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AP Report Aug 6, 2006:
Casas was sitting at a stoplight in a Homeboy truck about noon, on his way to remove graffiti, when a man shot him repeatedly, police said. The killing came hours before East Los Angeles’ annual anti-crime march. On June 24, Homeboy worker Rafael Gomez, 35, was shot and killed while removing graffiti early in the morning. LOS ANGELES - When gang members want out of the lifestyle, they can turn to Homeboy Industries, where even convicted felons can count on finding work and someone to talk to. A Homeboy shirt once was likened to a Red Cross armband in a war zone: Donning it meant safe passage in a gang-gripped community. No longer.
In the past six weeks, two members of the group’s graffiti removal crew have been gunned down on the job.
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2 Women Killed when they Confronted Graffiti!!
Judy Baca's "Hitting the Wall," under the 4th street bridge downtown, is a victim of graffiti vandals. Cal Trans has been painting over other graffiti and murals in the area.
Baca: 'shame' on taggers' parents Brian Vander under the 4th street bridge downtown, is a victim of graffiti vandals. Cal Trans has been painting over other murals in the area.By Andrew Blankstein and Ari B. Bloomekatz, Los Angeles Times Staff Writers
4:30 PM PDT, September 28, 2007 Frustrated by the rising toll of graffiti around Southern California, L.A. officials are vowing a new campaign to make the parents of teenage taggers more accountable for the vandalism.
Sheriff Lee Baca said today he wants to implement two new programs to address the rising level of tagging. Baca wants to force the parents of teenagers arrested for tagging to spend time talking to deputies at the jail about the consequences of graffiti. Baca said such meetings would result in a "higher level of shame" for parents who either allow their children to tag or can't control them. For parents who need help, Baca wants to establish a hotline for them to call if they suspect their children are tagging. At the same time, County Supervisor Gloria Molina has proposed a special "graffiti court" to more efficiently death with juvenile graffiti case.
The court would deal exclusively with juvenile vandalism, establishing fines for parents whose kids repeatedly tag and billing them for cleanup costs.
"I've never met a gang banger or tagger that's homeless. They all live somewhere and with someone," Baca said. "The parents are not being held accountable."
The moves come as the toll of graffiti mounts, with Caltrans and county officials reporting major spikes in tagging this year.
In fact, Caltrans has painted over several iconic murals on freeway walls because they were repeatedly defaced.
Recently, two women -- one in Pico Rivera and one in Victorville -- were fatally shot after confronting taggers. Reported graffiti incidents in areas patrolled by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department more than doubled between 2002 and 2006, from 2,083 to 4,274 -- a record likely to be broken this year.
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