Beneath the elevated light-rail tracks that run across busy Florin Road, Alicia Villasenor cleans the gang-related graffiti that is highly visible to motorists, pedestrians and Luther Burbank High School students. Shes among eight teens hired by the City of Sacramento for its yearlong graffiti abatement program.
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Matthew Harvey, 14, paints over graffiti under the light-rail tracks on Florin Road, Saturday June 28, 2014. The city of Sacramento graffiti abatement program, now entering its 25th year, hires high school students to eradicate graffiti and other forms of vandalism citywide.
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Alicia Villasenor, 18 gathers more paint as Matthew Harvey, 14, and Chynna Levash, 16, paint over graffiti under the light-rail tracks on Florin Road, Saturday June 28, 2014. The city of Sacramento graffiti abatement program, now entering its 25th year, hires high school students to eradicate graffiti and other forms of vandalism citywide.
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Chynna Levash, 16, paints over graffiti under the light-rail tracks on Florin Road, Saturday June 28, 2014. The city of Sacramento graffiti abatement program, now entering its 25th year, hires high school students to eradicate graffiti and other forms of vandalism citywide.
