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Public Conduct in San Bernardino County, CA (2026)

6 county-level rules, plus city-specific rules for 8 cities in San Bernardino County, California.

Verified from official government sources

Note: These county rules apply to unincorporated areas of San Bernardino County. If you live within an incorporated city, that city's own rules apply: see the city list below.

Skateboarding Rules

San Bernardino County restricts skateboarding at its Regional Parks skate facilities to posted hours and requires helmets, elbow pads and kneepads for every rider.

Skateboarding Rules at SB County Parks

Some Restrictions

San Bernardino County Code § 28.0309

(a) No person shall skateboard or skate, or otherwise be present within any skateboard/skating area or facility, at times other than those established by the Director of Regional Parks or his or her designee as the hours of operation. Hours of operation shall be posted. ... (c) Each person using any skateboard/skating area or facility must wear proper safety equipment including a helmet, elbow ...

Loud Party Ordinance

The Sheriff's Department can bill party hosts for every response after a written warning, with the host and any minor's parents jointly liable for the full cost.

San Bernardino County Loud Party Fee

Significant Restrictions

San Bernardino County Code § 24.0603, § 24.0604

A Sheriff services fee may be imposed when: (1) A Sheriff's Department officer at the scene of a party has given written notice to a person responsible for the party that the party violates the law; and (2) A subsequent Sheriff's Department response to the party is required to control the threat to public peace, health, safety and welfare and to disperse the party. ... Each person responsible f...

Loitering Rules

San Bernardino County bans school-age minors from loitering in public places countywide during school hours, unless they have a valid excuse like an emergency errand or a medical appointment.

San Bernardino County Daytime Loitering Ban

Significant Restrictions

San Bernardino County Code § 25.0202

It is unlawful for any minor under the age of 18 years, who is subject to compulsory education or to compulsory continuation education, to loiter, idle, wander, stroll or play in or upon public street, highway, road, alley, park, playground, parking area, or other public ground, public place or public building, place of amusement or eating place, vacant lot, or any place open to the public in t...

Outdoor Smoking Restrictions

Smoking is banned in unenclosed sports complex seating areas, transit depot waiting areas, and all public transit throughout unincorporated San Bernardino County, with fines up to $500 for repeat violations.

San Bernardino County Outdoor Smoking Ban

Some Restrictions

San Bernardino County Code § 31.0305

Smoking shall be prohibited in the following areas, within the unincorporated area of the County, except in such places in which smoking is already prohibited by State or Federal law, in which case the State or Federal law applies: (a) Sports complex seating areas; and (b) Ticket, boarding and waiting areas of public transit depots; and (c) All means of public transit within the boundaries of t...

Public Marijuana Use

California Proposition 64 and San Bernardino County rules ban smoking, vaping, or eating cannabis in public places, including streets, parks, and county buildings in unincorporated areas.

No Public Cannabis Consumption

Some Restrictions

California Health and Safety Code Section 11362.3

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 ce...

Public Alcohol Use

San Bernardino County Code § 24.0501 makes it an infraction to carry an open, unsealed or partly emptied alcohol container onto the posted premises, adjacent parking lot, or adjacent public sidewalk of a retail package off-sale liquor store in the unincorporated area. Retail licensees must post visible warning signs of their own or face a separate infraction.

San Bernardino County Open Container Law

Some Restrictions

San Bernardino County Code § 24.0501

It shall be unlawful and an infraction for any person who has in his or her possession any bottle, can or other receptacle containing any alcoholic beverage which has been opened, or a seal broken, or the contents of which have been partially removed, to enter, be, or remain on the posted premises of, including the posted parking lot immediately adjacent to, any retail package off-sale alcoholi...

Public Conduct by City in San Bernardino County

8 cities in San Bernardino County have their own public conduct rules. Each link goes to that city's dedicated page with code citations.

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