Camarillo, CA Public Conduct: Aggressive Panhandling (2026)
Key Facts
- Regulated conduct
- Manner of solicitation, not asking itself
- Prohibited acts
- Touching, blocking, threats, cursing, following
- Covered locations
- Public property and public-facing private lots
- Penalty default
- Misdemeanor or graduated infraction fine
Summary
Camarillo outlaws soliciting money or sales in a way that would make a reasonable person fear harm or feel intimidated, spelling out six specific behaviors under Section 10.12.010: blocking someone's path, touching them, following after being told no, using threatening gestures, or cursing at them. Section 10.12.020 makes any of that conduct in a public place unlawful outright.
"Aggressive manner" means any of the following: A.Approaching or speaking to a person, or following a person before, during or after soliciting, if that conduct is intended or is likely to cause a reasonable person to1.Fear bodily harm to oneself or to another, damage to or loss of property, or2.Otherwise be intimidated into giving money or other thing of value.B.Intentionally touching or causing physical contact with another person or an occupied vehicle without that person's consent in the course of soliciting.... ... F.Using profane, offensive or abusive language which is inherently likely to provoke an immediate violent reaction, either before, during, or after solicitation.... ... No person may solicit in an aggressive manner in any public place.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 27 Update 1).
Full Breakdown
12, Aggressive Solicitation, adopted by Ordinance 1084 in 2014, does not ban panhandling itself; it targets the manner of the ask. 010 defines 'aggressive manner' through six specific behaviors: approaching, speaking to, or following a person in a way likely to make a reasonable person fear bodily harm or property loss, or feel intimidated into giving money; intentionally touching a person or their occupied vehicle without consent while soliciting; blocking or interfering with a pedestrian's or driver's safe passage, including forcing evasive action; using violent or threatening gestures; persisting after the target has said no; and using profane, offensive, or abusive language likely to provoke an immediate violent reaction.
'Solicit' is defined broadly to cover spoken, written, or printed requests, or bodily gestures, seeking an immediate donation or offering goods or services for money. 'Public place' again reaches both public property and private property open to the public, including parking lots, sidewalks, streets, and driveways. 020 makes the operative rule simple: no person may solicit in an aggressive manner in any public place. 070 by a graduated infraction fine of up to one hundred, two hundred, then five hundred dollars for repeat offenses within a year.
Violations & Fines
Aggressive solicitation is enforced under the city's general penalty chapter since Chapter 10.12 sets no fine of its own. A citation can be written as an infraction under Section 1.12.070, starting at up to one hundred dollars and rising to five hundred dollars for repeat violations within a year, or prosecuted as a misdemeanor under Section 1.12.060 carrying up to a thousand-dollar fine and six months in county jail.
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