Vernon is a city five miles (8.0 km) south of downtown Los Angeles,California,the nearest separate city to downtown Los Angeles. The population was 112 at the 2010 United States Census,the least of any incorporated city in the state. Its population nearly doubled to 222 by the 2020 census,making it the second least populous city in the state after Amador City,whose population grew only slightly—from 185 in the 2010 census,to 200 in the 2020 census.
James Kenneth Hahn is an American lawyer and politician. A Democrat,Hahn was elected the 40th mayor of Los Angeles in 2001. He served until 2005,at which time he was defeated in his bid for re-election. Prior to his term as Mayor,Hahn served in several other capacities for the city of Los Angeles,including deputy city attorney (1975–1979),city controller (1981–1985) and city attorney (1985–2001). Hahn is the only individual in the city's history to have been elected to all three citywide offices. He is currently a sitting judge on the Los Angeles County Superior Court.
O'Melveny &Myers LLP is an American multinational law firm founded in Los Angeles,California in 1885. The firm employs approximately 740 lawyers and has offices in California,Washington,D.C.,New York City,Beijing,Brussels,Hong Kong,London,Seoul,Shanghai,Singapore,and Tokyo.
Richard Joseph Riordan was an American businessman,investor,military commander,philanthropist,and politician. A decorated Korean War veteran and a member of the Republican Party,Riordan served as the 39th mayor of Los Angeles from 1993 to 2001;as of 2023,he remains the last Republican to hold that office. He ran for governor in the 2002 California gubernatorial election,losing the Republican primary. After politics,he resumed his business career,specializing in private equity.
The 2001 Los Angeles mayoral election took place on April 10,2001,with a run-off election on June 5,2001. Incumbent mayor Richard Riordan was prevented from running for a third term because of term limits. In the election to replace him,then-City Attorney James Hahn defeated Antonio Villaraigosa,the former speaker of the California State Assembly.
A civil gang injunction or CGI is a type of restraining order issued by courts in the United States prohibiting gang members in particular cities from participating in certain specified activities. It is based on the legal theory that gang activity constitutes a public nuisance that can prevent non–gang members of the community from enjoying peace and public order. An injunction is obtained against the gang itself,after which the police and district attorney may decide against whom they will enforce it upon. Law enforcement use gang injunctions as a tool to label people as gang members and restrict their activities in a defined area (ACLU).
JoséLuis Huizar is a Mexican-American former politician and convicted felon who served as a member of the Los Angeles City Council from 2005 to 2020.
Wendy Jane Greuel is an American politician. She served as Los Angeles City Controller from 2009 to 2013. Greuel was the second woman elected to citywide office in Los Angeles,after her predecessor Laura Chick.
The 38th Street Gang is an American criminal street gang in Los Angeles,California,composed mainly of Hispanic-Americans. The 38th Street Gang is one of the oldest street gangs in Los Angeles and has been occupying its territory since the 1920s. They engage in many criminal activities. The Mexican Mafia controls and routinely uses 38th Street gang members to carry out their orders.
The Jungles faction of the Black P. Stones street gang is a division ("set") of the Bloods gang alliance in Los Angeles. Originating in Los Angeles' Baldwin Village neighborhood in the 1960s,the Black P. Stones became one of the largest gangs in the city. The gang has been linked to various crimes,including murders,assaults,robberies,narcotics violations and firearms violations,and has been the subject of numerous FBI and LAPD investigations.
Culver City Boys or Culver City 13 (CCB13) is a Mexican-American street gang from Mar Vista,California.
The Compton Police Department was the municipal law enforcement agency for the city of Compton,California until it was disbanded by the City Council in September 2000. The Compton City Council then contracted with the County of Los Angeles for law enforcement services provided by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.
A city attorney is a position in city and municipal government in the United States. The city attorney is the attorney representing the municipality.
Crime in Los Angeles has varied throughout time,reaching peaks between the 1970s and 1990s. Since the early 2020s,crime has increased in Los Angeles.
California Proposition 6,also known as the Safe Neighborhoods Act and The Runner Initiative,is a statutory initiative that appeared on the November 2008 ballot in California. This proposition was rejected by voters on November 4 of that year.
James V. Selna is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California.
Sureños ,also known as Southern United Raza,Sur 13 or Sureños X3,are groups of loosely affiliated gangs that pay tribute to the Mexican Mafia while in U.S. state and federal correctional facilities. Many Sureño gangs have rivalries with one another,and the only time this rivalry is set aside is when they enter the prison system. Thus,fighting is common among different Sureño gangs even though they share the same common identity. Sureños have emerged as a national gang in the United States.
James Thurman Butts Jr. is an American politician,currently serving as the mayor of Inglewood,California. He rose through the ranks of law enforcement in Inglewood during the 1970s and 1980s,eventually becoming a Deputy Chief. He then worked as the Chief of Police in Santa Monica,California from 1991 to 2006. Butts then took a public safety position with Los Angeles World Airports in 2006. He was elected mayor of Inglewood in 2010 and re-elected in 2014 with an 84% vote. He led efforts to renovate and reopen The Forum and develop a plan for SoFi Stadium and Intuit Dome in Hollywood Park.
The Los Angeles Police Protective League (LAPPL) is the police union representing Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) officers up to the rank of lieutenant. LAPPL has a membership of 9,900 sworn officers.
Michael Nelson Feuer is an American politician and lawyer,who served as Los Angeles City Attorney from 2013 to 2022. A member of the Democratic Party,Feuer previously served three terms in the California State Assembly,representing the 42nd Assembly District,and as a member of the Los Angeles City Council from 1995 to 2001,representing the 5th Council District.
