It's been a long, winding, controversial, emotional and provocative road to TODAY's - June 24's - court hearing on the proposed Oakland gang injunctions, which could end "Phase I" of the proceedings.

At this point, you may be saying, how did we get here?

To help answer that question, and place the injunction effort and its opposition in context, we've created a timeline of events. This is a living document, which means it will continue to be expanded over time, as further events dictate.