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'''Santa Monica 13''' Gang is an infamous [[Mexican American]] street gang located in [[West Los Angeles]]. They reside in the Pico Neighborhood of [[Santa Monica]], which is said to be one of the last remaining ghettos of the [[Westside]] due to [[gentrification]]. Even though Santa Monica is a [[Sureño]] gang, they wear their traditional black bandanas. |
'''Santa Monica 13''' Gang is an infamous [[Mexican American]] street gang located in [[West Los Angeles]]. They reside in the Pico Neighborhood of [[Santa Monica]], which is said to be one of the last remaining ghettos of the [[Westside]] due to [[gentrification]]. Even though Santa Monica is a [[Sureño]] gang, they wear their traditional black bandanas. |
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== History == |
== History == |
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<ref>"The Pico Youth and Family Center opens in Santa Monica, California." Street Gangs Resource Center - Los Angeles and California | The Gang Experts | Bloods | Crips | Surenos | 18th Street | Mara Salvatrucha. Web. 15 Oct. 2009. <http://www.streetgangs.com/topics/2002/012602picocenter.html>.</ref> |
<ref>"The Pico Youth and Family Center opens in Santa Monica, California." Street Gangs Resource Center - Los Angeles and California | The Gang Experts | Bloods | Crips | Surenos | 18th Street | Mara Salvatrucha. Web. 15 Oct. 2009. <http://www.streetgangs.com/topics/2002/012602picocenter.html>.</ref> |
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The Santa Monica Gang was the first gang to originate in the Westside back in the late 1920s, formerly known as the Santa Monica Tomato Patch Gang. They had given birth to all the surrounding gangs in the area. The gang simply became known as Santa Monica with the creation of the Mexican Mafia in the 1950s. |
The Santa Monica Gang was the first gang to originate in the Westside back in the late 1920s, formerly known as the Santa Monica Tomato Patch Gang. They had given birth to all the surrounding gangs in the area. The gang simply became known as Santa Monica with the creation of the Mexican Mafia in the 1950s. |
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== Clicks == |
== Clicks == |
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Santa Monica 13 Gang is an infamous Mexican American street gang located in West Los Angeles. They reside in the Pico Neighborhood of Santa Monica, which is said to be one of the last remaining ghettos of the Westside due to gentrification. Even though Santa Monica is a Sureño gang, they wear their traditional black bandanas.
History
[1] The Santa Monica Gang was the first gang to originate in the Westside back in the late 1920s, formerly known as the Santa Monica Tomato Patch Gang. They had given birth to all the surrounding gangs in the area. The gang simply became known as Santa Monica with the creation of the Mexican Mafia in the 1950s.
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17th Street in reference to Santa Monica
Clicks
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Active clicks include:
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-17th Street Pee Wee Locos (PWLS)
-Little Locos(LLS) Is a small and very active click claiming its turf in the Pico Neighborhood and Lincoln Blvd area. This click is waring with the Venice Gangsters which has provoked many shootings in Santa Monica and Venice in the last 6 months.
The two clicks, Santa Monica 17th Street and Santa Monica 13 Little Locos are often mistaken as two different gangs, but this is not true. They both are clicks of the Santa Monica Gang.
Inactive clicks:
-11th Street Chavos
This click faded out in the early '90s, but still has a few active veteranos.
-17th Street Tiny Locos
-SM13 Tiny Midgets
-17th Street Locas
Rivals
[4]Main rivals include: Sotel 13, Venice 13, and Culver City 13. Others include: Graveyard Crips, Venice Shoreline Crips, 18th Street, and Lennox 13.
References
- ^ "The Pico Youth and Family Center opens in Santa Monica, California." Street Gangs Resource Center - Los Angeles and California | The Gang Experts | Bloods | Crips | Surenos | 18th Street | Mara Salvatrucha. Web. 15 Oct. 2009. <http://www.streetgangs.com/topics/2002/012602picocenter.html>.
- ^ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Monica
- ^ http://www.press.uchicago.edu/Misc/Chicago/667723.html
- ^ "Los Angeles CityBeat - Gangster's Paradise Lost." Los Angeles CityBeat - Front Page. Web. 15 Oct. 2009. <http://www.lacitybeat.com/cms/story/detail/?id=362&IssueNum=22>.