SANTA CLARITA : Property Owners Given 7 Days to Remove Graffiti
The Santa Clarita City Council wants graffiti to disappear more quickly from local buildings.
Council members voted 5 to 0 to give property owners seven working days to remove the scrawlings from their business or residence after they are notified in writing by the city.
Property owners previously had 20 days to clean up graffiti.
“The longer it stays up there, the more it is an attraction for another tagging group to come along or the same tagger to add more,” said Sgt. Carl Deeley, who heads the anti-gang unit of the Santa Clarita Valley sheriff’s station.
Deeley said there are about 80 reports of graffiti vandalism each month in Santa Clarita.
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