County looking at pilot program to fight gangs

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday called for a pilot plan to reduce gangs and violence in four areas. Troy Anderson in the Daily News.

The four are the Pacoima, Monrovia- Duarte, Florence-Firestone and Harbor- Gateway areas. If the program is successful, the supervisors said they may ultimately expand it countywide.

The supervisors said the county chief executive officer, Bill Fujioka, will form the Los Angeles County Gang Prevention, Intervention and Suppression Coordination Committee to develop a detailed plan over the next 180 days to reduce gang membership and violence in the four pilot areas.