Clean and secure your tagged high-rise or we’ll do it for you, L.A. tells owners
LA TimesAfter six trespassing arrests were made in less than a week related to a heavily tagged unfinished skyscraper in downtown Los Angeles, the Los Angeles City Council voted Friday to order the property owners to clean up the site. California Four more trespassing arrests made at graffitied downtown skyscraper Police arrested four more people at the unfinished Oceanwide Plaza development, where vandals tagged 27 floors of the skyscraper with graffiti. De León’s motion described the development as “a blight on downtown Los Angeles” and “a black eye on an otherwise vibrant part of DTLA.” The development faces Crypto.com Arena, which hosted the Grammys last weekend, and is near the popular L.A. Live complex among shops and restaurants. “An abandoned structure that sits on this land adjacent to our convention site needs to be put to a better use.” De León’s motion orders the owners of Oceanwide Plaza to “restore the public right of way to its original condition,” and instructs various city organizations to step in if the job is not completed by the deadline.
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