An LAPD car patrols the streets of Sylmar on Thursday April 24, 2008. A sweeping gang injunction that would cover nine square miles of the Northeast Valley has angered some in the community, including San Fernando, where a quiet renaissance has made the city an attractive place for new businesses and developers. The injunction would severely restrict the movements of an estimated 500 gang members in what prosecutors paint as a dangerous area plagued by gang violence and wrought with intimidation.

An LAPD car patrols the streets of Sylmar on Thursday April 24, 2008. A sweeping gang injunction that would cover nine square miles of the Northeast Valley has angered some in the community, including San Fernando, where a quiet renaissance has made the city an attractive place for new businesses and developers. The injunction would severely restrict the movements of an estimated 500 gang members in what prosecutors paint as a dangerous area plagued by gang violence and wrought with intimidation.