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Committee recommends suspending private‑property graffiti citations, waiving fees back to Jan. 1, 2021
Summary
The Public Safety and Neighborhood Services Committee voted 3–0 to send an ordinance to the full Board recommending suspension of portions of the graffiti abatement code that allow citations to private owners and waiving unpaid fees back to Jan. 1, 2021, with proponents saying it will shield small businesses struggling during COVID-19.
Supervisor Gordon Marr, chair of the Public Safety and Neighborhood Services Committee, moved on April 8 that the committee recommend to the full Board of Supervisors an ordinance that would temporarily suspend the portion of the city's graffiti abatement law that allows citations to private owners and would waive pending fees and fines back to Jan. 1, 2021.
The committee recorded a unanimous recommendation to the Board: Vice Chair Catherine Stephanie, Supervisor Matt Haney and Chair Marr each voted "aye" and the item will be scheduled for the full Board on April 20.
Why it matters: proponents said the measure shifts the burden for cleanup off small businesses at a moment when many merchants are financially…
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