Stopping the San Fers
In a move to stamp out one of the San Fernando Valley's most notorious and violent gangs, the city on Thursday sought one of its most sprawling injunctions against the San Fers to curtail its influence in the Northeast Valley. Daily News.
District Attorney Steve Cooley and City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo are seeking an injunction that would place severe limits on the gang's estimated 900 members to meet in public, intimidate witnesses and sell or possess drugs, weapons or graffiti tools.
Citing cases of intimidation of young people, the random shooting of a man baby-sitting his 1-year-old nephew and the beating of people walking on the street, officials said the San Fers have acted as if they are above the law.
"For too long, the San Fer gang has used intimidation, violence and fear to hold this community in the San Fernando Valley hostage to its insidious activities," Delgadillo said.