"The gang activity is frightening, the shootings are happening on a regular basis now, it's downright scary."
How many shootings are you talking about? Violent crime is DOWN sharply in California, compared to the 1990s and 1980s.
How many? I don't count them, but I read about them on a weekly basis, along with knife attacks, wife beatings, robberies, carjacking, child molesting, hit and run, car chases, you name it, and in the L.A. and Orange County areas most of the perpetrators listed in the local newspapers have hispanic names.
If you think violent crime is "sharply down", you don't live in southern California.