Director of Gang Reduction and Youth Development, City of Los Angeles
Newly-appointed Director of LA City’s Gang Reduction and Youth Development program; former Director of Mayor Villaraigosa's Summer Night Lights program to reduce gang violence
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Guillermo Cespedes
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FROM Guillermo Cespedes
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Federal Gun Control and Gun Violence Here in LA… Gun violence is down in Los Angeles—but it still takes a heavy toll. Would today’s proposals by President Obama help to reduce it more? At Scripps College in Claremont today, sheriff’s deputies, local police and other first responders conducted drills on how to cope with a potential mass shooting. KCRW’s Saul Gonzalez was there.
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Mayor Appoints Night Lights Director to Gang Czar Last week, Mayor Villaraigosa’s first so-called Gang Czar was elevated to Chief of Staff . Now, Reverend Jeff Carr has been replaced by Guillermo Cespedes, who has been heading up the Summer Night Lights program. He’ll be the Director of Gang Reduction and Youth Development .
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