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    September 24‚ 2014 Dr. Lee Cerling Director of Corporate Communications PAC-10 Consulting 1234 USC Drive Los Angeles‚ CA 91385 Dear Dr. Cerling: After completing extensive research in an effort to decide whether PAC-10 Consulting should take on its prospective client‚ the Business Improvement District (BID)‚ I have arrived at the conclusion that doing so is not in the best interests of PAC-10. Representing BID means marketing the LA Fashion District in a favorable light‚ which would prove

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    African-American youth of South Central Los Angeles‚ California into a world of bloodshed and death from the 1950’s through 2000. Although South Central was not segregated as was in the South US during this time period‚ there was an understood segregation within the community between the African-Americans and the Whites. There was a lack of recreational outlets for African-American adolescents to join‚ such as Boy Scouts of America‚ as they are organizations for the Whites. Also‚ the Los Angela Police Department

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    The film‚ Freedom Writers‚ directed by Richard LaGravenese captured the lives of underrepresented and at risk students whom lived in Long Beach‚ California‚ that were born into gang life and didn’t see their lives past than age eighteen. Erin Gruwell was a passionate young teacher keen on social change.  Wanting to make a difference‚ she decided to teach at the newly voluntarily integrated Woodrow Wilson High School.  The movie’s portrayal of stereotypes was emphasized through its technical aspects

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    The Bloods where founded in Los Angeles‚ California during the summer of 1972 by the gangs Pirus‚ Lueders Park Hustlers‚ Brims‚ Denver Lanes‚ and Bishops. They have some where between 30‚000-35‚000 members most members are African-Americans. Bloods" was a term that African-American fighting men called each other in the Vietnam War. The Pirus later changed their name to Bloods. Starting in late 1971‚ the Avalon Garden Crips‚ Inglewood Crips and various other Crip sets joined forces. They began to

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    is Lester Rivera-Paz‚ who is tied to an original MS-13 cell in Los Angeles” (Kraul‚ Lopez‚ Connell). The gang is known for their heartless actions of violence and moral codes of revenge and cruel retributions. They have internal units specializing in recruitments‚ logistics‚ intelligence‚ murder‚ drug trafficking‚ and extortion (Wolf). Today‚ the gang has spread from Central America to the United States‚ originating in Los Angeles and evolving across 32 states. For this particular paper I will

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    Informative Essay Gangs “Crip Nation” “Crippin’ is a choice‚ but it’s forever. You may slow down‚ but you will always be down forever.” (Washington 1969). Founded in Los Angeles‚ California in 1969 by Raymond Washington and Stanley Tookie Williams III; the Crips are now a loosely connected network of individual sets. Through the years the gang has grown to be one of the largest and most powerful gangs in the United States‚ currently with over 30‚000 gang members. Members of the are known

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    by LAPD Chief Daryl Gates to combat the rising problem of gangs in Los Angeles‚ California. Each of the LAPD’s 18 divisions had a CRASH unit assigned to it‚ whose primary goal was to suppress the influx of gang related crimes in Los Angeles‚ which came about primarily from the increase in the drug trade. Community Resources Against Street Hoodlums (CRASH) was an elite but controversial special operations unit of the Los Angeles Police Department tasked with combating gang related crime. CRASH

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    his mother having trouble in school. He lacks respect‚ maturity with his classmates and adults his teacher say‚ therefore his mother‚ frightened of her son future‚ sends him off to live with his father in Crenshaw neighborhood of South Central Los Angeles. The story about three friends growing up in the hood tragically.  They’re trying to figure out how to survive in the violent‚ crime filled Crenshaw neighborhood. Each one has their own individual struggle and goals in life. Doughboy (Ice Cube)

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    Since the late 1960’s‚ the “Crips” have been synonymous with gang violence and crime. Despite being started as an organization utilized to defend itself and its’ neighborhood from other violent gangs‚ the “Crips” have evolved into a fierce organization that draws its’ standing from murder‚ drugs and a bountiful number of active members. It is a prime example of how an organization could allegedly start as something positive for a community and eventually devolve into one of the most feared criminal

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    Natalie Goldman Community Health Nursing C228 Task 1 A. Identification of Community The city of West Hollywood is nestled between Los Angeles City limits and Beverly Hills in Los Angeles County‚ CA. For County of Los Angeles Public Health Department‚ it is a part of Service Planning Area 4. The population is 34‚781‚ with 19‚476 (56%) males and 15‚305 (44%) females. Median resident age is 40 years old. 77% of residents are Caucasian. Air Quality Index (AQI) is 47.1‚ significantly worse

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