LOS ANGELES : Firms Donate Funds to Fight Graffiti
Two billboard companies are contributing $20,000 and space on their billboards to a city program that offers rewards for the arrest of graffiti vandals, Los Angeles City Councilman Hal Bernson announced Wednesday.
Patrick Media Group and Gannett Outdoor Advertising contributed $10,000 each to the city program that offers $500 rewards to any person who reports graffiti painters. Additionally, the two firms will place billboards advertising the reward program at more than two dozen locations citywide, Bernson announced at a news conference with executives of the two firms.
The contributions will replenish the city’s reward fund, which had been running low on money. In addition, another $5,000 will be contributed collectively by three smaller billboard firms, VW Martin Co., National 3-M and the Regency Co.
The firms also unveiled the message that their billboard will run: “Take Back Your Neighborhood. Graffiti. Stop It Now. $500 Reward For Information Leading To Arrest.” Two phone numbers are listed: (213) CLEANUP and (818) SPARKLE.
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