Office of the City Attorney

Central City Injunction

The City Attorney’s Anti-Gang Section secured a final order granting permanent injunction against 78 drug dealers and the Grape Street Crips gang based on evidence that these drug dealers, gang members and career criminals are engaged in a pattern of illegal activities and unlawful business practices.  The permanent injunction is effective within a "Central City Recovery Zone," an area of the city where the most vulnerable members of our society, the homeless including children, the disabled, the mentally ill, and the alcohol and drug-addicted come to seek refuge, services, rehabilitation, and a second chance.  These 78 drug dealers and Grape Street Crips gang members can no longer "commute" and move their criminal conduct from other areas around the city into the "Recovery Zone" to either sell drugs, use the homeless and drug-addicted in Skid Row to further their narcotics sales, or otherwise victimize this vulnerable group.  The permanent injunction will help put these criminals out of business and return the Skid Row area to its original intended purpose -- giving people who seek and need recovery a genuine opportunity to achieve that goal -- to get recovery, get well and rejoin society.

         Petition for Removal from Central City Injunction - English

         Petition for Removal from Central City Injunction - Spanish