Tracy, CA Public Conduct: Aggressive Panhandling (2026)

12, adopted by Ordinance No. 1143 in 2010 and amended by Ordinance No. 1210(b) through seven specific acts: continuing to ask after a negative response; touching or causing physical contact without consent; blocking or interfering with a pedestrian's or vehicle's safe passage so they must take evasive action; using violent or threatening gestures; persistently following someone who has said no; using profane or abusive language likely to provoke violence or instill fear; and soliciting the occupants of vehicles stopped at a controlled intersection. 1230 adds location-specific restrictions that do not require aggressive conduct to trigger: soliciting is banned within thirty feet of the entrance or exit of a bank, credit union, check-cashing business, or automated teller machine, in any public transit vehicle, and in any parking lot or structure after dark, defined as from one-half hour after sunset to one-half hour before sunrise. Exemptions cover on-premises business solicitation, lawful towing solicitations, and requests for emergency vehicle repairs.