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Committee recommends ordinance allowing city graffiti removal on private commercial properties at owners' request
Summary
The Land Use and Transportation Committee voted 3-0 to send to the full Board an ordinance that would authorize the Department of Public Works to abate graffiti on private properties in designated commercial areas at no cost when property owners opt in and waive related claims.
At its Sept. 15, 2025 meeting the Land Use and Transportation Committee of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted 3-0 to send to the full Board an ordinance that would amend the Public Works Code to authorize the Department of Public Works to remove graffiti on private properties in designated commercial corridors at no cost to property owners when the owner requests and authorizes the work and waives related claims.
Supervisor Mirana Melgar, chair of the committee, said she introduced the ordinance to “codify a pilot program that I also introduced during the pandemic, in 2022 that allowed the city to remove graffiti on…
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