Typical Kalifornia…

Instead of prosecuting and actually PUNISHING these idiots, Los Angeles is going to punish homeowners.

Anti-Graffiti Plan Raises Stakes for Homeowners

Looking to prevent your home from becoming a tagger’s canvas? The city of LA has a plan that asks homeowners to pitch in or pay — whether they want to or not.

All new buildings in Los Angeles — including homes — must have anti-graffiti coating under an ordinance approved unanimously by the City Council on Tuesday. Homes in the tagThere is an exception if the owners promise to remove any graffiti on their property soon after it appears.

The ordinance will take effect 30 days after being signed by the mayor.

The anti-graffiti coating must cover the walls and doors from the ground to a height of at least nine feet. The coating is mandated on all buildings, unless owners sign a “Covenant and Agreement Regarding Maintenance of Building (Graffiti Removal)” with the Los Angeles Department of Building and Safety.

Now this is a problem near and dear to my heart. I’ve been involved with my local PD, the City Council, the School board and community neighborhood watch. We have put a serious dent in the graffiti in our area, it’s not gone but there are many more days where you see NONE, than days where you see it. We did it and continue to do it by making a few simple changes to the law and by patrolling the area regularly as well as quick removal when it happens. What we don’t do is make the business/homeowner the bad guy….

What we did was in the city limits an arrested graffiti vandal’s parents get the bill for any and all vandalism he commits….This has been as large 15k, it has also resulted in a couple of deportations of illegal immigrants. When the PD come knocking on a door of a vandal they come with a warrant, often they find practice canvases in and around the house that match the vandals tags. This makes prosecution a snap. The city offers a reward for the arrest of these morons and my wife and I have put a couple hundred bucks in our pockets catching them.

We take pictures and catalog “Tags” and gang symbols….Then we either paint it over or sand blast it off.. The city has made it a priority to have it removed within 24 hours, and locally we carry spray paint and camera’s… We take a pic and paint it over immediately. The tagger/gangmember never gets to see his work…They generally move somewhere else less aggressive.

See I love to hunt, and since deer and pig hunting are somewhat seasonal, taggers and gangbangers are open season all year and I don’t have to buy a permit. Yes Fred, I’m better at catching these idiots than killin river bottom hogs, the hogs are smarter….Anyway… :rollingeyes:

What the city of LA is doing is basically a tax hike for homeowners, they are giving up trying to catch the morons with paint and are going to punish the very people that bring revenue into the city….Smart huh? If I was a home builder in LA, I’d move. IF I was going to buy a home, it sure as hell wouldn’t be LA.

Antonio Villiargosa is a typical libturd politician, he is an elitist, he is a tax and spend liberal and it’s killing the city. The city is slum anyway and as long as they can keep giving everything to the welfare slugs, and the illegal aliens they will have an ample supply of DEMOCRAT voters and thereby solidifying the end of a great state…