Mayor's office seeks approval to accept $2.4 million county grant for youth gang re-entry

Five community organizations would get $1,637,889 to work with youth leaving county probation camps through June 2027.

City Council· posted Oct 14Spending$2.4M

Youth leaving Los Angeles County probation camps and returning to city neighborhoods would receive case management and family services from five community organizations through June 30, 2027. Mayor Karen Bass asks the City Council to accept the $2,400,000 county Probation grant and approve contracts, including $200,000 to Loyola Marymount University for data and evaluation.

What happens next

City Council consideration of the request to accept the grant and execute contracts

Named in this record
Official portrait of Karen Bass
Karen Bass

Photo: Nandaro, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

More in Public Safety & Justice

  1. Official portrait of Hugo Soto-Martinez

    Council asserts jurisdiction over police panel's Axon streetlight camera pilot deal, 10-4

    The City Council takes up review of the Police Commission's approval of a test program agreement with Axon Enterprise.

  2. Official portrait of Traci Park

    Motion would expand city program to scrap abandoned RVs worth $4,000 or less

    A new state law lets Los Angeles junk low value abandoned RVs instead of auctioning them starting January 1, 2027.

    City Council··$4K
  3. Official portrait of Karen Bass

    LAPD seeks Council approval of $119,255 state forensic grant for lab overtime

    The grant would pay overtime for firearm, latent print and digital evidence analysts through June 30, 2027, with no city match.

    City Council··$119K
  4. Official portrait of Karen Bass

    LAPD seeks approval to accept $6 million state grant for illegal cannabis enforcement

    The five-year award from the state corrections board would pay mostly officer overtime to shut down unlicensed shops and grows.

    City Council··$6.0M