NORTH HOLLYWOOD : Gang Foe at Apartments to Stay On in Lesser Job
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A North Hollywood woman who won praise for her fight against gang members only to be fired from her apartment manager’s job for speaking out about neighborhood crime, will be kept on as assistant manager.
The decision Wednesday means Viviana Guerra and her seven children will be able to continue living rent-free in the two-bedroom apartment that came with her job, said Larry Jacobs, owner of Park Place Management, which runs the London Manor apartments on Tiara Street.
Guerra has drawn commendations from police, prosecutors and the state attorney general’s office for helping put five local gang members in prison by reporting their crimes and agreeing to testify against them despite threats against her and her children.
She also has heard from network television shows interested in her story.
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