Today I had a phone conversation with one of my panel of experts, Brigitte Cook, she gave great insight in what is happening in the Oakland community regarding illegal graffiti...
"It is happening organically in West Oakland"
"Targeted to small businesses"
— Police Reports are constantly made
Extortion to the African American community — they do not want murals.
LA / Brooklyn appearance brought to Oakland - How to avoid it?
**Is it something people want to see?**
Disrespect by taggers
— Taggers that are not from Oakland disrespecting the city.
Another form of Gentrification.
It is Costly + Manpower
25th and 26th MLK
$1,000 (cost to) small churches
this is detracting from doing business
The case of Mother Right - (Homeless feeding Organization)
Vandalized the building costing thousand of dollars to fix, taking away from the money they could be using for their cause.
[At the end of call she referred me to another potential expert.]
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