Section 13826 Of Chapter 3.5. Gang Violence Suppression From California Penal Code >> Title 6. >> Part 4. >> Chapter 3.5.
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. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:
(a) That violent activity by gangs is a serious and growing
problem in the State of California.
(b) There is an increasing percentage of school age pupils
involved in gang activity.
(c) There are many schools that serve a disproportionate number of
youth involved in gang activity which are unable to effectively
implement programs designed to prevent youth from becoming involved
in gang activity. There is no statewide funded educational program
developed for this purpose.
(d) There is evidence that gang involvement among youth begins at
an early age.
(e) There is evidence that the parents of gang members lack
appropriate parenting skills.
(f) There is evidence that drug activity is increasing among youth
involved in gang activity.
(g) There is evidence that gang members have no contact with
positive role models.
(h) There is evidence that most gang members lack basic
educational skills.
In enacting this chapter, the Legislature intends to support
increased efforts by district attorneys' offices to prosecute the
perpetrators of gang violence, support increased efforts by local law
enforcement agencies to identify, investigate, and apprehend
perpetrators of gang violence, support increased efforts by county
probation departments to intensively supervise gang members who are
on court-ordered probation, support gang violence prevention and
intervention efforts by school districts and county offices of
education, and support gang violence suppression efforts by
community-based organizations.