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The building, we just explained, by putting the pigment further in in that substrate. And or even worse, actually really dee facing the surface. When its historical heritage buildings, theres no return unless you do a major restoration. And this is what i dont understand. The citation is fulfilled just because that pigment on the surface was taken, but the design is still there. A good example is van ness and ellis not too far from here. And there is a corner building, beautiful onestory brick b...

Im going to run over here because its over here. Had his hand up for a little while. If i could get you to stand up. This is a softball for dpw. I want to know where you get the funding that you give out as grant funding, lets say street smarts. Is it general fund money, is there a special fee thats tied to something that goes into a fund . Yeah, its general fund money. The department makes a decision on programs and we earmark money for various, like the police and the Arts Commission and we ea...

They were actually reformed gangsters themselves. They had opened a nonprofit and they were doing paint overs. They were pretty astute at assessing the juveniles and assessing the areas they were in. What weve done since then, we lost our nonprofit, now everybody who does graffiti, we generally send out, not the paint, we send out to strip the toilets and public parks, pick up dog poop at the dog park. Pick up something that was disgusting and they dont get a chance to paint at all. We would see...

involved in the mural program. >> i think the one suggestion i might have for you is you start documenting the number of times that youre actually painting out there box and you start generating a bill along with a letter and send it to them. i think thats probably your best strategy so you can show the amount of cost that youre actually spending abating something thats theirs. and from that point then you have to have your policy makers or engage them. i mean, because thats pretty muc...

i want to know where you get the funding that you give out as grant funding, lets say street smarts. is it general fund money, is there a special fee thats tied to something that goes into a fund? >> yeah, its general fund money. the department makes a decision on programs and we earmark money for various, like the police and the arts commission and we earmark money and send it to them. a lot of times youll find the board of supervisors members have support for various programs also. w...

somebody get back here, if i could get you to stand up. your name is frank? >> yes. ive got two questions. one for marty and one for larry. marty, how many officers do you have dedicated to your graffiti program? and also larry, how many painters or staff is in your graffiti abatement program? >> great questions. >> well, im the graffiti guy, graffiti abatement guy. [laughter] (applause) >> as far as the guys i use on my paint overs, i have a group of 3 to 4 guys and i pick them -- the...

single mural on any one of their boxes. has anybody had success with them? have you got any suggestionses? because were tired of painting those boxes. they threatened to sue our city when they tried to get them involved in the mural program. >> i think the one suggestion i might have for you is you start documenting the number of times that youre actually painting out there box and you start generating a bill along with a letter and send it to them. i think thats probably your best str...

to use for this surface and this is the, you know, a different application we need to use for another surface? and how can you prevent that ghosting? because if its still there, its there. just because you remove the pigment doesnt mean that its gone. and like you stated yourself, when do you say, enough is enough? because if you have an historic building and you want the graffiti removed but you have the ghost there, is it really removed? >> well, historic buildings, dpw would not be ...

lighting, sprinkler systems, relandscaping, fencing. the more we do, the more successful were going to be. * on the preventive end >> well have a quick question, hear from chuck and i know there is a gentleman over there that has had his hand up. go ahead, chuck. >> we have an award winning mural program in the city of hayward, but we have one real strong block and thats dealing with at&t and their control boxes. they will not allow us to touch them. never mind the fact that volunteers...

it to them. a lot of times youll find the board of supervisors members have support for various programs also. weve gotten that after the budget was done in order to fund some of the programs. >> great. do you have another question? >> i have three more. >> you have three more up there, and anybody else going to be wanting to ask a question? okay, well get you lined up, then. >> lets see. this is to sharon. your capital city clean up program offers $1500 to private property owners to a...