Editing Salinas, California (section)

===Crime===
Salinas has a significant, but declining problem with organized [[street gang]]s, such as [[Nortenos]], [[Surenos]], and [[Crips]] and the associated [[violent crime]].<ref name="New York Times">{{cite news|last1=Goode|first1=Erica|title=In a Gang-Ridden City, New Efforts to Fight Crime While Cutting Costs|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/30/us/in-salinas-fighting-gang-violence-on-a-shoestring.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0|newspaper=The New York Times|access-date=November 25, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171019164153/http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/30/us/in-salinas-fighting-gang-violence-on-a-shoestring.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0|archive-date=October 19, 2017|url-status=live|date=January 30, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Salinas, California, Taco Shop Shooting Leaves 2 Dead, 5 Injured|url=https://huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/05/salinas-california-taco-shop-shooting_n_3708236.html|website=Huffington Post|access-date=November 25, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150320082958/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/05/salinas-california-taco-shop-shooting_n_3708236.html|archive-date=March 20, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> According to the [[U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics]], the city's overall violent crime and homicide rates are above those for California and the nation overall. However, the violent crime rate in Salinas has declined by almost 75 percent since 2015.<ref name="Bureau of Justice Statistics">{{cite web|last1=US Department of Justice|title=Bureau of Justice Statistics|url=http://www.bjs.gov/ucrdata/Search/Crime/Local/RunCrimeJurisbyJurisLarge.cfm|website=Crime reported by Salinas Police Dept, California|publisher=Bureau of Justice Statistics}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=US Department of Justice|title=Uniformed Crime Reporting Statistics|url=http://www.bjs.gov/ucrdata/Search/Crime/State/RunCrimeStatebyState.cfm|website=Estimated crime in United States-Total|publisher=US Bureau of Justice Statistics|access-date=November 25, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Harris|first1=Kamala|title=Organized Crime in California: 2010 Report to the Legislature|url=http://oag.ca.gov/sites/all/files/agweb/pdfs/publications/org_crime2010.pdf|website=California Attorney General|publisher=State of California Department of Justice, Office of the Attorney General|access-date=November 25, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141113173823/http://oag.ca.gov/sites/all/files/agweb/pdfs/publications/org_crime2010.pdf|archive-date=November 13, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> Gang activity and violent crime are focused in Central and East Salinas<ref>{{cite news|last1=Robledo|first1=Roberto|title=Agents of change fan out in Alisal|access-date=November 25, 2014|publisher=[[The Salinas Californian]]|date=June 12, 2014|url=http://www.thecalifornian.com/story/news/local/2014/05/17/agents-change-fan-alisal/2210724/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170913142257/http://www.thecalifornian.com/story/news/local/2014/05/17/agents-change-fan-alisal/2210724/|archive-date=September 13, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> and exacerbated by the city's comparatively low tax base and consequently limited policing resources.<ref name="New York Times"/><ref>{{cite web|last1=Arreola|first1=Jose|title=Salinas Comprehensive Strategy for Community-wide Violence Reduction 2013-2018|url=http://www.ci.salinas.ca.us/pdf/SalinasSWP_2013-2018.pdf|website=City of Salinas|publisher=Community Alliance for Safety and Peace|access-date=November 25, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141114115308/http://www.ci.salinas.ca.us/pdf/SalinasSWP_2013-2018.pdf|archive-date=November 14, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> A hypothesis to explain the city's particularly intense problem with gang related violent crime cites the city's proximity to [[Salinas Valley State Prison]]. The prison was an early launch pad for street operations of the notorious prison gang, ''[[Nuestra Familia]]''. This in turn, is seen as having spawned a legacy of multi-generational gang membership among the poorer and less educated residents of East Salinas.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Guadalupe|first1=Patricia|title=Author Spends Ten Years Inside California's Nuestra Familia Gang|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/author-spends-ten-years-inside-californias-nuestra-familia-gang-n202651|website=NBC News|date=September 13, 2014 |publisher=NBC|access-date=November 25, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141228154831/https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/author-spends-ten-years-inside-californias-nuestra-familia-gang-n202651|archive-date=December 28, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref>