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)