Murals on privately owned buildings

“Steve McQueen Monument” by Kent Twitchell is at 1606 W. 12th St. in Los Angeles. The artist supports a proposed ordinance that would lift the city’s decade-old ban on virtually all original murals on private property.  (Barbara Davidson / Los Angeles Times)

Oscar Eagle glides past some of the murals he helped organize in 1973 that decorate the homes in Estrada Courts.  (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

Zarion Smith, 12, carries his 2-year-old sister Rylei past the murals that decorate their home in Estrada Courts.  (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

Isabel Rojas-Williams, left, art historian and executive director of Mural Conservancy of Los Angeles, and muralists Kent Twitchell and Willie Herron III support a proposed ordinance that would lift the city’s decade-old ban on virtually all original murals on private property.  (Barbara Davidson / Los Angeles Times)