This may have been mentioned before, likely has but here goes;
I was watching a glorious TV show from the early 2000s called The Shield and one of the measures that came up in the ongoing fight against street crime was enacting civil asset forfeiture. Essentially, if a vehicle, property, or business is used in the sale of narcotics or alternatively, if one cannot prove that their property or business was not purchased via legal means, then the courts can move forward to seize that property, and auction it later.
This is a way for the PD and DOJ to work together in busting gangs, families, and associations for more than just the fine and prison time outlined in the penal code. However, it would require actual detective case work to prove that illegal activity is happening on a property, illegal goods are stored there, and that illegal money is being used to cover the cost of items. Typically by a seizure of a large sum of dirty money.
Secondly, auctioning the vehicles/properties can help that are seized would be a blast I think. Especially the homes, as every few complaints seem to revolve around the cost of houses and availability.