Vallejo, CA Homelessness & Encampment Rules: Encampment Sanitation (2026)

67 defines 'camp' as erecting or occupying camp facilities such as tents or temporary shelters, or using 'camp paraphernalia' like tarps, mattresses, lanterns or stoves, for apparent overnight occupancy. 040 make it unlawful to camp, occupy camp facilities, use camp paraphernalia, cause a disturbance, or store personal or unattended property in any park, street or public property, unless the VMC specifically authorizes it. 'Unattended property' left more than twelve hours is treated as unattended per se. 050: an officer must first orally request that the person stop, then issue a written warning that a citation or arrest could follow noncompliance, and at that written-warning stage the officer must flag apparent need for medical, mental health, substance-abuse or homeless-services assistance and may provide referral information.

15, and only after all three steps fail may police arrest or criminally cite the person. 050(F) requires the area to be posted at least seven days before the city removes and stores property, following the city's administrative procedure for encampment removals and applicable state and federal law; owners then have ninety days to reclaim stored property before the city may destroy it. 060, but a second violation within two years may be charged as a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of five hundred to one thousand dollars, up to six months in county jail, or both, with each day of a continuing violation charged separately.