Simi Valley, CA Homelessness & Encampment Rules: Sit-Lie Rules (2026)

01, to protect elderly, disabled, and vision-impaired pedestrians from hazards on city sidewalks and streets. The core rule reaches any public street, right-of-way, alley, sidewalk, parking lot, crosswalk, parkway, plaza, public building or public facility: no property, structure, article, substance, object or item can sit there unattended for more than 10 minutes, or at all if it presents a hazard, hindrance, obstruction or blight, regardless of how long it's been there. Several carve-outs apply: items that can be moved within three minutes with the owner immediately present, refuse or recycling left for a City-authorized hauler, items temporarily on the sidewalk during active loading or unloading, and property left during an otherwise-permitted sidewalk activity.

The chapter singles out "specific personal property," defined as belongings showing reasonable evidence the owner is homeless or without permanent housing, for extra procedural protection: before the City removes it, a written notice must be attached identifying where and how to retrieve the property, stating no identification is required except for prescription medications, and that retrieval is free with no ticket or fine. That notice has to stay up for at least 48 hours before removal, unless the property is obstructing the right-of-way badly enough that the City first tries moving it up to 20 feet, or the property is liquid or solid waste presenting an immediate health or safety threat, which can be removed at once.