Tagger Chaka Is Going Hollywood : * Graffiti: He has an agent and may be the subject of a TV documentary. And he isn’t returning phone calls.

So, who says Los Angeles is an unforgiving city?

Take the example of Daniel Bernardo Ramos, 20, the ex-graffiti vandal who police say blazed his moniker “Chaka” about 10,000 times from San Francisco to Orange County, causing an estimated $500,000 in property damage.

After he told newspaper and television reporters last week that he has cleaned up his act and hoped to study art at Cal State Northridge, he was sought out by a television producer wanting to make a documentary with him, two colleges wanting to enroll him, a public relations firm wanting to represent him, and a lithograph company wanting to market his Chaka tag.

The young man who police once described as the most prolific graffiti vandal in the city has an agent, an answering machine and plans for an exhibit of his paintings. And like any respectable Hollywood celeb, he is not returning phone calls.

Jeannette Nunez, an artist representative in Alhambra who is helping Ramos and other young Latino artists put together the exhibit, said she fears that some of the offers may not be sincere.

“It’s one thing for someone to come and give us sweet talk but it’s another to go into the studio and do it,” she said.

And like any good agent, she has canceled any further interviews with the media so that Ramos can concentrate on his art as well as the 900 hours of court-ordered community service he is still completing, trying to remove what remains of his publicly displayed portfolio.

But a Burbank man who researches movie ideas for Columbia Television said he is serious about producing a documentary on Ramos and other young artists. He asked that his name not be published until his people and Ramos’ people have sealed the deal.

Stan Sarricino, an account representative at Ultra Graphics in Hollywood, said he is talking with his partners about making lithographs of the Chaka tag and selling autographed copies for about $100 each. Although Sarricino has not contacted Ramos about his idea, he said he believed that the lithographs would be popular even though Chaka’s tag can be found on walls and buildings throughout the city.

He may even try to put the Chaka logo on T-shirts, he said. Proceeds from the project would, of course, go toward Ramos’ education, Sarricino said.

Ramos may want to cut one of these deals soon because he has a May 1 court date in Los Angeles Municipal Court, where a judge will determine whether Ramos must pay restitution for the property damage he caused.

It is unclear how much Ramos will be required to pay, if anything, considering that he has no job and spends most of his time completing his community service. He has about 600 hours remaining.

Ramos was first arrested in November, 1990, when police caught him writing his name on a lamppost. Six months later, he was arrested again on suspicion of trespassing in Griffith Park and possession of marijuana.

In addition to the community service and probation, Ramos served 90 days in a Sheriff’s Department diversion program, where he said he decided to clean up his act.

His plans to attend Cal State Northridge are not secure. University officials said he was late in filing his application for financial aid.

“At this point, the only kind of money available are loans,” said Warren Furumoto, Cal State Northridge associate vice president for academic services, “unless they can find someone who can subsidize his education.”

Nunez said she received calls from two colleges interested in Ramos. But she was also leery of these inquiries, saying she fears that they may want to enroll Ramos because his notoriety would help them attract other students.

One inquiry came from Joan Abrahanson, director of the Santa Monica College of Design Art and Architecture. She said she read about Ramos’ college plans and called to tell him about her school, which she said is much less expensive than Cal State Northridge.

Abrahanson said she would allow him to submit some of his graffiti as part of the art package that applicants must submit.

“I think he would have a good chance of being admitted,” she said.

Abrahanson said neither Nunez nor Ramos had returned her calls.