Culver City Boys 13

Culver City Boyz is an infamous Mexican American street gang primarily in western Los Angeles, California, including pockets in Culver City. Their traditional home is the Mar Vista Gardens, which is Los Angeles' westernmost largest housing project in the HACLA system. They are one of the only Sureños gangs that wear red bandanas.

History

The history of the gang dates back to the 1960s, and many consider them to be the largest gang on the west side^{[citation needed]} even though gentrification and zero tolerance for crime have cut the gang's numbers. The gang has been known to fight wars with other gangs in the area and in Venice, and has been implicated in a series of violent capers across the Los Angeles West Side. T

According to a Los Angeles City Beat article, by 2003, many Culver City Boyz left the housing projects due to strict rules that evict gang members and increased police presence. Many Los Angeles Westside gang members resettled in the city of Inglewood^[1]

Name

The Culver City Boyz seldom use this name and are more widely referred to now as Culver City 13. It is not uncommon for the gang members to still refer to each other as "City Boys", however the "z" at the end of the name has been completely dropped. Culver City gang graffiti also has dropped this name and the gang is generally tagged as "CXC13" "CEXCE13" or "Culver City 13".

Rivals

Historically, according to the L.A.P.D. (Pacific Division), the Culver City gang is known for having its share of rivals in the surrounding neighborhoods. Some of the Culver City rivals are the 18th St.; specifically the Smiley and Alsace cliques located around Hauser Blvd in Los Angeles and the 106th St. clique located in Inglewood, Santa Monica 17 street gangs, and the Santa Monica 13 gang located along the Pico area of Santa Monica, the Sotel 13 gang based in West Los Angeles,based in Culver City, the Inglewood 13 gang in nearby Inglewood [1], and Venice 13 and Venice Shoreline Crips, both located in Oakwood[2].

Cliques

The Culver City gang has a series of cliques including Project Locos (PLS) and Diablos (DBS)[3], Little Locos (LLS), Kinston Locos (KLS),Slauson Locos (SLS)[4], Winos (WNS) Pee-Wee Locos (PWLS), East Australian Current Gangsters (EACG), Slauson Boys (SBS) and most recent Project Boys (PBS) Diablos (DBLS)

Notoriety

The Culver City gang has gained notoriety for a fierce series of violent encounters with rival Hispanic gangs and African Americans. A battle with the Santa Monica 13 L.L'S gang resulted in eight shootings, including four fatalities and six injuries, in one three-week span alone. Another feud with the Inglewood 13 left LAPD Officer Brian Brown, dead.[5] One of the gangs first Latino and African-American wars was waged by the Culver City 13 gang against the Shorelines. Originally, the Shorelines and Culver Boys shared the Mar Vista Gardens Housing Project in Mar Vista. According to a law-enforcement officials, the war between the gangs occurred when the Culver gang claimed control of the projects and ran out the Shorelines. Many members of the Venice Shoreline Crips retreated back into the Oakwood projects for protection from their cousin gang. After the Shorelines moved into the area a series of conflicts erupted and they began warring with the rival Venice 13. At one point the V13 and the Culver Boys set aside their own differences in early 1994 but the Venice 13 gang still retaliated at all cost, uniting against the Shoreline Crips, who began to take control of Oakwood's drug trade. After various skirmishes with the three gangs fighting for control, the V13 and the Shorelines agreed to a cease-fire agreement in exchange for a new community center in the Oakwood area. The Culver City gang was responsible for the 1993 Thanksgiving firebombings of African-American and Senegalese-American homes and cars. [6]

References

1. ^ Romero, Dennis. "Gangster's Paradise Lost." Los Angeles City Beat. Issue Number 22. November 6, 2003. Retrieved on October 3, 2011.

External links

	Greater Los Angeles portal
	Criminal justice portal

Court Reports

• Court information about Sophan Pok vs. The People
• Injunction against Culver City Boyz

Articles

• Injunction against Culver City Boyz
• Los Angeles Courts Help Fight Gangs at the New York Times
• Injunction Targets Culver City Gang
• L.A. County Press Release
• Gangster's Paradise Lost
• DEA/Detroit Police Department Homicide Task Force Dismantles Drug Ring