Venice 13 is a Mexican-American street gang based in Venice, Los Angeles, California. The gang was founded during the 1960s after many lower-class Mexican-Americans moved into Venice from neighborhoods destroyed by the construction of the new freeway. Venice 13 became one of the most dangerous gangs on the Los Angeles Westside, becoming one of the first Mexican gangs to fight gang wars against African-American gangs, especially the local Venice Shoreline Crips. The gang would also develop a substantial presence in Culver City.