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

28 (Trespass), flatly prohibits sitting, lying or sleeping on any highway, alley, sidewalk or crosswalk or other public way anywhere in the city. The ordinance dates to 1988 (Ord. 090, which separately bars standing or loitering in a public way in a manner that annoys, molests, obstructs, or interferes with free passage. The sit-lie section carries three narrow exceptions: pedestrian sitting necessitated by physical disability, viewing a legally conducted parade, and sitting on a bench lawfully installed for that purpose. Outside those three circumstances, there is no time-of-day limitation or zone limitation; the prohibition applies at all hours and on every public way in the city, not just a designated downtown or commercial district as some California cities restrict.

Because the ordinance is codified in the general Trespass chapter rather than a business-district-specific chapter, it functions as a citywide public-order rule enforceable by Victorville police and code enforcement wherever a public sidewalk, alley, or crosswalk exists. 110 separately bars loitering or sitting at building entrances so as to obstruct them, reinforcing the city's broader approach to keeping rights-of-way clear of stationary occupancy.