To the topic, by reputation to outsiders, I'd say Hoovers are definitely in the elite tier of LA gangs, regardless of race. Everybody everywhere knows Hoovers aint nothing to play with, they rep precedes them...
Plugging for Sac again, I'd say the most similar gang we got to Hoovers is Starz, all those hoods in Parkway and around The G affiliated with G-Mobb. That hood was Crips back in The War Years, but never a specific Crip hood. Garden Blocc turf still spills over that way, back in the day they were all over that area...
Today they unaffiliated, really Crip friendly, some people say some of them dudes ride the B, but I never met nobody from out there who did.
@BeeGoinCrazy you're younger, you know cats from around The G who call themselves Bloods?
Regardless, the correlation to Hoovers I'm making is that hood is traditionally a Crip turf that transitioned to unaffiliated in the late 90s, early 00s. And they very much with the shyts, they a top tier gang in Sacramento street culture. They EBK and known to beef with anybody, mostly Bloods though...
Really though, most Bloods and Crips are EBK. Cats don't realize Bloods and Crips are independent gangs under a larger umbrella, we not unlike Chicago structure in that one regard...