Anti-Graffiti Program

General Information

The City of Sacramento is taking action to wipe out graffiti and clean up crime. The Code Enforcement, General Services, and Police Departments are working together to manage a practical Graffiti Abatement Program in Sacramento. The City is working to keep neighborhoods clean and attractive through various activities including abatement programs, educational outreach, community involvement and police enforcement.
For assistance, call the Graffiti Hotline (916) 808-8819.
For referral services, call (916) 808-3951.

The City of Sacramento has a strict graffiti ordinance. The ordinance requires removal of graffiti within 10 calendar days of notification. Property owners are responsible taking measures to prevent graffiti and for graffiti removal Graffiti is a crime and it adds blight to the City of Sacramento. Please help eliminate graffiti in our community.

Mission Statement

To maintain and improve the quality of our community by removing graffiti from private and public property through:

Empowerment - to remove and prevent graffiti throughout the City of Sacramento by empowering citizens and instilling neighborhood pride;
Education - to improve the quality of life in the City of Sacramento by removing and preventing graffiti through educational programs and community outreach;
Enforcement - develop and administer graffiti intervention and suppression programs for the City of Sacramento;
Eradication - continue abatement efforts through the Graffiti Abatement Program, Public Works, Community Volunteers, and the Youth Abatement Program.

View Anti-Graffiti Brochure

Core Services

We will assist residences within the City of Sacramento city limits in four ways:

By providing, free of charge, one of four standardized paint colors for residents to utilize in graffiti removal on their own property;
Providing custom color matched paint up to one gallon on a one time basis for the property owner to abate their own property;
Abate graffiti on any city structure located near or around their property or neighborhood;
And, provide anti-graffiti information and referral services. We will abate graffiti on private residences whose owners fail to comply with the City of Sacramento's current anti-graffiti ordinance (89-032 §61.09.903). These property owners are subject to a service fee and clouded property title.

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