| Graffiti Advertising on Sidewalks |
 During the month of July, DPW put a stop to and cleaned several sidewalk tags by a marketing company for Havaianas Sandals. Vigilant San Francisco residents and DPW staffers identified over 75 sidewalk tags in the form of chalk painted stencils in front of businesses and homes.
DPW put a call out to Graffiti Watch members and the Graffiti Advisory Board for sightings and received dozens of emails with images of the tags. DPW abated the tags right away, and notified the marketing company who agreed to halt all tags in San Francisco and in all cities around the country. Thank you to everyone who emailed reports.
There have been reports of other types of sidewalk advertising around the City. If you see tagging or vandalism of any type, please report to 3-1-1 immediately. |
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Clean and Green Trucks a Success! |
The Clean and Green Trucks Program has successfully painted out its target number of vehicles for the initial round as a pilot program. DPW and the City's Central Shops will paint the 14th truck in August, just over five months after Mayor Newsom announced the program at a press conference in Chinatown.
So far, none of the trucks have reported new vandalism, and each vehicle owner is very happy about the service and professional paint job they recieved. The City painted each tagged up and vandalized truck at absolutely no cost to the owners. All we asked is that they keep it graffiti free for at least a year. Check out some select photos of trucks that have been painted.
The need is still out there, so if you see a tagged up truck parked on the street, refer them to the Clean and Green Trucks Program. Have the owners call 3-1-1. This program was made possible by the Community Challenge Grant Program.
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StreetSmARTs Earns Praise, Expands Program |
The San Francisco Arts Commission (SFAC) and DPW have been partnering to connect established street muralists with San Francisco private property owners to create beautful neighborhood murals and deter the reoccurance of tagging and vandalism in neighborhoods across the City. The StreetSmARTs program recently earned national press in the Wall Street Journal that touts the program that fights rampant vandalism. Read the about it: A New Blueprint for Tackling Graffiti.
The program created ten murals during the its pilot year, and this year StreetSmARTs plans to double that number and expand the program to reach more property owners and muralists.
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Graffiti by the Numbers |
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Totals for Fiscal Year 2010 (July 2009- June 2010)
- Graffiti Related 311 Service Requests on Public Property: 12,144 Reports
- Graffiti Related 311 Service Requests on Private Property: 14,819 Reports
- Total: 26,963 Reports (A slight dip from last year= FY 2009: 30,528)
- The top Supervisorial Districts with the highest numbers of reports remain (in this order): Six, Five, and Nine.
- Over 250 dedicated Graffiti Watch volunteers wiping out graffiti vandalism in every neighborhood in the city.
Call 311, when you see graffiti on public or private property. Or report graffiti online.
Call 911, when you see graffiti vandalism in action.
If you witness someone tagging on MUNI, notify the MUNI bus driver immediately and call 911.
You may also 'tweet' your images of graffiti to @sfdpw and @sf311. |
