CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
August 9, 1992
Like the never-stay-dead movie character, the Terminator, graffiti vandalism along Orange County's highways seems to just keep coming back to life no matter what is done to kill it. But as discouraging as it seems, succumbing to defeat in the ongoing battle against this spray-paint blight would only invite further deterioration in victimized communities. That's why new efforts to involve citizens in attacking the problem on Orange County's freeways are especially welcome.
NEWS
November 12, 1992
City officials hope to speed cleanup of graffiti along the 210 and 605 freeway interchange by participating in Caltrans' "Adopt a Wall" program. The City Council agreed Tuesday to participate in the effort to remove the defacements on walls and columns of the interchange on the Duarte-Irwindale border, which sometimes remain for days or weeks. Caltrans crews remove graffiti from freeway infrastructures.
CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
November 19, 1992 | JOHN CHANDLER
The city of Palmdale, in a continuing fight against a worsening graffiti problem, is asking residents to volunteer for a new Adopt-A-Wall program and to help staff the city's graffiti hot line. Volunteers will be asked to take responsibility for a wall in their neighborhood and be given matching paint by the city to cover graffiti. The city will hold a rally Dec. 5 at City Hall to formally start the program.
CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
December 27, 1991
How do we measure commitment? Across Southern California, as the gap between public needs and public funds yawns ever wider, we are seeing new, heartening ways to measure community commitment. Not just in tax dollars allocated but in labor volunteered and equipment donated.
CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
May 7, 1993 | DEBRA CANO
The City Council this week toughened its anti-graffiti ordinance, making it a crime to possess in public places during closed hours felt-tip markers, aerosol paint cans or other implements commonly used to deface buildings. The ordinance revision, approved unanimously Tuesday, also prohibits possession of markers, spray paint, etching tools and other graffiti implements on private property without the owner's consent.
CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
March 1, 1995 | JULIE TAMAKI
Los Angeles police officials said Tuesday that plans to release a set of reports reflecting residents' top crime concerns in the San Fernando Valley and other parts of the city have been put on hold. LAPD Commander Garrett Zimmon said he chose to delay and will possibly cancel the release of the first State of the Community reports after safety concerns were voiced by Community Police Advisory Board members, who helped draft the reports.