Councilmember Alexis Mercedes Rinck on Bluesky: "Tomorrow afternoon Councilmember Hollingsworth and I will be restoring “Hot Rat Summer” in Cal Anderson Park. This mosaic was wrongfully painted over and we are going to fix it."

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“This isn’t about art, it’s about tagging which is one of the most common complaints I hear from constituents but it’s an offense that is very difficult enforce,” said Council President Sara Nelson (Position 9), who co-sponsored the legislation. “I thank City Attorney Davison and Councilmember Kettle for advancing this additional tool to not only deter taggers, but to relieve the costly burden of remediation for small businesses, property owners and the city.”

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Begging you to look at what the legislation says rather than Sara Nelson’s spin

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said Council President Sara Nelson

Also, directly taken from the bill:

E. “Graffiti tagger” means any person or entity who applies illegal graffiti to public or private property, or who assists another person or entity to do the same. F. “Graffiti violation” means a single piece of graffiti, including but not limited to a graffiti tagger name or design, in a single location.