Camarillo, CA Curfew Laws: Juvenile Curfew (2026)

of the next following day," and defines a "minor" as any natural person under eighteen. 020(A) makes it a violation for a minor to remain in a public place during curfew hours, classifying a first offense as an infraction and any subsequent violation by the same minor within ninety consecutive calendar days as a misdemeanor. 020(B) separately makes a parent or guardian guilty of a misdemeanor if they knowingly permit, or fail to exercise sufficient control to prevent, the minor's violation. 030 lists nine complete defenses: being accompanied by a parent or guardian, running an errand at a parent's direction, traveling in a vehicle engaged in interstate or intrastate travel, going to or from employment, responding to an emergency, being on the sidewalk abutting the minor's own residence, attending or returning from a school, religious, or adult-supervised recreational activity, exercising a constitutional right such as free speech or assembly, or being an emancipated minor.

040 further provides that each day or part of a day the violation continues counts as a separate violation. The chapter was adopted by Ordinance No. 1084 on February 26, 2014, and applies citywide to any "public place," defined to include streets and the common areas of schools, hospitals, apartment buildings, office buildings, transport facilities and shops.