letter artEditor:  Just like the [Pico Youth & Family Center],
their intentions sound great if they’d ever work (”New fund to
address community violence,” June 19, page 1).  How many youth
centers are needed? Oscar de la Torre’s youth center has been in
operation for over 10 years at a big cost to the tax payers. I
live and own income property within a block of his youth center.
I see and observe the people that frequent the center.  It’s a
worthless money pit/sham. The only people that benefit are the
employees of the center, judging by the very nice cars they
drive. When I read about a new youth program that has a policy
saying “whatever it takes” it sounds like another sham. Now if
it’s solely privately funded unlike Oscar’s, great have at it,
just leave my tax money alone. The root of these modern day
youth problems needs to be dealt with by the parents of these
troubled youths. And yes, there’s mental health issues that need
to be dealt with by professionals, no doubt. It’s a sad day when
society depends