This past weekend, more than 400 Santa Monicans turned out for a workshop to discuss and develop solutions for quelling gang violence in the city. Suggestions included developing an inter-agency partnership, increasing parent involvement, re-examining the way officers police local neighborhoods, partnering with the business community to offer jobs and training to youths, and developing new education programs for students, teachers and counselors.
Another workshop has been scheduled for March 12, at which time officials hope the community will formulate a specific plan for tackling the problem.
So this week, Q-Line wants to know, “What needs to be included in the community’s plan to end gang violence?”
Call (310) 285-8106 before Friday at 5 p.m. and we’ll print your responses in the weekend edition. Please try to limit your comments to a minute or less. It might help to think first about the wording of your response.
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on March 3, 2005. Read the original PDF.