San Luis Obispo County, CA Curfew Laws: Park Curfew (2026)

specifically at county golf facilities. That curfew sits alongside Sec. 030(a), which lets the parks director or designee set opening and closing hours for every county park and its waters; entering, remaining in, or camping in a park during closed hours without an advance permit from the director is separately unlawful, as is entering any area posted against entry without prior authorization. Quiet hours under Sec. , a wider window than the curfew itself, during which no one may disturb others in sleeping quarters or campgrounds, or run amplified equipment audible beyond the immediate camp or picnic site.

The director's authority to close all or part of a park, or restrict its hours, extends beyond the standard curfew for reasons Sec. 020(e) lists: watershed protection, fire prevention, construction, unsafe conditions, storm damage, weather, fish and game conservation, and habitat protection. Enforcement runs through the Parks and Recreation Department, sheriff's deputies, and other peace officers empowered under Sec. 020(j) via Penal Code Sec. 5, who may issue citations or arrest without a warrant for a curfew violation committed in their presence. Sec. 020(f) additionally lets the director revoke a park permit or eject and ban a person for any rule violation, including a curfew breach, with appeal to the county administrator within ten days and a further appeal to the Board of Supervisors.