South Gate does not have a dedicated municipal anti-wildlife-feeding ordinance, but feeding wildlife that creates a public nuisance — attracting rats, raccoons, coyotes, opossums or feral cats — is abatable under Title 4 Animals and Chapter 7.22 Animal Control, and the resulting rodent harborage is a violation of LA County Department of Public Health rules. California Fish & Game Code §2000 and §251.1 prohibit harassment of game mammals (including by harmful feeding), and CDFW formally advises that intentionally feeding deer, bears or coyotes is illegal when it leads to depredation. SEAACA handles wildlife-attractant complaints.
South Gate's Title 4 ANIMALS and Chapter 7.22 ANIMAL CONTROL on eCode360 (SO4650) define animal nuisances broadly, and Chapter 6 (Health and Sanitation) along with LA County Department of Public Health Rabies & Vector Control rules treat any condition that supports rodents, feral cats or large wildlife as a sanitary nuisance subject to abatement. The state framework is Cal. Fish & Game Code Division 2 (§2000 et seq.), under which CDFW prohibits feeding big-game mammals in a way that habituates them, and CDFW's 'Keep Me Wild' program documents the agency's position that intentional feeding of coyotes, bears and deer creates a public-safety violation. South Gate is an urban LA County city without resident bear or deer populations, so the dominant local wildlife-feeding issues are: (1) feral cat colonies (regulated by SEAACA and subject to Chapter 7.22 abatement when they create a nuisance), (2) pigeons and rats attracted by open bird-seed feeders or unsecured garbage (LA Sanitation contract waste collection requires animal-proof containers), and (3) raccoons and opossums attracted by pet food left outside. The city does not generally prohibit songbird and hummingbird feeders maintained sanitarily, but any feeder that becomes a rodent attractant is abatable.
Feeding wildlife that creates a public nuisance is abatable under South Gate MC Chapter 7.22 (Animal Control) and Chapter 6 (Health & Sanitation). LA County Department of Public Health can declare a property a rodent harborage. Feeding big-game mammals contrary to CDFW guidance can rise to a violation of Cal. Fish & Game Code §2000 / §251.1 (harassment of game mammals). Feral cat colonies must be managed under SEAACA TNR / colony-caretaker protocols.
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