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Learn from other Cities………

EXAMPLE of Things We can Do
Written by the City of Oxnard, CA.

Ten Things You Can Do to Prevent Graffiti

Don’t spread Graffiti, REPORT IT! Help keep our neighborhoods graffiti free. Graffiti hurts everyone!

1.Get educated! Learn about graffiti, and how it impacts your community.

2.Report graffiti to the GAP Hotline (805) 385-8010, and the Oxnard Police Department
(805) 385-7600.
3.Partner with the City of Oxnard to organize a “paint-out” in your neighborhood to remove graffiti.

4.Remove graffiti within 24-48 hours of its appearance.
5.Ask the City of Oxnard for a Graffiti Action Kit (GAK) and coordinate a graffiti awareness campaign

in your neighborhood.
6.“Adopt a Wall” in the community or your neighborhood and make sure it stays clean and free of
graffiti.

7.Plant trees or other greenery near a graffiti plagued wall. This will help prevent access.
8.Install lighting in areas that are dark and often hit with graffiti. Pick up trash and keep your neigh-

borhood clean.
9.Make a difference. Join other residents and the City of Oxnard and become a Graffiti Task
Force Volunteer. Call the Graffiti Hotline to find out how.

10.Go to the national anti-graffiti website at [www.graffitihurts.org] to learn more about what other
communities are doing to keep their communities clean.