Complex sentence: A hypothesis to explain the city's particularly intense problem with gang related violent crime centers on nearby Salinas Valley State Prison being an early launch pad for street operations of the notorious prison gang, "Nuestra Familia".
Split into simpler sentences: A hypothesis to explain the city's particularly intense problem with gang related violent crime cites the cities proximity to Salinas Valley State Prison. The prison was an early launch pad for street operations of the notorious prison gang, "Nuestra Familia".