Moreno Valley, CA Homelessness & Encampment Rules: Encampment Sanitation (2026)

030 makes it unlawful to camp on any street or right-of-way including sidewalks and landscaping, or in any parking lot, yard, building setback, vacant land, open space, or other publicly accessible area, improved or unimproved. 040 separately bars storing personal property, including tents and sleeping gear, in a park, street, right-of-way, parking lot, yard, setback, vacant land, or open space. 010) is keeping public areas clean, safe and accessible while addressing the secondary effects of vagrancy, including crime, blight, and poor sanitation. 050: a person may sleep in a vehicle and store belongings in it for up to 72 hours in any three-month period citywide; camping is allowed in a residential rear yard or a screened side/front yard with the owner's consent, on religious or nonprofit grounds with written consent (capped at 72 hours per month and 300 feet from any street), or during youth-organization programs for up to a week.

No location may be used for camping more than three days in any calendar month even under an exception, and camping tied to any fee or that violates HOA covenants is never permitted. 230, but the city attorney may dismiss a citation if, at issuance, every local homeless shelter was full, the cited person had no reasonable alternative, and did not create the circumstances requiring camping.