Solano County, CA Animal Ordinances: Wildlife Feeding (2026)

No section of Solano County Code Chapter 4 (Animals and Fowl) specifically prohibits feeding wildlife. The chapter focuses on owned animals - dogs, cats, livestock, fowl, and licensed wild or exotic animals - rather than free-roaming native wildlife. As a result, there is no county-wide ban on putting out food for deer, coyotes, raccoons, or similar animals in the unincorporated county within Chapter 4. The closest applicable county tool is the animal-nuisance framework: section 4-11 defines an 'animal nuisance' to include causing unsanitary conditions in surroundings and fouling the air with the odor of accumulated waste, and the chapter requires premises where animals are kept to be sanitary (section 4-17). Where feeding wildlife leads to accumulations of food, waste, odor, or attracted pests that disturb neighbors, the County may have a basis to act under nuisance authority, though Chapter 4 does not name wildlife feeding as such. Free-roaming wildlife is otherwise regulated primarily by the State of California through the Department of Fish and Wildlife and the Fish and Game Code, which restrict harassing, taking, or feeding certain species (for example, big game such as deer). Residents concerned about coyotes or other wildlife should consult Solano County and CDFW guidance rather than expect a county feeding ordinance.