Section 13826.11 Of Chapter 3.5. Gang Violence Suppression From California Penal Code >> Title 6. >> Part 4. >> Chapter 3.5.
13826.11
. (a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares the
following:
(1) There is a greater threat to public safety resulting from
gang- and drug-related activity in and near California's inner
cities.
(2) Young people, especially at-risk youth, are more vulnerable to
gang- and drug-related activity during the potentially unsupervised
hours between the end of school and the time their parents or
guardians return home from work.
(3) Without local prevention and treatment efforts, hard drugs
will continue to threaten and destroy families and communities in and
near the inner cities. Drug-related violence may then escalate
dramatically in every community, and thereby burden the criminal
justice system to the point that it cannot function effectively.
(4) Los Angeles currently leads the nation in the number of gang
members and gang sites, the consumption of drugs, the amount of drugs
confiscated, drug-related violent crimes, and has the greatest
number of young people between 6 and 18 years of age who are "at
risk."
(5) It is the intent of the Legislature that a pilot program, the
"After School Alternative Program" (ASAP), be established and
implemented within a specified Los Angeles community. This community
program would utilize the public schools, businesses, and community
facilities to provide supportive programs and activities to young
people during the time between the end of school and the return home
of their parents or guardians (from approximately 3 p.m. to 7 p.m.).