SAN ANTONIO - More than $1 million - that's how much the City of San Antonio spends annually on graffiti removal. The figure is, some years, five times more tha
More than $1 million - that's how much the City of San Antonio spends annually on graffiti removal . The figure is, some years, five times more than what the City of Austin spends. SAN ANTONIO - More than $1 million - that's how much the City of San Antonio spends annually on graffiti removal . The figure is, some years, five times more than what the City of Austin spends.To show just how much more the city spends, take last year. San Antonio spent $1.
Hinson is currently fighting two citations issued to him by San Antonio law enforcement for having chalk and for crafting washable chalk murals on city sidewalks. He says he keeps making these murals in defiance of the ordinance because it spreads positivity and beautifies sidewalks, something he believes shouldn't be criminalized."The way the graffiti code is written makes it so that any washable chalk, even on public streets and sidewalks is a citable or arrestable offense," said District 2 Councilman Jalen McKee Rodriguez.
"And I think it shows the neighborhood is safer because in order to put art out here, it has to be a little bit safe. no one is coming out here and threatening me or anything like that," Hinson said.
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