San Diego County Supervisors voted 4–0 Wednesday to advance a proposal, introduced by the County Planning & Development Services Department, that would give residents in unincorporated areas a break when it comes to ridding their property of graffiti.
The supervisors cast a final vote at the hearing of such an ordinance on Jan. 25. If approved, property owners would no longer be required to pay for graffiti removal.
“Today, we’re proposing a new approach to graffiti removal on private property,” Brent Panas, code compliance chief for the department, told The Epoch Times.
Current county code makes property owners responsible for the costs of graffiti removal from their property, without considering that they are the victims of graffiti, he said….