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Lawrence: we head to oakland, california where city streets are being terrorized by street races. city officials are trying to ramp up penalties against those involved in the costly and sometimes deadly driving. watch. they are known as side shows. street gatherings. often in the hundreds and thousands of spectators and participants. in the early 80s it began in oakland, california, a way to show off your ride before the days of the fast and furious. but there are real consequences, violence, arrests and expensive

The program tonight. $16,000 per intersection. do you feel like this new bill on the floor for you guys and the council, this ordinance will crack down on the amount of folks doing these side shows? >> certainly it will discourage some promoters, organizers, facilitators and some involved in side show activity. not only are we talking about the expenses they are incurring. but in east oakland where the african-american and latino communities live, we are trying to improve our streets to provide safety forr for our children and families. we are having a side show and finding an explanation why ...

That was wrecked, and the other car t-boned it and dragged it. >> you have to go back to around 2000 when the idea on the table for combating side shows was let's throw a bunch of police at this thing. during that time people were putting a lot of money into their cars. painting them and putting rims and modifying them. then the police were told they could take your car for 30 days. >> you started to see the behaviors of people change around that time. lawrence: there are a lot of people who oppose what's happening there. what would you say to those folks? >> nobody should be accepting that ki...

Lawrence: we head to oakland, california where city streets are being terrorized by street races. city officials are trying to ramp up penalties against those involved in the costly and sometimes deadly driving. watch. they are known as side shows. street gatherings. often in the hundreds and thousands of spectators and participants. in the early 80s it began in oakland, california, a way to show off your ride before the days of the fast and furious. but there are real consequences, violence, arrests and expensive

$16,000 per intersection. do you feel like this new bill on the floor for you guys and the council, this ordinance will crack down on the amount of folks doing these side shows? >> certainly it will discourage some promoters, organizers, facilitators and some involved in side show activity. not only are we talking about the expenses they are incurring. but in east oakland where the african-american and latino communities live, we are trying to improve our streets to provide safety forr for our children and families. we are having a side show and finding an explanation why we are doing this cra...