L.A. Mayor Selects Minister as ‘Anti-Gang Czar’
June 21, 2007 | Read Time: 1 minute
Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa has picked Jeff Carr, a nonprofit executive with lengthy experience working with religion-based programs that help poor people, to be the city’s new “anti-gang czar,” reports the Los Angeles Times.
Mr. Carr is an ordained minister and chief operating officer at Sojourners/Call to Renewal, a liberal evangelical organization in Washington that promotes social justice. Before joining Sojourners, Mr. Carr was at the Bresee Foundation, a religious group in Los Angeles that provides services in health care, education, job training, technology, and recreation.
Mr. Carr’s new position will focus on gang reduction and establishing youth-development and intervention programs.
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