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Oakland Chinatown businesses say they're getting fined thousands for graffiti on their own property
In Oakland, Chinatown merchants are raising the alarm after many are being hit with thousands of dollars in fines for ...
Oakland Chinatown businesses say they're getting fined for graffiti
In Oakland, Chinatown merchants are raising the alarm after many are being hit with thousands of dollars in fines for ...
Oakland business owners call on city to hold taggers accountable, lessen graffiti fines
Business owners in Oakland are calling on the city to do a better job at holding taggers accountable and not fine them over graffiti on their buildings.
Oakland Chinatown shops say city should go after taggers instead of fining businesses
After multiple times repainting her storefront only for it to be graffitied again the next day, one store owner said she gave up trying to keep it clean.
Oakland Chinatown businesses decry fines for persistent graffiti
Shirley Luo, owner of the Won Kee Market in Oakland’s Chinatown, racked up more than $3,000 in fines from the city. The reason? Luo wasn’t cleaning the graffiti that constantly appears on the back ...
Oakland shops say their fed up with city going after them instead of taggers
Kelsi Thorud reports on Oakland businesses saying they want the city to go after graffiti taggers instead of passing down potential fines on shops. Website: YouTube: Facebook: Instagram: Twitter: ...
Oakland’s government ‘ghosted’ a volunteer cleanup crew. So they cleared 23 tons of trash themselves
For eight hours on Saturday, dozens of volunteers cleared mountains of trash dumped on East 12th Street in Oakland, filling, by day’s end, two dump trailers with discarded refrigerators, mattresses, ...