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==History== | ==History== | ||
Los Santos was originally founded as a Spanish mission town by Phillip del Castillo. | Los Santos was originally founded as a Spanish mission town by Phillip del Castillo. The town was known as a pueblo, and was only home to a few hundred people. The city continued to be small after the Mexican-American War. During the Mexican American War, on August-September of 1846, the pueblo experienced a siege. The Mexicans would win the siege, driving the Americans out of Los Santos. However, the United States would go on to win the war, and therefore capturing Los Santos. | ||
After the Mexican-American war, the city would experience a surge in immigration and growth. There were 2 factors. First, many were looking for gold all around the State of San Andreas due to gold being founded north of Los Santos. Second, there were many treasures buried away by many wealthy Mexican families who would not go on to reclaim it. The city was a major recruitment ground in the [[wp:American Civil War|Civil War]]. Many wealthy Mexicans who owned slaves teamed up with Southern sympathizers and threatened to take over the town. An uprising never started, though there were uprisings in other parts of the Southwestern United States. After the Civil War, America experienced an immigration boom. Most of these immigrants came from many countries, such as Germany, Scotland, and Ireland. By the turn of the century, according to the 1900 census, the city housed over 100,000 people. | |||
After the major 1920s economic boom, which brought a large boom in suburban housing, the area experienced a complete economic crash. Los Santos was in the midst of the [[wp:Great Depression|Great Depression]]. There were many lines for work, many small-scale riots occurred, and there were homeless people everywhere with infamous slums being built by the clock every corner. Only to make matters worse was the sudden arrival of [[wp:Okie|Okies]], who were mainly impoverished and did menial work. When World War II began, these problems suddenly stopped because work was everywhere, which was mainly military-related (bomber factories, etc). After World War II, the city experienced a major economic boom. This was also the start of the golden age in Vinewood. | |||
After the economic boom of the 1940s-1960s, the city's sudden boom started slowing down. During the 1970s, housing construction mainly ended. Once completely white areas turned into infamous black ghettos such as [[Ganton]] and [[Idlewood]]. The most infamous street gangs included the [[Grove Street Families|Families]] and the [[Ballas]]. There were also the [[Los Santos Vagos|Vagos]], [[Varrios Los Aztecas|Los Aztecas]], [[San Fierro Rifa|the Rifa]], and many other street gangs. Immigration from Mexico, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras was rising, and like the Okies, they came at a bad time. Crime soared throughout the 1980s, and crack cocaine hit every part of the city. Violence peaked in the early 1990s, and soon, the infamous [[Los Santos Riots|1992 Los Santos Riots]] began. This was started by police corruption, police brutality, police racism, and tensions between ethnic groups, the worst being the African American and Korean communities. Every part of the city was plunged, looted, and burned down. The cost was at one billion dollars, thousands were injured, and 50 lives were lost. | |||
Police reform within the [[Los Santos Police Department in GTA V|LSPD]] began. Instead of paramilitary tactics, the department used more community-oriented tactics. Satisfaction has risen in the LSPD since. Throughout the [http://www.commondreams.org/views01/0109-04.htm Clinton economic boom], the city experienced a robust economy once again, aided by new technology such as cell phones and most notably the Internet. Infamous ghettos such as [[Ganton]] and [[Jefferson]] experienced a major drop in crime, partly due to a peace treaty between the Families and the Ballas, but also the LSPD clean-up. The late 2000s economic recession, though did not hit the city as severely as previous ones, still had a major impact on Los Santos. Many homes were foreclosed, and crime steadily rose. Many people, for example, Mexican-Americans, left for their home countries. Many have not returned. After the recession, the city is trying to re cooperate in a post-recession economy. | |||