Clanton 14th Street is a predominately Hispanic gang originally from Los Angeles’ eastside. The original Clanton varrio started in the early 1920s on Clanton Street which was located between San Pedro and Central Avenue. The territory of Clanton varrio once went from Olympic Blvd (north) to Santa Barbara Avenue (south) which is now known as Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd and they shared their turf with Primera Flats 23rd Street.
During the early 1950s the city decided to change the name of Clanton Street to 14th Place in an effort to discourage the Hispanic gang from continuing their gang activities. There was the Sleepy Lagoon murder of Clanton member Jose Diaz in 1942 and the shooting of Clanton member Frank Torres in 1942 at the coliseum and then the Zoot Suit Riots in 1943 which were connected to gang / pachuco activity in the area. After the street name change, the neighborhood just embraced the new street, 14th Place, and added 14th Street to their name.
People have falsely identified Clanton 14 as a Norteño gang from Northern California, but the 14th has been used with this gang since about 1952 or 1953 representing 14th Street. Although Clanton are a Sureño gang, they have never identified with the number 13 in their graffiti. Many Southern California gangs have been identifying with the 13 since the early 1960s. Clanton is not alone in this regard as several other gangs from Los Angeles also do not identify with the 13, such as Choppers, East Side Clover, Primera Flats, White Fence, 18th Street and 38th Street.
Los Angeles map from 1948 depicting Clanton Street
This original eastside varrio has split into distinct areas in recent years. On the north side Clanton occupies the area from Washington Ave (s) to Olympic (n) between San Pedro (w) and Alameda. To the south they occupy the area between San Pedro (east) to Main Street (west) from 30th Street (north) to 36th Street (south). Eastside Clanton is a much smaller turf today than the one they controlled during the 1960s and 1970s but its location is still consistent with the core area they originally covered.
Clanton 14 Street graffiti from Los Angeles. The 14 represents 14th street, not Northern California or Nortenos. Although Clanton is from Southern California, they never include the number 13 in their graffiti.
The Eastside hood of Clanton 14th Street is their most historic of its five neighborhoods. This community has undergone some significant changes as the neighborhood has changed from a residential community that once occupied the streets of Essex, Paloma and San Pedro to an industrial and commercial zone during the 1980s with very little residential population. The clicks of the eastside include the 25th Street, 31st Street, 32nd Street, 35th Street, Adair Street, Maple Street Locos, Pee Wees (PWS), Night Owls, Trinity Street Gangsters, and Jokers (JKS).
Four Clanton members standing on the corner of Essex & Clanton Street, Los Angeles, circa 1947
The Mexican Mafia as inducted members from Clanton including Bill “Hoss” Frisbee and Corwin “Sloppy” Elmore who died of AIDS in prison in 1991.
Their neighborhood is adjacent to the Ghetto Boyz, Varrio 29th Street to the east, and Varrio 36th Street to the south.
The Coca-Cola Bottling company and the City of Los Angeles’ first all black fire department occupy the area of 14th Street and Central in the original Clanton 14th Street neighborhood.
Other Clanton neighborhoods in Los Angeles
- Clanton 14th Street 1st Hood: in the Pico-Union Westlake area of Central Los Angeles
- Clanton 14th Street 2nd Hood: in the Mid City section of Los Angeles along Western Ave between Pico & 3rd Street.
- Clanton 14th Street 3rd Hood: in Hollywood around Normandie & Melrose
- Clanton 14th Street 4th Hood: in the North Hollywood area in the San Fernando Valley
Deceased members of East Side Clanton
- “Flaco” Nazario ( – February 10, 2010)
- Jose “Filero” Torres (1919 – 1942)
- David “Crow” Rivas
- Flaco ( – 1952)
- Frisco
- Madd
- Pajaro
- Antonio “Perico” Galicia ( – 1943)
- Red
- Rocky
- Shorty
- Spooky
- Traviesa
- Tripper
calsones dont exist no more jaja the original c14 got tooken out by “36th Street gang” clickas maple locos, woodlawns, stanfords 24, san pedro locos, trinity locos, night owls, pewees, pasadena locos, payasos 59, bakers, tecate locos, and many more south central mata chones gang!
Fuck tramp six. You snitch ass Bitches know better, Clanton 14st is
Grande and we will never give up the East Side! East Side C14
Still be in South Central- so FUCK TRAMPAS and your dead ones.
One day your lame ass hood will Be OURS, from lame ass Maple
All the way to trinity. Tuna Sandwiches can suck a Clantoneros Dick!
Who’s ur Daddy- BIG E.S.CLANTON 14STR LOS TRINITY JOKERS!
FUCK TRAMP SIX (K)!!!
FUCK TRAMP SIX. AIN’T NEVER FUCKEN RAN ME OVER. YOU SNITCH ASS RATS KNOW WHAT TIME IT IS.
BOW DOWN TO A BARRIO THAT’S GREATER THAN YOURS. E.S. 14 ST CAN’T STOP WON’T STOP.
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Suck tamp 6
FUCK TRAMP SIX. WE STILL IN SOUTH CENTRAL. CLANTON GANG ALL DAY. FUCK RATAS.
In guatemala city is a sureños side an we are ES CLANTONE 14 ST
CLANTON GANG FOR LIFE WISPER 1
bugsy u lil bitch that why i ran u over and made you stop banging IN 2004 REMEBER THAT? jaja where’s ur barrio at???? it isnt in south central fucking sokas!!! the ” 3 trinity lokos 6″ homies are more heaeds then you whole barrio in all los angeles jaja chones rolled over and THESIXERS TOOK OVER…we stay making chones rank!
V36thStReEt fuCk cHonEs all DaY 3sPiDEr6 CK. FUck youngSter struTer n BItch ass cHato
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Fuck tramps puto”ES CXIV GANG” fuck yall levas.
CLANTON GANG BANGING FUCK TRAMP RATAS.
EASTSIDE CXIIII.RIFA
Original Boundaries: ( North ) 7/9th St.s (East) Alameda(West)San Pedro (South) 23rd
Within these grounds were Clanton St. boys , Clanton 10th St. , Birch St. Clanton , Alameda Clanton , 16th St. , 18th st.(way before Clanton 18St.) Paloma and many more these were the guys of The Clanton District representing various streets within the Clanton umbrella.
Way back in the day….when my family still lived on Trinity…we use to hit up the Hood like this…ES CLANTONE 14…PWS TLS..then came another click cause we lived on Trinity and 36 st and we hit it up like this ES CLANTONE 14 ST. SS36ST LOCOS that was our click…then we became the JOKERS…AND YEA I REMEMBER WHEN THOSE PUTOS ON 36 AND MAPLE HOOKED UP WITH THOSE PUTOS FROM PF FROM 23 TO FORM THE TRAMP SIX HOOD…AND I REMEMBER WHEN THE FIRST TIME THOSE TRAMP SIX STARTED GOING TO COURT TO TESTIFY AGAINST THE CLANTONEROS..MY HOMIE BULLIE GOT SNITCHED ON…THE HOMEBOY LISTO GOT SNITCHED ON…THOSE WERE THE FIRST…TRAMP SIX PURO RATAS…HISTORY FROM THE 80′S A CUETE DONT MAKE YOU GANGSTER PUTOS…ITS YOUR CORA AND YOU RIDE YOUR OWN BEEF AND YOU HANDLE YOUR BIZ…
Qvo Clantoneros, tell it how it is. All trampa six are nothing but crack heads and snitch biches i lost count how many of those bitches ran from me.
No heart no BALLS. At least in the pinta we hold our own, not like those PC Trampas. Clanton
fuck all then trampas 6 they all bunch a ratas starting with the sapo familia, all them putos wend they go to jail or prison they pc up …