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Oakland Chinatown Shops Say City Should Go After Taggers Instead Of Fining Businesses
After multiple times repainting her storefront only for it to be graffitied again next day, Lou said she gave up trying to keep it clean.
April 10, 2025
The Oakland Chinatown Improvement Council is trying to get the city to work with them, as store owners say it's not fair that they are getting fined for graffiti that keeps being put on their walls.
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"So many times like we clean up, they come again, again, again, like that," said Shirley Lou.
Shirley Lou owns Won Kee Supermarket in Oakland's Chinatown. She said for the past few years taggers have been targeting her business relentlessly.
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"We clean up and then they come and graffiti again," said Lou.
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