Santa Clarita, CA Homelessness & Encampment Rules: Encampment Sanitation (2026)

080 prohibits camping in any park or public place (subsection A), storing unattended personal property including camp paraphernalia there (subsection B), and using a car, trailer, camper, recreational vehicle or mobile home as a dwelling or as living quarters to camp in a park or public place (subsection C). The same section bars camping or storing items within ten feet of an operational driveway or loading dock, within five feet of a building entrance or exit, starting an unapproved fire, and unlawfully discharging wastewater or dumping trash (subsections F through I).

080 unless the City Manager or an Enforcement Officer already notified them the conduct violates the section. 081 allows a narrow exception: the City Manager may issue an overnight camping permit to an organized group supervised by a responsible adult if the camping will not interfere with the park's use. 082 lets the City tag unattended property with a notice giving at least 24 hours before it is deemed intentionally abandoned and removed or destroyed, or removed immediately without notice if it presents an immediate threat to public health or safety.

083 layers on extra prohibitions in designated hazardous zones, including Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zones and areas within 1,000 feet of a school, where sitting, sleeping, storing property or otherwise obstructing the right-of-way is separately unlawful.