PRESS RELEASE
For Immediate Release 
Contact: (415) 554-6931
April 23, 2009

CITY ANNOUNCES NEW
STRATEGIES TO FIGHT GRAFFITI

City residents asked to sign pledge
Anti-Graffiti curriculum to be introduced to schools
City to provide sites and opportunities for murals by urban artists

San Francisco, CA – The City's Graffiti Advisory Board announced several programs today to help stem the spread of graffiti and alleviate its strain on City resources. The new programs include a citywide pledge to participate in the fight against graffiti, an Arts Education Project sponsored by the San Francisco Arts Commission and the San Francisco Department of Public Works to connect urban artists with private property owners and others to provide spaces to develop artwork; a school program to educate students about the negative impacts of graffiti vandalism; and a program aimed specifically at wiping out graffiti in Chinatown.

The announcements were made in advance of the City's Zero Graffiti for a Beautiful City event sponsored by the Graffiti Advisory Board. More than 300 people are expected to gather at the San Francisco Hilton to discuss the City's campaign to defeat this vandalism in partnership with residents, business owners and City agencies.