{"id":112053,"date":"2022-12-06T13:55:59","date_gmt":"2022-12-06T21:55:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/?p=112053"},"modified":"2022-12-07T16:08:35","modified_gmt":"2022-12-08T00:08:35","slug":"palmdale-launches-say-it-dont-spray-it-anti-graffiti-campaign-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2022\/12\/06\/palmdale-launches-say-it-dont-spray-it-anti-graffiti-campaign-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Palmdale launches \u201cSay it, Don\u2019t Spray It!\u201d anti-graffiti campaign"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_112054\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-112054\" style=\"width: 1068px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Palmdale-graffiti-abatement.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-112054\" src=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Palmdale-graffiti-abatement.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1068\" height=\"703\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Palmdale-graffiti-abatement.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Palmdale-graffiti-abatement-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Palmdale-graffiti-abatement-1024x674.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Palmdale-graffiti-abatement-768x506.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1068px) 100vw, 1068px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-112054\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Boots on the ground: Palmdale employee Kathy Inman works on a wall to remove tagging on Monday, Dec. 5, as part of a city-wide beautification effort. [Contributed image]<\/figcaption><\/figure>Palmdale has launched a <em>\u201cSay it, Don\u2019t Spray It!\u201d<\/em> anti-graffiti campaign to clean up city streets.<\/p>\n<p>City employees received tools &#8212; including heavy-duty wipes, protective gloves, and scrapers &#8212; to erase the spray paint and remove stickers off city streets, sidewalks, and signs. Employees also wore safety shirts printed with the slogan \u201cSay it, Don\u2019t Spray It!\u201d and headed out in small teams on Monday, Dec. 5, to clean up graffiti. The initiative is ongoing, and city employees are already signing up for future cleanup days, officials said.<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; margin-top: 20px; margin-bottom: 20px; \" id=\"theav-101878511\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4504301096758439\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4504301096758439\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"5907184250\" \ndata-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cI am so inspired and energized by our staff\u2019s effort to take pride in our city,\u201d Interim City Manager <strong>Ronda Perez<\/strong> said during the kick-off presentation. \u201cThis is just the beginning of these efforts. Palmdale is my home, and I want to see graffiti gone.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt has a very negative effect on our community,\u201d said Palmdale Sheriff&#8217;s Station Captain <strong>Ron Shaffer<\/strong> during the safety training. \u201cIf people are greeted by this blight when they visit Palmdale, they turn around and often don\u2019t come back. I am inspired by everyone here clearly demonstrating how much they love Palmdale.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>City staff is working with the Palmdale Sheriff\u2019s Station in graffiti abatement efforts. Graffiti is documented and turned over to a Palmdale Sherriff\u2019s Station detective before being erased. Graffiti not easily removed by hand is removed by the city\u2019s abatement team.<\/p>\n<p>The efforts are funded by <em>Measure AV.\u00a0<\/em>To report graffiti in Palmdale, call 94-PRIDE (947-7433) or text REPORT to 661\/780-PALM (7256).<\/p>\n<h6><em>[Information via news release from the city of Palmdale.]<\/em><\/h6>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Palmdale has launched a \u201cSay it, Don\u2019t Spray It!\u201d anti-graffiti campaign to clean up city streets. City employees received tools &#8212; including heavy-duty wipes, protective gloves, and scrapers &#8212; to erase the spray paint and remove stickers off city streets, sidewalks, and signs. Employees also wore safety shirts printed with the slogan \u201cSay it, Don\u2019t [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":112054,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1499,11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112053"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=112053"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112053\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":112067,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112053\/revisions\/112067"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/112054"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=112053"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=112053"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=112053"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}