Culver City Boys

Culver City Boys or Culver City 13 (CCB13) is a Mexican-American street gang from Mar Vista, California.

Culver City Boys
Founding locationCulver City, California, United States
TerritoryLos Angeles Westside
EthnicityMexican American
ActivitiesMurder, drug trafficking, extortion, assault, auto theft, robbery
AlliesMexican Mafia[1]
Venice 13
RivalsSanta 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 Housing 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]

Despite the Culver City Boys being a Sureño gang, their colors are red and black, colors mainly associated with the Norteños and Pirus. CCB13 shows no affiliation to either Norteño or Bloods alliances. The Culver City boys have been wearing their traditional red bandanas since the 1960s long before Nortenos (1968) or Bloods (1972) existed.

References
  1. People v. Robles Court Listener (February 25, 2014)
  2. People v. Robles Leagle.com (February 25, 2014)
  3. People v. Reyes FindLaw (January 23, 2008)
  4. People v. DeLaTrinidad fearnotlaw.com (May 24, 2006)
  5. Romero, Dennis. "Gangster's Paradise Lost." Los Angeles City Beat. Issue Number 22. November 6, 2003. Retrieved on October 3, 2011.
  6. "Los Angeles City Attorney". www.atty.lacity.org/CRIMINAL/GangInjunctions/index.htm. Archived from the original on 2015-02-09.
  7. "Los Angeles Gang Injunction Class Action Settlement". Top Class Actions. 2017-09-13. Retrieved 2018-08-18.
  8. "LA will pay up to $30 million dollars towards job training and apprenticeships for members of the class action suit to settle the lawsuit". Daily News. 2016-03-16. Retrieved 2018-08-18.
  9. "Sweeping Settlement Reached On Behalf of Angelenos Whose Rights Were Violated Through Unconstitutional Gang Injunction".
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