Drone Rules in San Ramon, CA (2026)
1 verified drone rules for San Ramon, California, sourced directly from the municipal code and official government pages.
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Recreational Drones
California Civil Code 1708.8 makes it a tort to use a drone to capture images or recordings of private activity where a person has a reasonable expectation of privacy. Penalties include actual damages, punitive damages, and up to three times the monetary amount. Voyeurism via drone also triggers Penal Code 647(j).
Drones: Privacy
Few RestrictionsCalifornia Civil Code § 1708.8
1708.8. (a) A person is liable for physical invasion of privacy when the person knowingly enters onto the land or into the airspace above the land of another person without permission or otherwise commits a trespass in order to capture any type of visual image, sound recording, or other physical impression of the plaintiff engaging in a private, personal, or familial activity and the invasion o...
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