2. LA County leads the world in youth incarceration, including having the world’s largest juvenile halls, Probation camps (youth prisons), county jail system, Probation Department, and Sheriffs Department. LA County is also #1 in the U.S. in deportation.
LA’s Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall

3. Cost of Incarcerating Youth
Place
Cost
Los Angeles
$233,600*
Chicago
$204,400
San Diego
$127,750
Houston
$84,680
* Probation Camps

4. Youth who are incarcerated are:
13% less likely to finish high school
22% more likely to end up in prison as adults
Aizer, Anna, and Joseph J. Doyle Jr. Juvenile incarceration, human capital and future crime: Evidence from randomly-assigned judges. No. w National Bureau of Economic Research, 2013.

5. Why did we prioritize youth centers, youth jobs and peacebuilders?
YJC youth leaders investigated the budgets for all 57 law enforcement departments within LA County, interviewed young people on their experiences with the police, and surveyed 1,200 residents on a 50 mile march from Sylmar Juvenile Hall to Norwalk. 5

6. THE LAPD’s BUDGET HAS INCREASED MORE THAN $700 MILLION IN THE LAST TEN YEARS.

7. FY 2015-2016 Percentage of Budget Allocated to Police
City
FY Percentage of Budget Allocated to Police
City of Los Angeles
52.6%
Charlotte, NC
43.2%
Dallas, Texas
40.5%
Chicago, Illinois
39%
San Diego, CA
37%
Houston, Texas
36%
Indianapolis, Indiana
28%
Phoenix, Arizona
22%
Portland, Oregon
16%
New York City
15%
Law Enforcement Spending by City - L.A. is U.S. Highest

8. Law Enforcement and Youth Development Spending by City
Total Population
Youth (10-24)
Police Spending
Per capita spending (Police)
YDD Spending
Per youth capita spending (YDD)
LA youth population* City's per capita YDD expenditure
Boston
617,594
156,725
$323,509,388
$524
$30,376,147
*$194
$156,968,755
New York
8,175,133
1,606,307
$9,397,668,398
$1150
$503,156,380
$313
$254,199,625
San Francisco
805,235
114,395
$544,721,549
**$676
$99,881,170
$873
$700,963,366
Los Angeles
3,928,864
810,421
$2,566,431,967
$653
$36,303,119
$45

9. Law Enforcement and Youth Development Spending by City
Total Population
Youth (10-24)
Police Spending
Per capita spending (Police)
YDD Spending
Per youth capita spending (YDD)
LA youth population* City's per capita YDD expenditure
Boston
617,594
156,725
$323,509,388
$524
$30,376,147
*$194
$156,968,755
New York
8,175,133
1,606,307
$9,397,668,398
$1150
$503,156,380
$313
$254,199,625
San Francisco
805,235
114,395
$544,721,549
**$676
$99,881,170
$873
$700,963,366
Los Angeles
3,928,864
810,421
$2,566,431,967
$653
$36,303,119
$45
LA City with 5% of LAPD & LACA
3,928,864
810,421
$2,438,110,369
$621
$174,039,374
$215

10. Campaign Goals
Establish Youth Development Departments for LA City and LA County
Redirect at least 5% of suppression (LAPD, LASD, DA, City Attorney, County Probation, and County portion of courts’ budget) to the Youth Development Departments in order to fund:
100 Youth Centers
1000 Peacebuilders (Intervention Workers) in schools and communities
50,000 youth jobs
Free Metro Passes for all students K-College