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Supervisors approve blight abatement assessments after property owners raise concerns about double victimization
Summary
The board approved a resolution May 24 to add unpaid blight-abatement costs to the property tax roll after a public hearing; property owners and supervisors urged better targeting and assistance for owners repeatedly hit by graffiti.
The Board of Supervisors voted May 24 to approve a list of properties with unpaid costs for graffiti and other blight abatement and to add those assessments to the property tax roll.
Alicia Witt of the Department of Public Works's Graffiti Unit described the department's process: inspectors post notices, the unit mails notices (regular and certified) with date-stamped photos, and the department attempts courtesy calls to identified owners. If owners do not abate violations in the allowed time, the city performs the work and…
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