CLEAR Anti-Gang Initiative 97-99

Executive Summary

Acknowledgements

Preamble

I. The CLEAR Program and its Evaluation
A. Description of the Program
        1. CLEAR's Gang Focus
        2. CLEAR's Geographic Focus
        3. CLEAR's Organizational Structure
                B. Selected Milestones
                C. Evaluation Methodology
                D. Structural Compliance with AB 853
II. The Nature of CLEAR’s Multi-Level Collaborative
A. The Core Collaborative
B. Collaboration with the Community
III. Impact on Gang-related Crime & Community Quality of Life
A. Gang-related Crime
B. Gang-related Homicides
C. Quality of Life Impacts
        1. Community Member Reports
        2. Violence
        3. Nuisance Activities
IV. Costs and Benefits of CLEAR
A. The Cost-Benefit Conceptual Model for CLEAR
B. The Cost and Benefit Data
C. Cost-Benefit Findings and Interpretation
D. Discussion
V. Critical Elements for Replicating the CLEAR Program
VI. Recommendations for Sustaining CLEAR
ATTACHMENTS
1. Timelines for Original Grants, Expenditure and Operational Periods, Through September 1999
2. CLEAR Organization Chart
3. CLEAR Personnel, by Unit, Agency and Position (as of 8/99)
4. CLEAR Staffing (FTEs), by Phase, Month, Site and Agency
5. CLEAR Monthly Tracking Report, January – October 1999: Agency By Site
6. Observations from the Field
7. Northeast and Foothill CLEAR CIT Survey Results
8. Foothill CLEAR CIT Focus Group
9. DATA SUMMARIES
        Chart 9.1. Reported Gang-Related Crime
        Chart 9.2. Reported Violent Part I Crime
        Table 9.a. Reported Gang-Related Crime: 1-Year Moving Averages
        Table 9.b. Reported Gang-Related Crime: No., Per 100,000 Pop. Per Sq. Mile
        Table 9.c. Reported Violent Part I Crime: 1-Year Moving Averages
        Table 9.d. Reported Violent Part I Crime: No., Per 100,000 Pop. Per Sq. Mile
        Table 9.e.1. Northeast: Type of Gang-Related Crime, by Quarter
        Table 9.e.2. Foothill: Type of Gang-Related Crime, by Quarter
        Table 9.e.3. Pacific: Type of Gang-Related Crime, by Quarter
        Table 9.f.1. Calculations for Cost of Gang-Related Crime
        Table 9.f.2. Estimated Gang-Related Crime Cost Reductions
        Table 9.g. Homicides: Pre-Program Year vs. First Program Year
        Table 9.h. Misdemeanors and Releases from Custody (RFC)
10. Program Costs by Phase and Grant Source
11. CLEAR I and II Program Costs, by Site, Source
12. MAPS
    Map 12.1. Northeast CLEAR Boundaries, by LAPD Reporting Districts
    Map 12.3. Foothill CLEAR Boundaries, by LAPD Reporting Districts
    Map 12.5. Pacific CLEAR Boundaries, by LAPD Reporting Districts
13. Document References
14. Sources
15. California Penal Code Sections 14000-14006 (Chapter 506, Statutes of 1997)