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Its city property. And as far as the type of paint we use, we dont use aerosol paint. We dont use solvents or thinners or anything like that. So, im not exposing the kids in my program to any dangerous chemicals or anything like that. But [speaker not understood]. But i am present and that is a big concern. And you have every right to be concerned about that, because you could cause a violent reaction. From the wrong person. Im not saying that every person who is involved in graffiti vandalism i...

Cancer or whatever it might be. Great question. And we look like we have a couple of people that would like to take an answer on that one. When we do our graffiti wipe outs, we have it arranged so its the Nonprofit Organization that is applying to us for permission to do it. Theyre responsible for getting volunteer waivers from all of the participants. Our funding to provide them with the supplies and the support to do the wipe out is based on them following our guidelines which are all safety r...

If youre doing something that the original tagger, the vandal, lets say, did, and now youre using volunteers to paint it out, what has anybody considered the possibility if you dont have police accompaniment to the rehabilitation of that wall, that its very possible that the person that tagged it is not going to want to see it painted out and might behave in an adversarial situation, perhaps danger . Inclusive of the fact that on the other side of the coin is lets say youve got volunteers, youve...

[speaker not understood]. Hold on a second. Let me come over here so you can restate the first part of your question again if i could get you to stand up and well talk to the San Francisco Police Department here. First part of my question was perhaps more urgent. We represent this table, and over here oakland california. And youre aware of the violent nature in that city. Of course, yeah. What im concerned with is you have do gooders and theyre painting out something that the nortenas have paint...

Was a pile of rubble and he was genuinely sorry that he couldnt offer me the hospitality that was due a visitor. Rose when were you most at risk . Probably when i didnt know it. Rose exactly. Lots of times, lots of times. Rose check points. Check points are very scary, particularly when they are manned by youngsters. Your life Means Nothing to them. If they kill itss inconvenient because they have to dispose of your bode or body and at least get them away so you dont mean anything. You are in th...

If youre doing something that the original tagger, the vandal, lets say, did, and now youre using volunteers to paint it out, what has anybody considered the possibility if you dont have police accompaniment to the rehabilitation of that wall, that its very possible that the person that tagged it is not going to want to see it painted out and might behave in an adversarial situation, perhaps danger . Inclusive of the fact that on the other side of the coin is lets say youve got volunteers, youve...

In terms of safety i think martin can speak more to the issue of, you know, going into areas where there could be problems. Edmonton overall is pretty safe community. We havent really had any experience with people sort of being there present when were painting over it. So, i cant really speak to that in terms of issues. But the liability issue is pretty well covered. I have a guide thats available on my website that outlines all of our forms and criteria that they go through and the Property Ow...

Liabilities. If youre doing something that the original tagger, the vandal, lets say, did, and now youre using volunteers to paint it out, what has anybody considered the possibility if you dont have police accompaniment to the rehabilitation of that wall, that its very possible that the person that tagged it is not going to want to see it painted out and might behave in an adversarial situation, perhaps danger . Inclusive of the fact that on the other side of the coin is lets say youve got volu...

Going to attract graffiti. Its very likely going to have a negative effect on the artwork itself. So, we are building parameters around that and trying to work with the subculture, trying to work with those artists, but also understand graffiti is graffiti. Our by law in vancouver states that even if you give an artist permission to put up graffiti on your wall, it has to go. They dont permit graffiti on your walls. Whether thats in a mural or whether thats just a tag on your wall. So, even if i...

My name is larry and im chair of the San Francisco graffiti Advisory Board and Deputy Director of operations, department of public works. Welcome to zero graffiti international conference. applause this morning you will hear from several great speakers and i hope that you are all ready for a fantastic conference. Theres a lot to get from today. I want to be brief and move things along. Mayor ed lee could not be here this morning but he is very excited about this event and prepared a welcome via ...