Dear Qt Pi -
you provide no address; and please know that Caltrans owns the freeway(s) and they must address, not Oakland's (overworked!) DPW...

Oh, I was uaware that Caltrans owns the big cotton mill brick wall. That wall is an eye sore and I think Caltrans should tare that thing down.

"big cotton mill brick wall" and "Nimitz Fwy Oakland" are two different things - Caltrans is I-880; ww.cottonmillstudios.com is private property, and they should hire a company to clean their own graffiti - instead of Oakland's DPW, which WE (our taxes) pay for!

Well the only way I have ever seen that wall is driving by on the Nimitz freeway. I would hope that Oakland code enforcement would encourage them to have the blight removed to avoid fines.

"...from your lips, to God's ears...", as they say; Happy New Year :-)

Happy New Year to you too. :-)

Actually, the 'Red Wall' is all private property, having 3-4 different owners. Noel Gallo is working with the property owners to take responsibility for the tagging, but they are pointing fingers at CalTrans because the taggers NOW have access to the wall since CalTrans put in that new barrier. Noel has a neighbor who is supplied paint, he gets permission from CalTrans to get through a gate to paint over tags.

There is a possible project in the planning to deal with the tagging.

Happy New Year to all!

Well that is good news. Happy New Year to you too!

Thank you for the info, cleanjingletown, and happy New Year to you, too! :-)

sorry - 1st photo didn't take...?

City of Oakland Public Works Department referred this issue to CODE ENFORCEMENT, service request # 558264.Please contact that department to follow-up, see “Other Helpful Links” at:
http://www2.oaklandnet.com/Government/o/PWA/Connect/ReportaProblem/index.htm#Links.

Here are some important City of Oakland contact points:

Abandoned Autos: (510) 777-8622 (abandoned vehicles on the public street after 3 days)

Animal Control (510) 535-5602 (live animals); (510) 535-4888 (dead animals)

Code Enforcement: (510) 238-3381 (blighted private properties, deteriorated buildings, inoperable vehicles on private property)

Drug Hotline: (510) 238-3784 (tips); (510) 777-3211 (in progress)

Parking Citations (800) 500-6484 (parking citation assistance center, pay or appeal a citation); (510) 238-3099 (enforcement)

Prostitution Hotline: (510) 238-2373 (tips); (510) 777-3211 (in progress)

Thank you.