Encampment Sanitation
Homelessness & Encampment Rules
How cities provide trash, hygiene, and bulky-item pickup at encampments, the CARE/CARE+ cleanups in LA, and the storage-of-belongings rules from Lavan v. LA.
How Encampment Sanitation Rules Differ by Place
Casa Grande, AZ: Casa Grande Public Camping Ban
Heavy RestrictionsIn the City of Casa Grande, camping, storing camp paraphernalia, or setting up camp facilities on any public property, including parks, streets and sidewalks, is banned outright under…
Chandler, AZ: Chandler Bans Camping on Public Property
Heavy RestrictionsChandler makes it unlawful to camp on any public property, building or right-of-way, and bars camping within 500 feet of a school, childcare facility, shelter or city park under City…
Gilbert, AZ: Gilbert Public Park Camping Ban
Heavy RestrictionsCode of Gilbert § 42-293 bans camping in any town park or public place, full stop, unless the parks and recreation department has issued a special-use or reservation permit under the…
Odessa, TX: Odessa, Texas: Public Camping Banned Statewide
Few RestrictionsTexas Penal Code § 48.05 makes it a Class C misdemeanor to camp on any public property in Odessa, streets, parks, or city land, without the managing agency's consent, and bars local…
Visalia, CA: Homelessness: Sanitation Encampments
Some RestrictionsCamping in public parks, streets, and vacant fields is prohibited as a public nuisance in Visalia; camping on private property is only allowed in the rear yard of a single-family home…
Weston, FL: Weston, FL Public Camping Complaint Rule
Some RestrictionsWeston does not run its own camping ban; instead City Code § 52.85 sets up how the City receives complaints under Florida's public-camping law, F.S. § 125.0231(2). A Broward County…
Cities & Counties with Encampment Sanitation Rules
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Other Homelessness & Encampment Rules Topics
LAMC §41.18 Encampment Rule
Los Angeles's anti-camping ordinance, including the 500-foot setback designations from schools, day-cares, parks, and shelters where camping is prohibited after posting.
Sit-Lie Rules
Citywide rules against sitting or lying on public sidewalks during specified daytime hours in commercial corridors, including how courts have constrained enforcement.
Bridge Housing Siting
Streamlined siting and permitting rules for emergency, bridge, and tiny-home interim housing, including LA's "A Bridge Home" program standards and CEQA carve-outs.