{"id":143892,"date":"2025-08-14T01:57:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-14T01:57:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/143892\/"},"modified":"2025-08-14T01:57:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T01:57:08","slug":"summer-night-lights-program-helps-l-a-reduce-crime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/143892\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer Night Lights program helps L.A. reduce crime"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-127855\" class=\"size-full wp-image-127855\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/A-Local-Bass.SummerNightLightsProgram.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"698\" height=\"523\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-127855\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mayor Karen Bass highlighted the importance of giving youth a place to go where they stay active in positive programs during summer. (photo courtesy of Mayor Karen Bass\u2019 office)<\/p>\n<p>Karen Bass celebrated the end of the 2025 Summer Night Lights, a pro\u00adgram that provides safe and commu\u00adnity-centered programming to pre\u00advent violence in neighborhoods throughout the city.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCrime continues to drop in Los Angeles, with the city on pace to reach a 60 year low in homicides. We are seeing these results because of programs like Summer Night Lights that contribute to our compre\u00adhensive approach to public safety,\u201d Bass said. \u201cSince 2008, Summer Night Lights has continued to pro\u00advide safe spaces for neighbors to come together, access important resources and engage our neighbor\u00adhoods in positive and meaningful ways.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSummer Night Lights has shown us that when the community fills our parks, connections and safety fol\u00adlow,\u201d L.A. City Council President Marqueece Harris-Dawson, 8th District, said. \u201cThanks to the work of community intervention workers, who bridge divides, prevent vio\u00adlence and offer a hand wherever it\u2019s needed. Many departments come together to make this program work and engage the community.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The program includes free meals, sports and fitness, family-friendly activities and connections to com\u00admunity resources such as financial literacy workshops and mental health services. Last summer, SNL had more than 80,000 participants. This year, SNL welcomed more than 110,000 participants at 42 local parks and recreation centers across Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<p>Recent Los Angeles Police Department data show the tangible impact of the program. The Office of Gang Reduction and Youth Development\u2019s programming, including Summer Night Lights, contributed to a 26% reduction in gang-related homicides in the city of Los Angeles in 2023 according to LAPD\u2019s 2023 Homicide Report.<\/p>\n<p>For information, visit lagryd.org\/summer-night-lights.html.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mayor Karen Bass highlighted the importance of giving youth a place to go where they stay active in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":143893,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5123],"tags":[1582,276,2961,224,5337],"class_list":{"0":"post-143892","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-california","10":"tag-la","11":"tag-los-angeles","12":"tag-losangeles"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115024641752159840","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143892","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=143892"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143892\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/143893"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=143892"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=143892"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=143892"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}