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Supervisors advance broad graffiti ordinance after departments, arts and businesses urge stronger enforcement
Summary
The Government Audit and Oversight Committee voted without objection to adopt clerical amendments and move a comprehensive graffiti ordinance to the full Board after city departments and community groups described high cleanup costs and supported civil and administrative tools to target repeat offenders.
Supervisor London Breed introduced an ordinance to tighten San Franciscograffiti controls, saying the city spends nearly $20,000,000 annually on graffiti abatement and that new civil and administrative tools could preserve public art and free up resources for other services.
Breed said the proposal would centralize evidence collection (DPW and MTA staff photographing offenses and submitting reports via 311), allow the City Attorney to pursue civil damages or community-service remedies against repeat offenders, ban possession of graffiti or etching tools in parks and on Muni by recently convicted graffiti offenders, and revise relevant codes (Public Works Code Section 1,300 and park…
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