Daly City, CA Animal Ordinances: Breed Restrictions (2026)

Nothing in Daly City Municipal Code Title 6 (rewritten by Ordinance No. 1470, 2024) restricts dog ownership by breed. Dogs are instead regulated by conduct: Section 6.04.010 defines 'dangerous animal' and 'vicious animal' by behavior such as attacks causing injury, Section 6.04.090 requires a dangerous animal permit (leash-and-muzzle, secure enclosure, $300,000 financial responsibility on order, mandatory spay/neuter and microchip) for any animal declared dangerous, and Section 6.04.130 provides for euthanasia or other disposition of animals declared vicious, all subject to administrative hearings under Section 6.04.150.

Section 6.04.150(k) expressly opts out of the state's potentially-dangerous-dog procedures in Food and Agricultural Code Sections 31601 et seq., as authorized by Food and Agricultural Code Section 31683. State law preempts true breed bans: Section 31683 provides that 'no program regulating any dog shall be specific as to breed,' except that Health and Safety Code Section 122331 lets cities adopt breed-specific ordinances limited to mandatory spay-or-neuter and breeding requirements - an option Daly City has not exercised. Owners moving an animal that another jurisdiction has designated dangerous or vicious into Daly City must first notify animal control and obtain written permission under Section 6.04.060(e).