Chick in fight over gang audit

wo weeks after releasing an audit that called for the mayor's office to coordinate the city's anti-gang programs, City Controller Laura Chick publicly urged Councilman Tony Cardenas today to schedule a hearing on her findings. Daily News.

The councilman, who chairs the City Council's Ad Hoc Committee on Gang Violence and Youth Development, responded by saying his job is to "make sure any action taken involving our gang programs is made for the right reasons, and not for political reasons."

Chick's audit, released Feb. 14, recommends that the Los Angeles Police Department continue its primary role of suppressing gang activity, and that city departments redirect $19 million allocated to programs that do not have well-defined objectives and outcomes.