In re Preston G. CA1/5

DISCUSSION

Defendant contends the juvenile court order imposing gang-related probation conditions must be reversed under People v. Lent (1975) 15 Cal.3d 481 (Lent) because there is no evidence his crime was associated with gang activity, the conditions prohibit conduct that is not itself criminal, and the conditions are not reasonably related to his future criminality. The governing law is not in dispute. The juvenile court may “impose and require any and all reasonable conditions [of probation] that it may determine fitting and proper to the end that justice may be done and the reformation and rehabilitation of the ward enhanced.” (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 730, subd. (b).) We review a juvenile court’s imposition of probation conditions for abuse of discretion, reversing only if “ ‘the condition is “arbitrary or capricious” or otherwise exceeds the bounds of reason under the circumstances.’ ” (In re Ricardo P. (2019) 7 Cal.5th 1113, 1118.) Under Lent, supra, a probation condition exceeds the bounds of reason if the condition (1) has no relationship to the defendant’s crime, (2) relates to conduct that is not itself criminal, and (3) requires or forbids conduct that is not reasonably…