Anti-Gang Program Seeks $170,000 From County
A group of Los Angeles community leaders will meet today to ask county officials to provide $170,000 in funding for an anti-gang program at Robert Louis Stevenson Middle School, which serves students who live in the city and the county.
Located on the county border, the school will be cut off from the city’s L.A. Bridges gang program if the county does not split the $340,000 required for annual funding. Stevenson was not among the initial list of schools targeted for L.A. Bridges, but pressure by Councilman Richard Alatorre got the Boyle Heights middle school on board.
“The L.A. Bridges program in Stevenson is much needed and is something we fought for long and hard,” said Alatorre.
County officials said Wednesday that they could not comment about whether they would help because they have not studied the program and were not aware of the request.
“We haven’t heard a peep to date from the city about this,” said Michael Bustamante, press deputy for Los Angeles County Supervisor Gloria Molina.
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