BARRIO PACOIMA
By LADY JOKER
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Barrio Pacoima or Pacas may not be the oldest, but it is by far the largest barrio, in numbers, in the valley. One of the reasons they are so large is because they are so fragmented, or diversified. They have at least 20 cliques or sub-barrios, with a minimum of 50 members. With this method even if you don’t want to join one clique theirs at least three other cliques that will fit your criteria. And some of the sub-barrios have cliques with in them, like Project Boys and Latin Times. They may be one of the most fragmented barrios in LA with their separate origins hard to trace. The hardest one to figure out is Pacoima Flats, which claims allegiance to some other Pacoima’s, yet still claims allegiance to the Flats. Latin Times apparently only claims Pacoima because of geography, not getting along with many of the other Pacoima cliques. Some of the cliques like Vaughn Street may have started out as a separate barrio, joined Pacoima, ended up not getting along with some Pacoima’s, but refused to stop claiming Pacoima. They are mainly divided into Boys and Locos cliques, which originally did not get along with each other. It is said that the Boys were all on the East Side of the tracks and the Locos were all on the West Side of the tracks, but this is obviously not true. There are Boys cliques on the WS and Locos cliques on the ES. Now some of the worst rivalries in Pacoima are between Boys cliques, The Pierce and the PJS. Most of the Locos get along, however. There are some Pacoima’s which are not Locos or Boys: P Criminals, Latin Times, Vaughn St, and a variety of Street cliques. Saying Pacoima isn’t saying one thing, unless you’re their rival. The original Pacoima is referred to as the Treces, which had a click called Tinys and Locos which were combined to make Brown Stoner Locos, but now there is apparently a Tinys click again. San Fernando and Pacoima is probably the longest going rivalry in the valley. I heard once that it started along time ago, probably in the 30s or earlier, when a man from Pacoima stole a horse from a man in San Fernando, and when the people from San Fernando found out they got the man from Pacoima and hung him with no trial, so the people from Pacoima retaliated and so on. I have heard this story in both directions though, so it is hard to tell, but it was bound to happen. Pacoima, mainly the PJs, has absorbed a lot of crews, with the biggest one probably being HPR. They have scattered members throughout the valley but they do not openly try to expand. If you count them as one barrio they are by far the largest in the valley.
Pacoima Criminals 13
ExS Pacoima Crazy Boys
Pacoima Van Nuys Boyz
Pacoima Goleta Street
Pacoima Project Boyz
Pacoima Humphrey Boys
Pacoima Chivers Street Locotes
Latin Times Pacoima
Pacoima Flats
Pacoima Latin Rascals
Pacoima Pierce Boys
Pacoima Lev Boys
Pacoima Knock Knock Boys
Pacoima El Dorado
South Side Locos
Brown Stoner Locos
Dead End Boys
Pacoima Ilex Street
Pacoima Pinney Street
Pacoima Paxton Street Locos
Pacoima Vaughn Street
Pacoima Cayuga Street Locos
~" P A C x T O W N "~
By LADY JOKER
100% SUREñA
Barrio Pacoima or Pacas may not be the oldest, but it is by far the largest barrio, in numbers, in the valley. One of the reasons they are so large is because they are so fragmented, or diversified. They have at least 20 cliques or sub-barrios, with a minimum of 50 members. With this method even if you don’t want to join one clique theirs at least three other cliques that will fit your criteria. And some of the sub-barrios have cliques with in them, like Project Boys and Latin Times. They may be one of the most fragmented barrios in LA with their separate origins hard to trace. The hardest one to figure out is Pacoima Flats, which claims allegiance to some other Pacoima’s, yet still claims allegiance to the Flats. Latin Times apparently only claims Pacoima because of geography, not getting along with many of the other Pacoima cliques. Some of the cliques like Vaughn Street may have started out as a separate barrio, joined Pacoima, ended up not getting along with some Pacoima’s, but refused to stop claiming Pacoima. They are mainly divided into Boys and Locos cliques, which originally did not get along with each other. It is said that the Boys were all on the East Side of the tracks and the Locos were all on the West Side of the tracks, but this is obviously not true. There are Boys cliques on the WS and Locos cliques on the ES. Now some of the worst rivalries in Pacoima are between Boys cliques, The Pierce and the PJS. Most of the Locos get along, however. There are some Pacoima’s which are not Locos or Boys: P Criminals, Latin Times, Vaughn St, and a variety of Street cliques. Saying Pacoima isn’t saying one thing, unless you’re their rival. The original Pacoima is referred to as the Treces, which had a click called Tinys and Locos which were combined to make Brown Stoner Locos, but now there is apparently a Tinys click again. San Fernando and Pacoima is probably the longest going rivalry in the valley. I heard once that it started along time ago, probably in the 30s or earlier, when a man from Pacoima stole a horse from a man in San Fernando, and when the people from San Fernando found out they got the man from Pacoima and hung him with no trial, so the people from Pacoima retaliated and so on. I have heard this story in both directions though, so it is hard to tell, but it was bound to happen. Pacoima, mainly the PJs, has absorbed a lot of crews, with the biggest one probably being HPR. They have scattered members throughout the valley but they do not openly try to expand. If you count them as one barrio they are by far the largest in the valley.
Pacoima Criminals 13
ExS Pacoima Crazy Boys
Pacoima Van Nuys Boyz
Pacoima Goleta Street
Pacoima Project Boyz
Pacoima Humphrey Boys
Pacoima Chivers Street Locotes
Latin Times Pacoima
Pacoima Flats
Pacoima Latin Rascals
Pacoima Pierce Boys
Pacoima Lev Boys
Pacoima Knock Knock Boys
Pacoima El Dorado
South Side Locos
Brown Stoner Locos
Dead End Boys
Pacoima Ilex Street
Pacoima Pinney Street
Pacoima Paxton Street Locos
Pacoima Vaughn Street
Pacoima Cayuga Street Locos
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