Daly City, CA Animal Ordinances: Wildlife Feeding (2026)

As part of the 2024 rewrite of Title 6 by Ordinance No. 1470, Daly City added Section 6.08.090 (Bird feeding prohibited) to Chapter 6.08 (Prohibitions and Nuisances). The section defines 'feed' broadly in Section 6.08.010 to include birdseed, corn, bread pieces, food scraps, domestic animal food, or any similar substance that birds can consume, and 'to feed' as to spread, cast, lay, deposit, or dump feed. On city property and within city rights-of-way, feeding any bird not legally owned by the feeder, or placing feed intended to attract such birds, is unlawful unless done at a feeding station expressly authorized in writing by the city manager or designee. The same conduct is unlawful on private property owned or controlled by another person without that person's express permission. Related provisions in Section 6.08.020(G) prohibit allowing owned chickens, doves, pigeons, squabs, or similar fowl to fly at large or enter other people's premises. The rules target pigeon and gull congregation, droppings, and rodent attraction in Daly City's dense residential neighborhoods. Feeding birds on your own property remains legal.