Both salazar and morgan are documented gang members. Meyer granted the motion and signed the order modifying the lincoln park gang injunction. Injunction marks shift in santa barbaras gang fight. Individuals pursuing pre injunction opt out petitions must exercise reasonable diligence. Poder protests santa barbara gang injunction at community. Gang injunctions are civil court orders that attempt to address crime by using a lower legal standard than required by the criminal justice system, resulting in serious civil liberties violations.
Because i was wrongly labeled as a gang member, i couldnt even be. Marine on leave after serving in iraq, was armed with an sks rifle and. Gang members, many of whom have a propensity for violence against rival gang members, often direct their violence towards law enforcement authorities. Santa barbara gang injunction needs to be stopped youtube.
Like most of southern california, the city of santa barbara has endured gang violence for at least two decades. A lot of different people can be in an area covered by a gang injunction, said paromita shah, associate director of the national immigration project of the national lawyers guild in washington, d. Second, unlike the gang injunction in acuna 14 cal. Two lompoc men arrested on firearm and gangrelated. The santa barbara and santa cruz chapters are the newest in california and. Youth cinemedia news presents young twenty year old emanuel padron, as he responds to a 50 page gang injunction to take place within the city of santa barbara, ca. Committtee executive daraka larimorehall said the issues behind the gang injunction were hardly new, adding, were a political party, not a debating society. Gang violence in the santa maria valley dispelling myths, facing realities the following constitutes an activity report prepared in accordance with the california penal code, 925 and 928. An orange county superior court judge is considering whether to approve a new gang injunction in santa ana, but on tuesday decided against immediately ruling on the proposed order that would add mo. Portable document format pdf files of the pleadings and various news. Vandenberg air force base encircles half of our town on the north, west and south sides. Jan 02, 2015 and if any are relatives or friends of a suspected gang member, there is an added layer of guilt by association.
Those taken off the injunction lists can be put back on them if they become involved in gangrelated activity within the safety zones, munoz said. City of santa barbara 9 1992 2010 16 gang related homicides the following four gang related homicides involved victims with no gang affiliation. What they seem to object to is the language with ours. Santa barbara city councilmember cathy murillo didnt speak publicly at the forum, but listened intently through the entire twoandahalf presentation at the front row dais. Santa barbara independent reporter nick welsh has been following the story and spoke with kcbx news director randol white about the rulings importance. Issues i feel that are important real solutions regarding our homeless issues. Ruiz was at the santa barbara courthouse to attend a gang injunction hearing. Judge denies gang injunction request the daily nexus. Aug 01, 2012 when you read numbers given out about gang issuescrime here in santa barbara more often than not a high percentage number is used rather than factual numbers. Gang injunction unit san bernardino county district attorney.
A gang injunction is a court order issued from a civil court which is directed at a criminal street gang that engages in a pattern of criminal gang activity. The authors shown below used federal funds provided by the u. Santa barbara residents packed city hall tuesday night. A longrunning push by santa barbara law enforcement to institute a gang injunction received a crushing blow on tuesday when local judge colleen stern struck down the idea. Some times in order to get a better perspective about an issue in santa barbara, you have to compare how other cities and counties handled the same issue. The injunction seeks to limit the movement and activity of 30 men and women law enforcement feels are at the root of santa barbara s gang activity. The injunction proposed to limit 11 alleged gang members from entering designated santa barbara safety zones, from having contact with other. Questions of racial profiling as santa barbara pushes for gang injunction in a bid to limit the escalation of gang activity, a california city seeks an injunction against a list of gang members it. Never in my life have i been charged with a gang related crime, which also makes it very ironic that i would be on this list. Cannot be enforced indiscriminately or arbitrarily or stupidly will not apply to any juvenile now or in the future will not apply to persons who are not named and who have not been found to be an active gang member by the trial judge. When you read numbers given out about gang issuescrime here in santa barbara more often than not a high percentage number is used rather than factual numbers. Santa barbara county superior court judge colleen sterne denied the city of santa barbara proposed gang injunction this past tuesday, ending a twoyear fight between injunction proponents and opponents since the cases trial concluded in june. Injunctions can address the neighborhoods gang problem before it reaches the level of felony crime activity. Santa barbara was also considering applying for a gang injunction to address their gang issues in a couple of specific geographical areas within the city.
Injunction marks shift in santa barbaras gang fight crime. Void for vagueness and service of process concerns in civil gang. Santa barbara gang members or affiliates tend to be between the ages of and 19, after which time they. Santa barbara has set the bar, but the struggle continues in santa ana, california where last week an orange county judge approved a preliminary gang injunction, then issued a stay barring enforcement against the alleged gang members named in the case. Community group airs concerns over gang injunction. Methodology the grand jury interviewed a variety of individuals connected with gangs and youth violence. Lompoc police arrest known gang member for firearm charges.
Santa barbara forced to only arrest people for crimesno gang. Again, they have identified specific areas that their gangs have tried to take over and were committing crimes. Summary the 200910 santa barbara county civil grand jury jury received a complaint requesting the. Officers located fernando salazar and angel morgan. Lte gang injunction in 2011 police chief sanchez, along with santa barbara county district attorneys office, filed a civil legal action against 30 santa barbara residents who are allegedly. For example the fund for santa barbara does not seem to be against a gang injunction. It is a civil suit that seeks a court order declaring the gang s public behavior a nuisance and asking for special rules directed toward its activity. The gang injunction filed by santa barbaras city attorney and the santa barbara county district attorneys office was made public wednesday and listed the names of the 30 alleged eastside and. The first thing that came to mind was why me, why me out of all people, carreno said. There were no ifs, ands, or buts in judge colleen sternes unequivocal ruling that santa barbara city police and prosecutors failed to make the case necessary to support the gang injunction theyve been seeking since march 11 three years ago. Santa barbara city attorney ariel calonne expressed disappointment tuesday with a judges decision to deny the citys proposed gang injunction, but says he is analyzing the decision and will advise the city council on his findings. As santa barbara awaits ganginjunction ruling, three. Goana what santa barbara may actually need is an intelligence task force to target the mexican mafia and gang finance. Santa barbara gang injunction provokes protests, city.
Judge considering gang injunction in santa ana orange. That council consider the request from councilmember. Santa barbara proyouth coalition ventura county partnership for safe families santa barbaras radisson hotel hosted a diverse audience of nearly 100 participants drawn from santa barbara and ventura counties. It is a civil suit that seeks a court order declaring the gangs public behavior a nuisance and asking for special rules directed toward its activity. Concerned alum speaks out against sbs gang induction. This type of very specific set of facts did not exist in santa maria. Mar 21, 2011 not much like that happens in santa barbara, and if they have any type of gang injunction in santa barbara.
Santa barbara forced to only arrest people for crimesno. Anti gang efforts in the city of santa barbara whos in charge. Gang injunctions, she noted, are highly particular to their locales, and anderson was hampered by an incomplete understanding of santa. Petition for removal from gang injunction office of the city attorney. City attorney dennis herrera news release page 2 of 2 monday, march 24, 2008 court, in writing, that the city attorney has no objection to the individuals request for removal from the enforcement list. It was an issue incredibly difficult to organize around and many felt scared to face it head on. Injunction marks shift in santa barbara s gang fight. Both subjects were arrested for numerous gang and firearm related charges. Mar 17, 2011 santa barbara a controversial gang injunction complaint filed with the santa barbara superior court was made public wednesday with the release of the names of 30 known westside and eastside gang members upon whom the injunction is imposed. Civil gang injunctions are an increasingly popular gang suppression tactic. Controversial proposed gang injunction challenged keyt.
Larimorehall and other critics of the gang injunction expressed concern such a major policy direction was adopted without any public hearing by the santa barbara city council. Everyone has strong opinions about the citys proposed gang injunction, and for the first time in three years, city officials let the. We share our valley with the unincorporated residential areas of. Santa barbara shines on gang injunction video huffpost. Santa barbara files for gang injunction targeting 30 known. Kyle rokes santa barbara independent october 28, 20. Working with community members in 20, murillo created the proyouth movement in response to a gang injunction proposed by the city of santa barbara, with the goal of finding solutions to street violence. Five charged in santa barbara ca eastside gang stabbing. Gotta keep em separated cover story santa maria sun, ca. The giu acquires civil injunctions and restraining orders on gang members to create gang free safety zones in gang infested communities.
Salazar and morgan were subsequently arrested on various charges, including possession of a concealed firearm in public, gang member in possession of a concealed firearm, gang injunction violation. However, the smpd chief publicly opposed gang injunctions arguing that santa marias gang members are. Judge strikes down gang injunction the santa barbara independent. Gang violence in the santa maria valley dispelling myths. Santa barbara gang injunction folo dailymotion video. Morgan has also been served with the city of lompoc gang injunction. The colonia chiques gang is believed to be responsible for more than 2,000 crimes in oxnard since 1992, while the southside chiques have committed more than 1,000 crimes, officials said. Lompoc police arrest known gang member for firearm charges lompoc police department emmanuel hernandez, 18, arrested for possession of a loaded firearm as a gang member. Santa barbara has been plagued by gangongang violence teenagers killing teenagers, sanchez said and in the past few years, gang. Sweeping settlement reached on behalf of angelenos whose. According to barbara boland 1 998a, 1998b, there are several key themes to the.
Uc santa barbara electronic theses and dissertations. The target area consisted of an entire city block that the gang called home. The court order replaces a preliminary gang injunction that went into effect since late september. Prior to the statewide broadcast, matt sanchez of allforone, a past recipient of the tcwf. An injunction will have little effect against that kind of thinking. Judge strikes down gang injunction the santa barbara. While the independent has not been able to verify claims made in youth cinemedias taping, we nevertheless feel the footage warrants attention. The complaint, modeled after the lompoc gang injunction devised by santa barbara county sheriff bill brown when he was that citys police chief, marks a sea change in official attitudes of the previous year. For example in last years 14 page district attorneys budget flyer attached to this email it immediately starts out on pg 3 under highlights key trends, with the statistic that gang crime is up by1422% over the last ten years. A year and a half ago, only small pockets of santa barbara knew about the proposed gang injunction and many folks felt it was better to stand back and let the issue slide. Law enforcement use them as a tool to label people gang members and restrict their activities in a defined area. During the truces, the image of santa barbara as a peaceful community was restored for a time although violence still continues. The city of santa barbara is 55 miles south east of us. Gang violence in the santa maria valley dispelling.
To date, public discussion of this issue has lacked the traditional transparency members of the public expect from. Again, they have identified specific areas that their. Superior court of the state of california people of. Gang or no gang, many immigrants legally stymied by injunctions. Other counties that have successfully obtained gang injunctions include but are not limited to fresno, san diego, santa clara, sacramento, santa barbara, and ventura. Their receiving members include other nortenos, and in a few cases mexican narcs. Santa barbara gang injunction denied in march of 2011, the people of the state of california filed a complaint in santa barbara county superior court seeking an injunction restricting the activities of two alleged criminal street gangs and thirty named individual defendants within certain zones of the city. Nortenos have trafficked drugs across the mexican border. Representatives from law enforcement told the jury that a gang injunction would not be. It is for the publics information and does not require a response. Weapons found with man at santa barbara county courthouse. She did, however, express her opposition to the punitive aspects of the gang injunction.
In the santa barbara case, the judge was not persuaded by the district. The purpose of a gang injunction is designed to eliminate gang activity, which is a public nuisance, caused by the targeted gang. Right to argue against it and to argue over the wording of the injunction. California gang injunction initiatives, a taxonomy of initiatives was. The injunction did not name the gang as a defendant, but it did name thirtyfour members of the gang. In doing so, it seeks to restrict certain activities of the gang, and subject its members to arrest if they engage in certain conduct, within an area called the safety zone. On this episode of the 805 focus, guests from poder people organizing for the defense and equal rights of santa barbara youth discuss the. The gang injunction was originally brought by the city of santa barbara in conjunction with the santa barbara police department in march 2011 as a tool to stop gangrelated violence in santa barbara. The proposed injunction has a long list of conditions for the 30 named defendants, who are all allegedly members of the eastside or westside street gangs in santa barbara. Salazar was found to be in possession of a loaded firearm. City council meeting revisits gang injuction may 15, 20 at 5. Dec 09, 2012 some times in order to get a better perspective about an issue in santa barbara, you have to compare how other cities and counties handled the same issue. The neighborhood was laid out by the colonia land improvement company in close proximity of the sugar factory and beet fields to house workers just east of the citys downtown business district.
Third, the injunction is not tailored to permit constitutionally protected activities such as childrearing and court access. October saw two more gangrelated shootings and a gang sweep by 40 law enforcement personnel from the santa maria police department, the santa barbara county sheriffs department, county parole and probation agencies, and federal immigration and customs enforcement units. The gang injunction filed by santa barbara s city attorney and the santa barbara county district attorneys office was made public wednesday and listed the names of the 30 alleged eastside and. Santa barbara a controversial gang injunction complaint filed with the santa barbara superior court was made public wednesday with the release of the names of 30 known westside and eastside gang members upon whom the injunction is imposed. On october 7, 1992, the burbank city attorney and burbank police department sought an injunction against the barrio elmwood rifa gang. With santa barbara struggling with the possibility of a gang injunction, two nearby communities oxnard and lompoc tout the benefits of injunctions in their own cities to combat gang crime. Representatives from law enforcement told the jury that a gang injunction would not be effective in santa barbara. The repercussions and benefits to remote learning for ucsb students. Organized crime in california 2005 attorney general of.
Angelenos who were targets of the discriminatory gang injunctions suffered ongoing harms as a result of the enforcement of the unconstitutionally vague curfew division. Santa barbara files for temporary gang injunction local. Questions of racial profiling as santa barbara pushes for. Mar 16, 2011 youth cinemedia news presents young twenty year old emanuel padron, as he responds to a 50 page gang injunction to take place within the city of santa barbara, ca. Rather, the injunction outlaws all activity by johnson even mere presence. Defendants named in santa barbara gang injunction local. Murder charges were filed friday against three people who allegedly stabbed a 29yearold man to death last weekend in what police say was a gang related attack on santa barbara s eastside. They need alternatives, involved adults whose approval they desire, fun and excitement and hope that is not gang related.
The defense team is delighted with this weeks ruling, defense attorney tara haalandford said. Jun 03, 2016 while all the big talk and no action by city burghers is mostly confined to gang injunction which displaces them, doesnt stop them, said sgt. Judge delays ruling on santa ana gang injunction voice of oc. Antigang efforts in the city of santa barbara whos in. Slaying exposes beach communitys gang tensions the new. All campus exclusive food interviews isla vista lectures santa barbara top features travel. A motion filed friday by the santa barbara county district attorneys office asked a superior court judge to not reduce the bail for a suspect charged in connection to the alleged shooting death. City council meeting revisits gang injuction the daily nexus. Gentrification, gang injunctions and graffiti in echo. A gang injunction is a restraining order against a group. Gang injunctions are a form of psychological abuse on a whole generation of young people of color, said rodriguez, who is now trained as an emergency management technician emt. Unfortunately 2007 saw an increase in serious violent felonies in the city of lompoc as in the entire santa barbara county, especially in the portion of the city designated as. How covid19 is affecting ucsb international students. Theoretical analysis of these cases reveals how the unconscious biases of validity illusions and framing effects operate despite the best intentions of law enforcement personnel.
Makler has been working in both state and federal criminal justice as a lawyer and a member of law enforcement since 1989. Illustrative cases are offered from oakland and santa barbara, california, with a focus on civil gang injunctions cgis and youth gang suppression. Jul 25, 2007 an injunction will have little effect against that kind of thinking. With wide turf territories covering the eastside and the. Unconscious bias in the suppressive policing of black and. On january 9, 2005, in ceres, california in stanislaus county, officer sam ryno was the first to respond to a call of a man with a gun in front of georges liquors. Edwina barvosa of university of california santa barbara, the harms include. About santa barbara criminal defense attorney william c.
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