La Mesa, CA Mobility & Curb Rules: Shared E-Scooter Rules (2026)

Chapter 10.19, the Micromobility Share Program ordinance adopted by Ordinance 2019-2867 on April 23, 2019, bars anyone, including an operator, from deploying, dropping, docking or otherwise placing a shared micromobility device within city boundaries without an executed license agreement (Section 10.19.050(a)). The same section separately bars abandoning or temporarily parking a device in the public right-of-way or a public area in a way that obstructs travel or access, violates ADA or other disability-access requirements, or poses an immediate safety hazard or nuisance. Under Section 10.19.060, the city manager negotiates the operator license agreements, the city council sets operator fees by resolution, and the city council's approval of a license agreement is the city's final decision, not subject to further administrative review.

Section 10.19.070 requires operators to indemnify the city and carry insurance naming the city as an additional insured, with thirty days' notice before any cancellation. Section 10.19.090 lets the city immediately impound any prohibited shared device found in the right-of-way, public area, or otherwise constituting a nuisance; impound fees are set by council resolution, and a device unretrieved for more than thirty calendar days is deemed abandoned and may be destroyed or auctioned. Section 10.19.100 makes a violation an infraction or misdemeanor under the general penalty clause of Section 1.01.080, on top of administrative fines and reimbursement of the city's enforcement costs, including attorney's fees. The chapter carves out private, noncommercial ownership or use of a personal micromobility device, which needs no license.