 Family boss James Lanza | |
| Founded | c. 1928 |
|---|---|
| Founder | Francesco Lanza |
| Founding location | San Francisco, California, United States |
| Years active | c. 1928–2006 |
| Territory | Primarily the San Francisco Bay Area, with additional territory throughout Northern California |
| Ethnicity | Italians as "made men" and other ethnicities as associates |
| Membership (est.) | 15–20 made members (1960s)[1] |
| Activities | Racketeering, loansharking, extortion, prostitution, bookmaking, bribery, narcotics and gambling |
| Allies | |
| Rivals | Various gangs in the San Francisco area |
The San Francisco crime family, also known as the Lanza crime family or the San Francisco Mafia, was an Italian-American Mafia crime family based in San Francisco, California. The syndicate mainly originated in the Little Italy neighborhood of North Beach and was organized in the early 1930s by Francesco "Frank" Lanza. The membership of the San Francisco family peaked at around 15 or 20 "made men" under the leadership of James "Jimmy the Hat" Lanza, who became boss of the family in 1961.[1]
- ^ a b San Francisco, CA. Jay C. Amber, American Mafia (1999) Archived October 6, 1999, at the Wayback Machine