Fullerton, CA Public Conduct: Aggressive Panhandling (2026)

106, adopted by Ordinance 2868 in 1995, targets solicitation aimed at customers near businesses rather than begging generally. 010 states the council's purpose is to give the city additional enforcement tools to protect businesses and their potential customers from harassment by overly zealous beggars or solicitors of alms, or from persons soliciting donations in exchange for a token service. 030(A) makes it unlawful to accost any other person in or on any public place, or any place open to the public, for the purpose of begging, soliciting alms, or soliciting donations in exchange for a token service already provided or promised.

020 defines TOKEN SERVICE to include, without limitation, wiping or cleaning glass on automotive vehicles, a definition clearly aimed at windshield-washing solicitation at intersections and parking lots. 030(B) confines it to areas within 50 feet of a business establishment, except that in a shopping mall or center the restriction extends to the mall's parking and common areas as well. The subsection carves out an explicit exemption for individuals or groups soliciting donations or services on behalf of a duly licensed nonprofit organization. 030(C) identifies who counts as a victim of the prohibited conduct, namely the person accosted and the owner or employees of the business on whose property the accosting occurred, and clarifies the section is not meant to stop solicitation of goods and services by properly documented and permitted persons or organizations, provided they hold all legal documentation necessary to solicit for qualifying persons or organizations.