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Sidewalks belong to banks now?

• danielweber 13y ago
  It probably varies by location, but everywhere I lived I owned the sidewalk in front of it. There are public access exceptions to cross over it but that does include vandalism.
• tptacek 13y ago
  Didn't he chalk the buildings, too? The bank is claiming damages, not the city.
  • fnordfnordfnord 13y ago
    It's possible, so far I've only seen it claimed that he chalked the sidewalk. But, I haven't found much in the way of an original source. If the HuffPo pictures have it right, it's going to be a hard sell. http://www.10news.com/news/jeff-olson-man-who-used-chalk-to-protest-big-banks-faces-13-years-in-prison-13k-in-fines-062513 http://www.10news.com/news/jeff-olson-man-who-used-chalk-to-... http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/23/alexander-schaefer-burnin_n_1696870.html http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/23/alexander-schaefer-...
    • tptacek 13y ago
      (For what it's worth, building or sidewalk, if the guy agreed to stop chalking the buildings the city obviously should have dropped the matter there.)
• anigbrowl 13y ago
  In California the sidewalk belongs to the property owner - as does the responsibility for maintaining it. If the sidewalk is in unsafe condition and I fall and hurt myself as a result, I sue the owner of the building erected there. This is one reason that homeowner's insurance is mandatory in California; your liability extends out to the edge of the road.