[1] While in some areas of San Francisco this art is done with the permission of the wall owners the majority is done illegally.
The San Francisco Bay Area is highly invested in the street art scene because of its prevalence in its community.
Areas such as the Mission District of San Francisco have developed a wide public fan base because of its large murals.
This area of San Francisco is home to one of the most famous pieces of street art, the Women's Building mural.
[3] A main controversy surrounding street art in the Bay Area is that it is a major sign of "social disorder.
Another main controversy is that most street artists do not get the punishment that is stated in California law for vandalizing public property.
At this time graffiti artists consisted of young kids and adults who were able to buy or steal spray paint.
The mural captures much of San Francisco's ideals, with the different women painted on the building and the diversity it represents.
The street art in this area tends to be bigger pictures rather than small tags and is more widely accepted because of the visual appeal of the pieces.
Many tourist spots in the city are graffiti centered areas where people take pictures by these pieces of street art.
In bigger cities such as San Francisco, Oakland, and Berkeley it is more widely accepted than the smaller suburbs of the Bay Area.
A little bit after TWS and TMF began their separate styles an artist named DREAM came along.
[1] Graffiti was about "leaving tags on the blank canvas of a building was a way to mark territory in a city where he often felt marginalized" to these artists.
[7] It was more important than just putting their name on the wall to these artists but rather a way to feel accepted somewhere they often felt like they weren't.
[1] DREAM made art that unified all street artists and eased disputes such as that between TWS and TMF.
Taggers are covering more modern art pieces on the streets and creating a war between these two groups.
Painting on any public property in California is punishable by up to a year in prison, along with a five thousand dollar fine.