Huntington Park, CA Homelessness & Encampment Rules: Encampment Sanitation (2026)

The camping ban is subsection (p) of § 5-21.102, the list of prohibited conduct inside any public park or recreation center facility in the Huntington Park Municipal Code. It has two prongs. The first bars conducting or engaging in camping, other than organized camping approved or provided by the Director of Parks and Recreation and used by groups of persons under adequate supervision. The second names the equipment: no person can set up tents, shacks, or other temporary shelters for the purpose of overnight camping, and no person can leave in the park area after closing hours any movable structure or special vehicle that is used, or could be used, for that purpose, such as a house trailer, camper, or similar vehicle.

The ban works alongside the hours rule. Section 5-21.104 opens the public parks between 6:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m. and closes them at all other hours, and it is unlawful to occupy or be present in a park when it is closed, except City employees or agents and peace officers on official business, persons with a special permit from the Director, and participants in City-sponsored or City-approved events outside posted hours. The Parks and Recreation Commission or the Director can also close any park or part of one at any time, temporarily or at stated intervals, and entering a closed area is unlawful.

Other items on the same list reach what accompanies a camp. Subsection (b) bars constructing or erecting any building or structure, permanent or temporary, without a special written permit from the Director. Subsection (g) bars dumping or leaving bottles, broken glass, boxes, cans, refuse, or trash except in the receptacles provided, and requires rubbish to be carried away where none are provided. Subsection (m) bars open fires except in provided fire rings authorized by the Director. This row covers the park camping prohibition only; § 5-21.102 does not regulate sleeping or shelters on sidewalks or other public property.