L.A. Considers Anti-Graffiti Coating for Every Building, Paint-Matching Program Begins in Santa Clarita

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Today the Los Angeles City Council will consider a new city ordinance that would require all buildings--yes, residential homes, too--to be anti-graffiti coated from the ground to at least nine feet. However, owners may choose to skip the requirement as long as they sign an agreement that any graffiti on their building will be removed within seven days, according to the Daily News. That's a good exception because the coating can discolor a surface or are not always environmentally friendly. And not to mention the burden of time and money on families.

Meanwhile, the city of Santa Clarita is set to unveil a Paint Matching Trailer to be used by the Graffiti Task Force. "The City’s Graffiti Ordinance states that property owners must remove graffiti on businesses and residences within seven days from the date when properties are tagged," according to a city advisory. "The City’s new Paint Matching Trailer will enable the Graffiti Task Force to provide paint matching services to local property owners, which will expedite the required removal of graffiti on private property."

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I would take a small amount of environmentally unfriendly coating over a large amount of generally unfriendly tagging and taggers any day of the week.

how about we just apply that env unfriendly paint over those taggers.

That sounds great! Sounds great if there is no costs to property owners or tax payers. My proposal to pay for this is to sentence any convicted tagger to 10 years of hard labor to save the taxpayers' money on construction projects. Why pay some union worker to operate a machine to do the work that taggers could do with hammers and chisels?

Better idea, use them to clean port-a-potties with a toothbrush. however, we would have to compensate the fecal matter for the disgrace of being cleaned by a worthless tagger - shit deserves better!

again, the innocent are penalized for the actions of the guilty. we have confused criminality with expression in the name of liberty. this is the result of too much freedom, a responsibility for which we are incapable. police sharpshooters should take out any and all graffiti taggers.

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