It’s time for year in review posts, and while there are certainly more than a few everywhere on the web…

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For a city with a moratorium on murals, the art form managed to be in the public eye in 2011. Street art took its place alongside traditional works, vintage works were restored, policy and enforcement were being questioned–all while ordinances that stopped new mural works from going up on private walls were being reviewed.

If you are not saddled with year-end list fatigue, here’s a timeline of some mural stories from the year.

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Yes, year-end lists. Not even street art is exempt. But hey, 2011 was a banner year for the Los Angeles street art and graffiti communities, as they enjoyed plenty of worldwide attention. LA Weekly put together the ten L.A.-related street art and graffiti stories that we think were most remarkable in 2011.

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A proposed new ordinance would allow artists to create murals legally on private property across Los Angeles as long as the property owners agree. If approved, the ordinance would end a controversial prohibition on murals that has left city officials and artists grappling over what is legal……….

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For months, the L.A. Department of City Planning has been teasing street artists with announcements of a new ordinance that would lift the current ban on all pre-approved murals on private property in Los Angeles.

And it’s about time: Our urban sprawl was once considered by many — including local celebrity Saber — to be the “mural capital of the world.”

So where on Earth is this thing?…………

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“Muralist are taggers,” he said about an investigation on a graffiti-influenced work on a wall in downtown Los Angeles’ Arts District.

Detective Mike Thibodeaux heads up a high-profile detail for the L.A. County Sheriff’s Department that targets graffiti and vandalism along rail lines. He spoke to me last week about “Cream of the Crop,” a recently completed piece by the Melbourne, Australia graffiti team duo, Dabs and Myla. It shares the rear wall of the Arts District based Neptune building with a separate piece by New York graffiti artists How and Nosm.

The two crews, who have an international following, were approached by LA Freewalls, a program of outdoor installations curated by Jet Set Graffiti’s Daniel Lahoda. Starting in 2009, the Arts District has become its outdoor gallery showcasing graffiti and street art influenced works.

The body of work started with a wheatpaste by Shepard Fairey and has since garnered attention from the national press. It also placed Lahoda on the radar of authorities who monitor illegal tags.

“I always get permission from the owners of the building,” explained Lahoda, who posted a letter to his website protesting the Sheriff’s Department inquiry about LA Freewalls, and maintains he is attempting to find a way for work to be produced.

When I asked Thibodeaux how a commercial building in L.A. city limits falls under the jurisdiction of Los Angeles County, he declined to comment further due “to the ongoing investigation” and needing clearance from a commanding officer. He added that he stands on his track record with similar cases. Then, perhaps hoping to soften his original statement, clarified an earlier statement: “Well, some taggers want to be muralists.”

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