of Oakland cited the man whoúuses a wheelchair because of the graffiti. KTVU is Tom Vacar joins man and his family. Tom. >> You know, like enforcing any printed law, it takes in knowinw and born 102 years old. Victor Silva, senior often finds graffiti painted onto his back fence of his Oakland home, where he's lived and paid taxes for 8m the city of Oakland to remove it by Tuesday the 19th, or face an $1,100 fine, plus an additional Re-inspection when it was so absurd. >> It's like a joke if you if you drive around the city and see the graffiti everywhere, it's just I don't know what to say. >> Somebody is crazy in the wheelchair, he often painted over the graffiti himself, hadúa roller and a paintbrush andT& painted it. It was very, very easy because that was a contractor, you know, I'll be 103, two months or so. That slowed up a little bit. >> You know, these days that task falls toúa 70 year old son, Victor Junior. >> It's hard to keep up with itC because as soon as we get it painted, it's good to be graffiti on it again and it won't last. graffiti right there. there's >> Who'súfixing that now? This utility box has six different kinds of graffiti on it. I if ta citation. The family owns a nearby small commercial building, which has been broken into three times in the last year. Junior found a person inside. In each case, he called 911 and I'm >> So it's hard tax dollars are. They can't answer 911, but they can come out and ask you about a fence. >> I had to ask, how does one live to 102C or 103? >> Very easy. Just keep breathing yourself. >> I would hate to think that there's other 100 year old Sppeod like this. Oakland has to has to change. It's just the system is not working. >> The cityúinspector called me back and said he will do an immediate inspection and Tom Vacar, KTVU Fox two news now , again, it's important to say that the city says through an inspector that will actually go out and do this, and that should take care of it. It's very interesting. I also sent a letter, a note of email answer k to you. >> Yeah, it's just an incredible story. Whenúthat man said, you know, they can't answer 911, but they were out writing citations for, you know, people who are 102 about graffiti on their property. So it seems like this in at least in this case, Tom,T& this has been cleared up for >> Well we'll see. It's still subject to reinspection. Andúyou have to realize, you know, these organizations, these big cities, so compartmentalized, you know, they go eachúgo out and they do their own thing. And then that is as it be. But sometimes you have to really are reallyúaffecting here? Or stories like
