San Luis Obispo County, CA Animal Ordinances: Bird Protection (2026)

060(f) is the county's resource-protection clause for county parks and facilities: it makes it unlawful to molest, hunt, disturb, injure, trap, take, net, poison, harm, tease, or kill any kind of wild or domestic animal, bird, or reptile, or their eggs or nests, with the only carve-out being a depredation permit approved by the parks director and issued by the California Department of Fish and Game. The section separately bars discharging a spear or bow and arrow in any county park except in designated underwater parks or archery ranges, closing an obvious workaround for taking birds or other wildlife.

The same Sec. 060 chapter protects the habitat birds depend on: subsection (a) bars introducing any flora or fauna, or cutting, picking, or destroying vegetation, leaf mold, or dead wood without the director's prior permission, and bars attaching any rope, sign, placard, or object to a tree, plant, or shrub. Subsection (e) lets the director issue a special permit to remove or disturb birds, fish, or geological or archaeological materials when necessary and consistent with local, state, and federal rules. 20 (Nacimiento Lake). Enforcement runs through park personnel and peace officers empowered under Sec.

020(j) via Penal Code Sec. 5, with the director additionally authorized under Sec. 020(f) to eject or ban from any county park a person reasonably believed to have violated this chapter.