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AGENDA REPORT
CITY OF MOORPARK
Honorable City Council
Mary R. Lindley, Assistant to the City Manager:
July 12, 1994 (CC Meeting of 7/20)
Consider Support for SB 302,, Graffiti Abatement
Council is being asked to consider supporting SB 302 (McCorquodale)
which addresses graffiti abatement and the financial responsibility
of the perpetrator and the parents of minor children. The bill is
sponsored by the City of Modesto Arh ir_h has asked for Moorpark's
support.
SB 302 would authorize a city to abate any nuisance resulting from
graffiti at the expense of a minor who causes the nuisance and /or
the minor's parent or guardian. In addition, the bill sets forth
the means for a city to place a lien against property of the minor
and /or the minor's parent or guardian. Both an offending minor and
minor's parent or guardian shall be jointly and severally liable
for the abatement of any nuisance resulting from graffiti.
SB 302 also provides a second means by which the costs of abating
graffiti can be obtained. The bill allows a city, by ordinance, to
establish a procedure for making the abatement of graffiti and
related administrative costs a special assessment against a parcel
of land owned by the offending mine and /cr the minor's parent or
guardian.
Recommendation
Staff recommends that the City Council support SB 302, Graffiti
Abatement, and direct the Mayor to communicate the City's support
to the appropriate State representatives and legislative
committees.