Gang enhancement application as % of all prison admissions by California counties, conviction years 2014-2019 and 2020-2025
Table displaying gang enhancement application rates and average years added across 18 California counties with 20 or more enhancement admissions for 2014-2019 and since 2020: Highest application rates (2020–2025): Merced (3.9% rate, 5 years added), Tulare (3.0% rate, 9 years added), Kings (2.3% rate, 4 years added), Monterey (2.1% rate, 7 years added), and Santa Barbara (1.8% rate, 5 years added). Lowest application rates (2020–2025): San Joaquin (0.5%), San Diego (0.5%), Los Angeles (0.6%), Riverside (0.7%), and Sacramento (0.7%). All listed counties experienced substantial declines in application rates between 2014–2019 and 2020–2025.