Thread: Mayor takes over gang fight

Mayor takes over gang fight
By Rick Orlov Staff Writer
Article Launched: 04/09/2008 09:56:02 PM PDT


Faced with growing public pressure to quell gang violence in Los Angeles, the City Council signed off Wednesday on a plan to turn over all of the city's gang intervention and prevention programs to Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa for at least 18 months.

The 12-0 vote marked a victory for the mayor and City Controller Laura Chick, who had been pushing for mayoral control of the programs - which spend an estimated $19million a year - with as few restrictions as possible.

The vote also ends nearly two months of acrimony between Chick and Councilman Tony Cardenas, who chairs the council's Ad Hoc Committee on Gangs and had resisted giving Villaraigosa control of the programs.

But faced with the expectation that the mayor will outline his own anti-gang strategy Monday, council President Eric Garcetti and Cardenas proposed the compromise deal with the time limit.

At the end of 18 months, the council will review the programs to determine whether to let the Mayor's Office continue oversight or whether to reorganize again.

"The work is not done," Cardenas said. "If, in fact, after 18 months, things are working out, perhaps it will remain in the Mayor's Office. But it could be - if another solution comes up - we will be able to sit back and make that determination.

"There is no silver bullet to ending gang violence. What we have to recognize is that what we are spending on intervention is not enough."

Sacramento on Wednesday with gang advisers to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, hailed the deal.
"The winners today are the people of Los Angeles who have suffered under the prolonged gang violence in our streets and neighborhoods," Chick said.

"Now we owe it to the public to work together to ensure that this approach is truly successful in combating the gang crisis."

Aides to Villaraigosa said the mayor's only concern had been on whether any restrictions would be placed on his ability to develop the gang programs run by Deputy Mayor Jeff Carr.

Villaraigosa spokesman Matt Szabo said the mayor backs the compromise proposal.

"There is a clear and unified consensus in this city that we need to radically change the way we work to reduce gang violence, and the mayor is willing to be that change agent," Szabo said.

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"There is a clear and unified consensus in this city that we need to radically change the way we work to reduce gang violence, and the mayor is willing to be that change agent," Szabo said.

1. Check immigration status and arrest illegal immigrants
2. Charge gang members as terrorists
3. Check Selective Service Registration status of all males age 18-25--if not registered arrest

Our gov will use the "Patriot act" to spy on us.

Illegals have a safe haven in La though?

Can someone in charge please explain?
Maybe I missed the Sunday funnies that week?

Wouldn't it have been a pleasure to watch Jamel run through defenses to hit the goal line?



Oh thats right ya all got tired of watching Eric Dickerson run.

They're kidding about this, right? This has to be a sick joke and I'm sorry, but, coming right now, I see this as a slap in the face to Jamiel Shaw's family.

The Mayor is not going to do a damned thing about the gangs in LA......at least not the latino gangs or the illegals who belong to those gangs. If he had any intention whatsoever of doing so he'd have listened to Jamiel's parents when they pleaded to have Special Order 40 rescinded even if only in the limited scope of ridding the community of gang members.

This sudden concern of his is a sham.

They are ALL Crazy . Just plain dam Insane . Gutless wonders , and the U.S seems to have them all .
Lots of public officials need to be in jail . this is the same old lies over and over again .
Sweep the whole area . Anyone who even looks like a banger goes to a holding compound till he's I.D ..If your in a gang , back to Mexico . If your legal then to the jail house for aiding & abetting . BUT !!! our elites do not want this cleaned up . The gangs work for them . crazy ain't it

The mayor is commtted to using the latin gangs to run the black and white populations out of LA. That's his goal. I believe that the feds should come in and arrest anyone supporting a sanctuary city, rather than applying monetary santions against that city. This mayor should not only be fired, but should be deported forever.

Originally Posted by Rockfish

The mayor is commtted to using the latin gangs to run the black and white populations out of LA. That's his goal. I believe that the feds should come in and arrest anyone supporting a sanctuary city, rather than applying monetary santions against that city. This mayor should not only be fired, but should be deported forever.

I feel in a way that you just answered our question from Wed's discussion on the Shaw's . Where is Jackson & Sharpton ? Well the Dirty little Elites don't want their bobble headed self-proclaimed black leaders any where near this issue . They could by error cause the blacks to see what is going on . What ya say Arnold ? Did you pass the order along or was it straight from Warren ? Govnor getting his azz kicked by a latino mayor in "His" state . Unexceptable

Maybe if a former gangmember like Villaraigosa wasn't in put in charge of fighting the gangs I'd be a little less skeptical.

Talk about the fox guarding the henhouse.

The gangs are going to love this, it's easier to bribe one person than twelve!

Does anyone remember the futuristic movie starring Kurt Russell about how everyone abandoned New York City and it became a giant prison city? I can imagine this happening to LA. Maybe that's the answer, let's build a huge wall around LA and throw all the IA's (especially gangs) in their and let them have at it!