Public Conduct in Long Beach, CA (2026)
9 verified public conduct rules for Long Beach, California, sourced directly from the municipal code and official government pages.
Verified from official government sources
Aggressive Panhandling
Long Beach doesn't ban panhandling outright: it bans coercive panhandling. Municipal Code § 9.35.010 makes it unlawful to solicit by threatening, harassing, intimidating, or aggressively coercing someone on a public street, sidewalk, or place open to the public, defined to include blocking someone's path or persistently following and demanding money after a rejection. Section 9.35.020 separately bans all solicitation, aggressive or not, at specific high-traffic locations.
Long Beach Aggressive Solicitation Ban
Significant RestrictionsLong Beach Municipal Code § 9.35.010(A), (D)
It shall be unlawful for any person to solicit by threatening, harassing, intimidating or aggressively coercing another person on a public street or sidewalk or any place open to the general public. This Chapter does not regulate solicitation on private property. ... a person aggressively coerces, threatens, harasses or intimidates another person when: 1.The solicitor's conduct would cause a re...
Public Urination
Long Beach makes it a misdemeanor to urinate or defecate in any public place other than a regularly provided toilet facility. Municipal Code § 9.25.010, the City's stand-alone "Public Excretion" chapter, defines the offense using the code's broad definition of "public place" in § 9.02.090.
Long Beach Public Urination and Defecation Ban
Heavy RestrictionsLong Beach Municipal Code § 9.25.010
No person shall urinate or defecate in or at any "public place" as defined in Section 9.02.090 except at regularly provided toilet facilities. Violation hereof shall be a misdemeanor.
Skateboarding Rules
Long Beach bans skateboarding on any street, alley or sidewalk the City Council has designated and signed as a prohibited area under LBMC § 10.54.040, a list that covers dozens of specific downtown, beach and pier locations citywide.
Long Beach Skateboard Prohibited-Area Rules
Significant RestrictionsLong Beach Municipal Code § 10.54.040
The City Council, having made a finding that the operation of skateboards on the following streets, alleys or sidewalks, or portion thereof, will create a hazard to persons or property, determines and declares said streets, alleys or sidewalks, or portions thereof, as areas where the operation of skateboards is prohibited: ... C. That portion of the streets and sidewalks of Pine Avenue located ...
Loud Party Ordinance
Long Beach uses a bright-line distance test for loud parties: under Municipal Code § 9.31.010, any party noise audible fifty feet or more from the property is automatically deemed to disrupt the public peace, no decibel meter required. A first police response can end with arrest, citation, or a warning, but Section 9.31.030 makes the "responsible person" pay the City's full cost for every response after that within 30 days.
Long Beach Loud Party Ordinance
Some RestrictionsLong Beach Municipal Code § 9.31.010
No person shall cause or permit loud music or other noises caused by a party, gathering or assemblage of persons on private property to disrupt the public peace. Noise that is audible from a distance of fifty feet (50') or more from the property shall be deemed to disrupt the public peace. Any person who causes or permits any such loud music or other noises is guilty of a public offense punisha...
Loitering Rules
It is unlawful in Long Beach to loiter on or near any street, alley or public or private place for the purpose of drug activity or graffiti. Municipal Code § 9.36.010 defines "loiter" as delaying or lingering "without lawful business," and § 9.36.020 extends the same ban to loitering to commit graffiti.
Long Beach Loitering for Drugs or Graffiti Ban
Some RestrictionsLong Beach Municipal Code § 9.36.010
It is unlawful for any person to loiter in, on or near any street or alley or place open to the public or near any public or private place for the purpose of engaging in drug related activity defined as criminal offenses in Chapters 6 and 6.5 of Division 10 of the California Health and Safety Code. As used in this Chapter, "loiter" means to delay or linger without lawful business.
Outdoor Smoking Restrictions
Long Beach bans smoking in improved City parks, beaches, the beach bike path, bus stops and most outdoor dining areas under LBMC §§ 8.68.065, 8.68.066 and 8.68.090. The Department of Health and Human Services administers the ban, with fines up to $500 for repeat offenses.
Long Beach Outdoor Smoking Ban
Significant RestrictionsLong Beach Municipal Code § 8.68.066
8.68.066 - Smoking prohibited—City parks and other recreation areas. A. Smoking shall be prohibited in any outdoor area that has been improved or developed by or on behalf of the City, and open to the general public for park or open space use, including, but not limited to, public parks, picnic areas, playgrounds, sports or playing fields, walking paths, gardens, hiking trails, bike paths, and ...
Jaywalking
In Long Beach's Central Traffic District and in any business district, pedestrians must use a marked crosswalk unless crossing at a scramble-signal intersection: crossing mid-block or outside a crosswalk in these areas violates LBMC § 10.58.020.
Long Beach Crossing Without a Crosswalk Rule
Some RestrictionsLong Beach Municipal Code § 10.58.020
10.58.020 - Crossing without crosswalk. No pedestrian shall cross a roadway, other than by a crosswalk, in the Central Traffic District, or in any business district, except at intersections where pedestrian traffic is controlled by a scramble-system automatic signal.
Public Marijuana Use
Public cannabis consumption is illegal across Long Beach under both state law and the city smoke-free ordinance, regardless of medical or adult-use status. Consumption is restricted to private residences.
Public Cannabis Use Prohibited Citywide in Long Beach
Some RestrictionsCal. Health & Safety Code Sec. 11362.3(a)
Section 11362.1 does not permit any person to: (1) Smoke or ingest cannabis or cannabis products in a public place, except in accordance with Section 26200 of the Business and Professions Code. (2) Smoke cannabis or cannabis products in a location where smoking tobacco is prohibited. (3) Smoke cannabis or cannabis products within 1,000 feet of a school, day care center, or youth center while ch...
Public Alcohol Use
Long Beach bans drinking in public almost everywhere in the city. Municipal Code § 9.22.010 prohibits transporting in, or drinking, any alcoholic beverage in any public place unless the premises hold an on-sale license under the State Alcoholic Beverage Control Act. A companion rule, § 9.22.070, separately bans any bather from drinking within one marine league, three nautical miles, of a Long Beach beach.
Long Beach Public Alcohol Consumption Ban
Significant RestrictionsLong Beach Municipal Code §§ 9.22.010, 9.22.070
No person shall transport into or drink or consume any alcoholic beverage in any public place except upon the premises licensed under an on-sale or on-sale general license under the State Alcoholic Beverage Control Act. ... It is unlawful for any bather to consume any alcoholic beverage within one (1) marine league of any beach. However, this Section shall not be construed to regulate the consu...
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