Editing Venice, Los Angeles (section)

===Past gang activity===
The [[Venice Shoreline Crips]] and the Latino [[Venice 13]] (V-13) were the two main gangs active in Venice. V13 dates back to the 1950s, while the Shoreline Crips were founded in the early 1970s, making them one of the first [[Crips|Crip]] sets in Los Angeles.{{citation needed|date=January 2016}} In the early 1990s, V-13 and the Shoreline Crips were involved in a fierce battle over [[crack cocaine]] sales territories.<ref>{{cite journal |title=The Los Angeles Coast as a Public Place |journal=Geographical Review |volume=95 |number=4 |date=October 2005 |pages=578–593 |jstor=30034261 |doi=10.1111/j.1931-0846.2005.tb00382.x |last1=Davidson |first1=Ronald A. |last2=Entrikin |first2=J. Nicholas |bibcode=2005GeoRv..95..578D |hdl=10211.2/1731 |s2cid=159996450 |hdl-access=free}}</ref>

By 2002, the numbers of gang members in Venice were reduced due to [[gentrification]] and increased police presence. According to a ''[[Los Angeles City Beat]]'' article, by 2003, many Los Angeles Westside gang members had resettled in the city of [[Inglewood, California|Inglewood]].<ref name="lacitybeat">{{cite web |last=Romero |first=Dennis |title=Gangster's Paradise Lost |publisher=Los Angeles City Beat |date=November 6, 2003 |url=http://www.lacitybeat.com/article.php?id=362&IssueNum=22 |access-date=February 15, 2008 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071224175403/http://www.lacitybeat.com/article.php?id=362&IssueNum=22<!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date=December 24, 2007}}</ref>