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LAKE FOREST The parent of a teen caught tagging at least 23
sites in the city with gang-related graffiti is on the hook for
$15,000.

Last month a Superior Court judge ordered Lake Forest resident
Maria Gutierrez to pay for acts of vandalism city officials and
Orange County Sheriff's Department deputies said were committed
by her son. He is not being named because officials said it will
compromise investigations into other incidents.

The Oct. 15 ruling is the first since the city beefed up its
graffiti law last year by making parents and teens equally
liable for cleanup, repair, attorney, court and law enforcement
costs.

Gutierrez's son is accused by police of tagging utility poles,
walls and fences, businesses on El Toro Road, and at Heroes Park
and in the Ridge Route pedestrian tunnel. The incidents date
back to April 2010. The city spent at least $5,800 to remove the
vandalism.

"Graffiti is not a harmless crime it is an act of vandalism
that negatively impacts our community," Mayor Kathryn McCullough
said. "When we passed the ordinance a year ago, we wanted to
give the city more tools to combat graffiti and recover costs
for removal, and we're glad to see it's working as intended.

I hope this case serves as a warning to parents, guardians and
youth about the consequences of committing acts of graffiti."

Matt Silver, an attorney representing the city, said this is the
first case where legal action was needed. Gutierrez and her son
were difficult to locate, he added.

Three more cases are in litigation and three others have been
settled, which resulted in thousands being paid to the city. In
the three pending cases, the city is seeking $4,621.64 in
damages. In addition, Silver said he is seeking attorneys' fees
and civil penalties against the taggers.

"It was smart that the city adopted the ordinance to eliminate
this gang graffiti," he said. "This help prevents gang members
from communicating and intimidating the community by marking off
the gang territories."

The city amended its graffiti law which increased penalties
for violations and against repeat offenders because of an
increase in incidents and the rising cost of clean up. In 2009,
the city spent $51,992 dealing with the vandalism. A pilot
program started by the city's police services that year
identified 40 taggers who alone were responsible for $30,000 in
damages.

The amended ordinance allows the city to collect on a judgment
by garnisheeing parents' or teens' salaries, or placing liens on
real property, according to Silver. If no assets exist when the
judgment is made, the city can continue recovery efforts for up
to 10 years.

The new law also characterizes graffiti as a public nuisance.
That allows the city to remove graffiti on private property when
it's visible to the public or to adjoining properties. It also
allows the city to recover removal costs if property owners
don't take care of the graffiti in a reasonable amount of time.

http://www.ocregister.com/news/city-...fiti-gang.html

The mestizo is a toxin loose in America. A bio/cultural disaster.
Every neighborhood, every town, everything they touch goes
to hell.

Yet the vote of these people can decide the Presidency. Interesting
system.
Imagine Halliburton giving a Board of Directors seat to a rep. from
the custodial
staff!