Holding parents responsible for taggers

With the cost to paint over graffiti expected to soar to $8 million this year for Los Angeles, a City Council member called Thursday for adoption of a county program that makes parents financially responsible for cleaning up their children's tagging.Daily News.

Councilman Bernard Parks said he will introduce a proposal today to find out how to implement the program started by county Supervisor Gloria Molina.

"What we want is parents to take ownership of their kids," Molina said at a City Hall press conference. "A lot of times, parents are not aware of what their children are doing, and we want to get them involved to stop the behavior.