Billionaire Rick Caruso weighs in on persisting problems surrounding LA’s ‘Graffiti Towers’

Problems continued this week at the so-called ‘Graffiti Towers’ in downtown Los Angeles. The latest stunt? Slacklining – more than 40 floors up, more than 500 feet high – between two of the skyscrapers at the abandoned Oceanwide Plaza Development. Businessman Rick Caruso said some of LA’s leaders have failed to hold people accountable when they commit crimes and they’ve sent the wrong message that people can get away with breaking the law. “You’ve got to send the message not to do that again,” Caruso said. “You have got to hold criminals responsible.” A performance artist who used a slackline to cross downtown Los Angeles’ “Graffiti Towers” is speaking out about his daring stunt. Alex Rozier reports for the NBC4 News on May 16, 2024. The slacklining is the latest issue in a long list of problems for the abandoned complex. Earlier this year, dozens of floors on all three towers were nearly covered in graffiti. “The fact that we even had a headline that said is it art or is it graffiti? It’s a crime. Someone went in and destroyed someone’s private property,” Caruso said. In addition to the graffiti, there have been base jumpers at the property, too....