Racist graffiti hits Chico home

As if she didn’t have enough to worry about, Chico attorney Jill Harris recently had a house she owns in a north Chico neighborhood spray-painted with racist graffiti. Harris was mentioned in a CN&R story May 3 (“Religious eviction?” by Vic Cantu) that tells of her efforts to stave of the eviction of her father, Robert Taylor, from an apartment on The Esplanade he has called home for the past 25 years.

Harris, who is African-American, said she discovered the graffiti on Mother’s Day and has learned that two nearby homes were also defaced with graffiti the same day. Chico Police Sgt. Curtis Prosise said the graffiti may constitute a hate crime and that the department is looking for leads.