102-Year-Old Oakland Man Ordered to Clean Up Graffiti on the Back Fence of His Home or Face Hefty Fine

Skid Marks · 2024-03-22T13:13:21+00:00

The City of Oakland, California has ordered a centenarian resident to clean up graffiti from his property or face a substantial fine, KTVU reported.Victor Silva Sr., a 102-year-old wheelchair user who has lived and paid taxes in his Oakland neighborhood for 80 years, was shocked to receive a violation notice earlier this month ordering the cleanup by March 19th.If he fails to comply, he faces a $1,100 penalty, with additional charges of $1,277 for each re-inspection that finds the graffiti still in place.Instead of punishing the graffiti thugs, the Democrats punish the 102-year-old crime victim homeowner.

Mar 22, 2024 Last reply: 2 years ago 24 Replies

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Clare Snyder 2 years ago

It IS relevant because a "one million dollar house" today is NOTHING

- especially when compared to a 1 million dollar house even 10 years ago. And the fact Oakland Council had to send out an inspector IMMEDIATELY afterth poor guy cleaned up the grafitti so they could recsind the fine says a lot more about Oakland than aboutt he 102 year old owner of the "million dollar house"

The only solution to the grafitti problem is grafitti shedding paint and a pressure washer. Using the pressure washer on the grafitti artists is optional.

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Ralph Mowery 2 years ago

In some places the land is where the value is. I see stories of some multi million dollar houses torn down and newer larger or custom homes built. That house may be a shack or a $ 100,000 house in other places. About 10 years ago I sold a small 3 bed bath and 1/2 house that was not much over 1000 sqft for $ 90,000 in NC. A man I know moved from Cape Cod and had a house about like mine and at the same time his was sold for over $ 300,000. It may be all the man can do is make payments on the house and eat.

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kelown 2 years ago

So you agree that there is a way for the owner of the $1 million Oakland, CA home to comply with the graffiti cleanup issue without having to sell his home.

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Dik Kraven-Moorehead 2 years ago

Maybe the Democrat city "workers" could find some time in their "busy" schedule to clean up the mess made by the Democrat's constituents.

Any other solution punishes the homeowner for the city's soft-on-crime policies.

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Ralph Mowery 2 years ago

Too bad the home owner can not send the city a bill for the cleanup as the police (that he pays tax for) can not catch the ones doing the grafitti.

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