LAPD says it conducted "Operation Street Sweeper" on a gathering of 700 people at a Harbor Gateway street takeover overnight, impounding 200 vehicles.
Street takeovers have been hard to stop, but city leaders in one Southern California city says they've figured out a way to make it too difficult for cars to perform donuts on their streets.
Under the new laws signed Monday, stricter penalties can be imposed on organizers and spectators to deter illegal activities such as street takeovers, street racing, drifting and the blocking of intersections during sideshows.
An arson investigation is underway in Compton after street racers allegedly set a car on fire.
The chaotic event happened after a weekend of dangerous street takeovers throughout Los Angeles, including one in which an LAPD cruiser was damaged.
The rear window of an LAPD vehicle was shattered after officers arrived at the scene of a street takeover in the San Fernando Valley.