Ten Things You Can Do To Prevent Graffiti

1. 311 Call Center
   

   Did You Know?
   A report to the 311 Call Center usually resolves graffiti issues within 24 business hours.

   Get educated. Learn about graffiti, how it impacts your community, and who is responsible for graffiti prevention and clean-up in your area.
2. Report graffiti to the appropriate authorities.
3. Organize a paint-out. Local paint dealers are often willing to donate paint and brushes for volunteers to use for graffiti clean-up.
4. Plan a paint-brush mural to cover a wall plagued with graffiti.
5. Coordinate a graffiti awareness campaign at your school or in the community.
6. Make a presentation on graffiti prevention to your school class or neighborhood group.
7. "Adopt a wall" in your school or community and make sure it stays clean and free of graffiti.
8. Plant trees or other greenery near a graffiti-plagued wall.
9. Ask your community to install lighting in areas that are dark and often hit with graffiti.
10. Contact your local Keep America Beautiful (Keep Riverside Clean & Beautiful) affiliate and volunteer to help keep your community clean.