City of Oakland Public Works Agency referred this issue to CODE ENFORCEMENT, service request # 505756.Please contact that agency to follow-up, see “Other Helpful Links” at:
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Abandoned Autos: (510) 777-8622 (abandoned vehicles on the public street after 3 days)

Animal Control (510) 535-5602 (live animals); (510) 535-4888 (dead animals)

Code Enforcement: (510) 238-3381 (blighted private properties, deteriorated buildings, inoperable vehicles on private property)

Drug Hotline: (510) 238-3784 (tips); (510) 777-3211 (in progress)

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Prostitution Hotline: (510) 238-2373 (tips); (510) 777-3211 (in progress)

Thank you.

I reported this twice over the last three months. The majority of this has been up for at least four months. Owner should be fined. And if he doesn't fix it by month's end, city should paint it and charge the owner a high rate if possible and withhold operations/licensing permits if possible. One of the tenants is a "foot massage" place so would be no pity to see them shut down. Thanks for reporting it.

Can the Salvation Army either help with this (by painting over it), or be held responsible?

It may be on the exterior of the adjacent building, but it's coterminous with the SA property and can only be accessed from there. It's physically possible for the graffiti to have been fabricated only by someone on the Salvation Army property. The SA would seem to be best situated -- financially, and in terms of both access and manpower -- to rectify the problem. Getting that job done, after all, should be our primary objective.

This is a real eyesore that's visible to all traffic exiting the freeway at Broadway; in effect, it disfigures the entire Downtown neighborhood.

This issue is still open. No one has covered up the graffiti. All of it is still there and it looks horrible.

Still an issue. New graffiti since last week. HUGE gang member letters on end of building. Looks like crap. Is the City citing these land owners???

Why is Code Enforcement not enforcing the code?
More graffiti was painted on 3/26/15. The building owner refuses to abate the existing graffiti for over a year now. Until the City enforces existing law this City will always look like a ghetto full of crappy graffiti.
My next action is going directly to the new Mayor and the City Council.
Citizens ask our tax paid agencies to do their jobs but in cases like this either nothing is being done or communication from said agencies is beyond severely lacking.

Finally painted over