Inventory of the Los Angeles Gang Resource Collection SPC.1900.017
Los Angeles Gang Resource Collection
Jocelyn De Avila
California State University Dominguez Hills, Gerth Archives and Special Collections
2020-04
University Library South -5039 (Fifth Floor)
1000 E. Victoria St.
Carson, CA 90747
Business Number: 310-243-3895
archives@csudh.edu
Contributing Institution:
California State University Dominguez Hills, Gerth Archives and Special Collections
Title: Los Angeles Gang Resource Collection
Creator:
Paculba, Ernie
Identifier/Call Number: SPC.1900.017
Physical Description:
2.1 Linear Feet
Physical Description:
5 boxes
Date (inclusive): 1975-2001; undated
Abstract: This collection contains reports, videos, books, and other material regarding gangs in Los Angeles, California.
Language of Material:
English
, Spanish; Castilian
.
Scope and Contents
The Los Angeles Gang Resources Collection (1975-2001; undated) contains five boxes and 2.1ft. of material belonging to Ernie
Paculba. The majority of the collection contains reports, videos, books, and other material regarding gangs in Los Angeles,
California. Box one contains several program planning guides regarding
Project Heavy, including
Program design issues,
Diversion Evaluation Specification,
Operations Plan: Project Heavy;
A Curriculum for Teaching Self Esteem in the Classroom by Jo Ellen Hartline. Box two contains resources for parents and teachers, including a booklet regarding the Los Angeles
Sheriff's S.A.N.E program, an information packet on the Gang Violence Reduction Project, several government reports regarding
gangs in Los Angeles, CDs and CD-ROMs including
The Crystal Method CD;
MTV Fight for your Rights: Take a Stand Against Violence CD;
J.U.M.P City CD-ROM;
Safer Interactive Pedestrian Safety Awareness Journey, and Ernie Paculba's Resumé. Box three contains videotapes including
Life Behind Bars-Letters from Within;
Post Street Gangs Telecourse "(Part 1: Hispanic Gangs)"; "LA Riots"- PBS; ABC
Afterschool Special "Learning Not to Hurt"; Fox
Smart Kids; Paul Moyers-PBS "What We Can Do About Violence";
Out of Order: Rock The Vote Targets Health; a spreadsheet that came from the
Hip Hop Subculture videotape with a list of subjects regarding videotapes related to youth, violence, and gangs; A letter regarding
Rock the Vote with a list of segments and duration of each segment;
Solutions to Violence PBS; a videotape named "Solutions";
Teen Files "Truth About Violence";
Hip Hop Subculture;
Getting Up! Tagging in Southern California; "P.O.S.T-Hispanic Street Gangs";
The Cost of Denial: What--we're doing now is not working! Increased spending on our Criminal Justice System has not stemmed
the tide of increasing youth violence and crime. It's time for a new approach
. Box four contains videotapes including
Gangs & Drugs Realities of the Street;
El Show de Cristina "Anti Graffitti"; "Tag-Bangers"
Fox News;
Lives in Hazard Edward James Olmos;
Ricki Lake "Taggers & Paddling";
America's Killing Fields CBS Special Report;
Graffiti Verité;
Geraldo "Girl Gangs"; "Gary N.Y. Seattle"; "Paula Becker N.Y. Conference"; "Tito, Art Sutcliffe"; "Glass 3rd Generation"; Seattle,
N.Y.C Conference N.Y. Speaker Loaner; "Exhibitor Round Table: N.Y. Ernie." Box Five contains videotapes including "LA Riots-
A&E";
Investigative Reports "LA County Jail"; "LA Sunset Blvd"
48 Hours CBS; "Monster- Making Discovery"; "Roots of Violence A&E"; "Office of the Attorney General Gangs- James Earl Jones"; "Saving
Justine- Salt Lake"
48 Hours- CBS"; "20th Century Gangs: A&E"; "Latin Kings Prime Time ABC"; "Hot Guns PBS"; "Prison Bound"; "LAPD-Ramparts"
Geraldo; "New Mexico Gangs"; "Street Creepers: A Look at Gangs."
Conditions Governing Access
There are no access restrictions on this collection.
Conditions Governing Use
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Director of Archives
and Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical
materials and not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
Preferred Citation
Processing Information
Processed by Jocelyn De Avila on December 5, 2023.
Biographical / Historical
Ernie Paculba was born on October 13, 1939. Paculba graduated in 1956 from Banning High School in Wilmington, CA. Paculba
worked as a youth worker at the Wilmington Teen Center in California between 1957 and 1961. He attended Harbor College from
1961 to 1963 without receiving a degree. Paculba dedicated the remainder of his career to public service in relation to youth
services and gang prevention services in the Los Angeles County of California, working as an Area Director (1975-1981) and
Youth Services Coordinator(1981-1987) for "Project HEAVY," an Executive Director (1987-1996) for the Harbor Area Gang Alternative
Program (GAP), and as a Youth Services Consultant beginning in 1996 for the city of Carson Public Safety Department. Paculba
had served as a member of the California Attorney General's Gang Prevention Committee, the Multi-Agency Graffiti Intervention
Committee (MAGIC), the Los Angeles County Interagency Gang Task Force, and the National Graffiti Information Network.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Los Angeles (Calif.)
Gangs
Crime
box 1, folder 1
Youth Program Planning: Los Angeles Regional Criminal Planning Board
April 1975
box 1, folder 2
Program Design Issues: project Heavy: Los Angeles Regional Criminal Justice Planning Board
April 1975
box 1, folder 3
Diversion Evaluation Specification: Los Angeles Regional Criminal Justice Planning Board
May 1975
box 1, folder 4
Operations Plan: Project Heavy
May 1975
box 1, folder 5
A Curriculum for Teaching Self-Esteem in the Classroom by Jo Ellen Hartline
1982
box 1, folder 6
State Task Force on Youth Gang Violence
January 1986
box 1, folder 7
State Task Force on Gangs and Drugs Report
January 1989
box 1, folder 8
Loose Items from
Rising Above Gang and Drugs: How to Start a Community Reclamation Project Book
September 11, 1990; undated
box 1, folder 9
Rising Above Gangs and Drugs: How to Start a Community Reclamation Project
1990
box 2, folder 1
Project Smart: A Cooperative Program with the Los Angeles County Sherrif's Department
1990
box 2, folder 2
Gang Violence Reduction Project
circa 1990
box 2, folder 3
Law in the School: A Guide for California Teachers, Parents, and Students
1990
box 2, folder 4
Graffiti Wipeout by Marilyn Gould
1992
box 2, folder 5
The City in Crisis: A Report by the Special Advisor to the Board of Police Commissioners on the Civil Disorder in Los Angeles
October 21, 1992
box 2, folder 6
The City in Crisis: Appendice (A report by the Special Advisor to the Board of Police Commissioners on the Civil Disorder
in Los Angeles)
October 21, 1992
box 2, folder 7
Gangs 2000: A Call to Action Report
March 1,1993
box 2, folder 8
Gangs: A Community Response (English and Spanish Versions)
September 1994
Language of Material: English, Spanish; Castilian.
box 2, folder 9
Kids and the Law: An A-to-Z Guide for Parents
1997
box 2, folder 10
The Crystal Method CD;
MTV Fight for your Rights: Take a Stand Against Violence CD
1997;1999
box 2, folder 11
J.U.M.P. City CD-ROM;
Safer Interactive Pedestrian Safety Awareness Journey CD-ROM
1998; undated
box 2, folder 12
Cops Tips: Problem-Solving Tips- A Guide to Reducing Crime and Disorder Through Problem-Solving Partnerships
April 1998
box 2, folder 13
Criminal Justice Statistics Center CD;
Reducing Youth Violence: A Comprehensive Approach CD
September 1999; 2001
box 2, folder 14
What Every Parent Should Know: A Parent's Guide to Gang Awareness
Circa 2000
box 2, folder 15
Ernie Paculba Resumé
undated
box 2, folder 16
Mona Lisa Anti-Graffiti Program by Richard Romley
undated
box 3, folder 1
Life Behind Bars-Letters from Within
1992
box 3, folder 2
Post Street Gangs Telecourse "(Part 1: Hispanic Gangs)"
March 25, 1993
box 3, folder 3
"LA Riots"- PBS
April 27,1993
box 3, folder 4
ABC
Afterschool Special "Learning Not to Hurt"
May 27, 1993
box 3, folder 5
Fox
Smart Kids
December 1994
box 3, folder 6
"What We Can Do About Violence"
Paul Moyers PBS
January 10, 1995
box 3, folder 7
Out of Order: Rock The Vote Targets Health
1995
box 3, folder 8
Sheet 1 (Came from
Hip Hop Subculture Videotape) Rock the Vote (Came from
Rock the Vote Videotape)
Circa 1995; Undated
box 3, folder 9
Solutions to Violence PBS
March 20, 1996
box 3, folder 10
"Solutions"
August 11, 1999
box 3, folder 11
"Truth About Violence"
Teen Files
November 19,1999
box 3, folder 12
Hip Hop Subculture
undated
box 3, folder 13
Getting Up! Tagging in Southern California
undated
box 3, folder 14
"P.O.S.T-Hispanic Street Gangs"
undated
box 3, folder 15
The Cost of Denial: What--we're doing now is not working! Increased spending on our Criminal Justice System has not stemmed
the tide of increasing youth violence and crime. It's time for a new approach
undated
box 4, folder 1
Gangs & Drugs Realities of the Street
February 1990
box 4, folder 2
"Anti Graffitti"
El Show de Cristina
June 1992
box 4, folder 3
"Tag-Bangers"
Fox News
April 10, 1993
box 4, folder 4
Lives in Hazard Edward James Olmos
April 1994
box 4, folder 5
"Taggers and Paddling"
Ricki Lake
October 11, 1994
box 4, folder 6
America's Killing Fields CBS Special Report
January 26, 1995
box 4, folder 8
"Girl Gangs"
Geraldo
undated
box 4, folder 9
"Gary, New York, Seattle"
undated
box 4, folder 10
"Paula Becker New York Conference"
undated
box 4, folder 11
"Tito, Art Sutcliffe"
undated
box 4, folder 12
"Glass 3rd Generation"
undated
box 4, folder 13
"Seattle New York City Conference New York Speaker Loaner"
undated
box 4, folder 14
"Exhibitor Round Table: New York Ernie"
undated
box 5, folder 1
"LA Riots- A&E"
April 23, 1993
box 5, folder 2
"LA County Jail"
Investigative Reports
June 24, 1993
box 5, folder 3
"LA Sunset Blvd"
48 Hours CBS
July 28, 1993
box 5, folder 4
"Monster- Making Discovery"
October 19, 1993
box 5, folder 5
"Roots of Violence A&E"
December 12, 1993
box 5, folder 6
"Office of the Attorney General Gangs- James Earl Jones"
February 12, 1995
box 5, folder 7
"Saving Justine- Salt Lake"
48 Hours
February 1, 1996
box 5, folder 8
"20th Century Gangs: A&E"
March 1996
box 5, folder 9
"Latin Kings Prime Time ABC"
February 1998
box 5, folder 10
"Hot Guns PBS"
July 21, 1998
box 5, folder 11
"Prison Bound"
September 1995
box 5, folder 12
"LAPD-Ramparts"
Geraldo
undated
box 5, folder 13
"New Mexico Gangs"
undated
box 5, folder 14
"Street Creepers: A Look at Gangs"
undated
