Long Beach Animal Care Services investigates suspected hoarding under LBMC Title 6 cruelty provisions and California Penal Code 597, removing animals when conditions threaten welfare or public health.
Long Beach Animal Care Services (LBACS), housed under the Parks Department, partners with the Long Beach Health Department on hoarding cases. Officers respond to neighbor complaints, odor reports, or vet referrals and may seek warrants under California Penal Code section 597.1 to seize neglected animals. LBMC Chapter 6.04 caps household animals at four dogs and five cats absent a kennel permit. Hoarding triggers misdemeanor cruelty charges, mandatory mental health evaluation referrals, and Health Department condemnation of uninhabitable units. Animals are impounded at the LBACS shelter on East Willow Street.
Misdemeanor cruelty charges under Penal Code 597 carry up to one year jail and $20,000 fines, plus impound and veterinary cost recovery liens against the property owner.
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