program, which took about nine months to complete.

On Tuesday, the supervisors also instructed the Human Relations Commission to develop new educational programs “designed to promote greater understanding and acceptance of all ethnicities, cultures and lifestyles.”