Local News in Brief : Funds to Train Gang Members Approved
The Los Angeles City Council on Wednesday approved a $534,000 yearlong pilot program to provide job training for up to 100 gang members.
The Watts Labor Community Action Committee will direct the program for gang members in the South-Central Los Angeles area.
Steve Porter of the city’s Community Development Department said the pilot program aims to get the gang members “into permanent employment, get them back into school or into the military, and for them to renounce their gang affiliation.”
About $485,000 of the program’s cost will come from the federal Job Training Partnership Act, and the city will pay the balance.
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