Pasadena, CA Curfew Laws: Park Curfew (2026)

23 sets the after-dark rule. In the Lower Arroyo, Hahamongna Watershed Park and Viña Vieja Park, mapped by the city's Drawing Nos. 3575, 4787 and 5435 on file with the department of public works, loitering or remaining in the area is banned from dusk to dawn every day, a tighter window than the citywide rule because those three sites border sensitive natural preservation land along the Arroyo Seco. the following morning. The subsection sits inside a long list of park prohibitions enforced by the same chapter, alongside bans on unleashed animals, fireworks without a permit, unpermitted campfires, and camping or erecting a tent or shelter outside designated areas.

Subsection B carves out one exception: the after-dark rule, like every other prohibited act in the section, does not apply to a person who enters with the consent or permission of whoever is in charge of the park at the time, which covers permitted evening events, city-sponsored programs and authorized maintenance work. Because the rule is written as a loitering and remaining prohibition rather than a full park closure, someone crossing on a public sidewalk that runs through park land is treated differently than someone camped out after the posted hours.