The Longos is the oldest street gang in Long Beach, California,[1] made up of several smaller cliques from the 53 gangs active the in the area. [2] "Longo" is the local caló term for Long Beach,[3] but the term has been regarded more specifically as a reference to these gangs since the 1970s. The use of the term for street gangs has been known to police since a shooting in 1979 at the Carmelitos housing project, but the gang may have been active earlier, according to the Long Beach Police Department's Gang Detail.[1]. Multigenerational Hispanic gangs account for nearly two-thirds of all California gangs. [4] Longo may refer to: Longo, a group of street gangs in the Long Beach, California area. ... A gang is a group of individuals who share a common identity and, in current usage, engage in illegal activities. ... Nickname: Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates: , Country State County Los Angeles County Government - Mayor Bob Foster Area - City 65. ... This article is about the Chicano idiom. ...
The Longos gang was split geographically at an early stage and three gangs are currently known to use the name: The East Side Longos, the West Side Longos, and the North Side Longos.
The East Side Longos is a large Mexican-American gang rooted in the Hispanic community along Anaheim Street in Long Beach. In December 2001, the Long Beach Superior Court issued a permanent injunction against the East Side Longos in two areas of the city. One part of the injunction forbids gang members from gathering in public with other gang members.[5]
The West Side Longos hold the smallest area of the three, a small strip of the very western edge of Long Beach bordering Wilmington, Carson and Dominguez. In December 2004, the Long Beach City Prosecutor filed a civil injunction against active members of the West Side Longos, which prohibits members from a variety of legal and illegal activity in the area.[6]
^Senate Bill 1803, 21 August 2000. Retrieved 16 September 2007. (This bill created a civil injunction program against criminal street gangs in Long Beach.)
^ Arredondo, Gabriela F. (2003), ed. Chicana Feminisms: A Critical Reader. Duke University Press, 2003, ISBN 0822331411, p. 62.
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Longos (Greek: Λόγγος), older and uncommon form Loggos is a village located in the municipality of Sympoliteia in the northeastern part of the prefecture of Achaia in the Peloponnese.
Longos has a school, a lyceum, a church, banks, a post office, a beach, hotels, campgrounds and a square (plateia) in the central part.
Longos is famous for its beaches which cover much of its entire coastline to the north and its campgrounds including Longos Beach.
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