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Culver City Boys
Mexican-American street gang / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Culver City Boys or Culver City 13 (CCB13) is a Mexican-American street gang from Mar Vista, Los Angeles, California.
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Founding location | Culver City, California, United States |
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Years active | 1960s-present |
Territory | Los Angeles Westside |
Ethnicity | Mexican American |
Activities | Murder, drug trafficking, extortion, assault, auto theft, robbery |
Allies | Mexican Mafia[1] |
Rivals | Santa Monica 13[2] 18th Street Gang[3] Venice Shoreline Crips[4] |
According to a Los Angeles City Beat article, by 2003, many Culver City Boys left the Mar Vista Gardens housing projects due to strict rules that evict gang members and increased police presence.[5] The gang is under a civil injunction enforced by the LAPD which restricts gang members' activity within a defined boundary surrounding the projects.[6] However, the gang remains active, as the constitutionality of the injunction has been tested. Alleged members of the gang settled a class action suit over the practice of enforcing curfews for suspected gang members with the City of Los Angeles for $30 million dollars towards job training and apprenticeships.[7][8][9]