Redlands, CA Public Conduct: Loitering Rules (2026)

Section 9.24.040, "Daylight Loitering; Restrictions," makes it "unlawful for any minor under the age of eighteen (18) years, who is subject to compulsory education or to compulsory continuation education, alone or in concert with others, to loiter, idle, wander, stroll or play in or upon the public streets, highways, roads, alleys, parks, playgrounds, parking areas, or other public grounds, public places or amusement and eating places, vacant lots or other unsupervised places or any place open to the public between the hours of eight thirty o'clock (8:30) A.M. and two thirty o'clock (2:30) P.M. of the same day on days when said minor's school is in session." Subsection B applies the identical prohibition to a parent or guardian who permits or, through insufficient control, allows that conduct.

Thirteen defenses are listed in subsection C, including being with a parent or other adult with custody; running a direct errand; commuting to a job or medical appointment; being off campus for lunch with a valid school-issued permit; attending a school-sponsored event; an emergency; standing on the sidewalk abutting home; being emancipated; exercising First Amendment rights; or being excused from school under California Education Code section 48205. As with the nighttime curfew, subsection D requires an officer to ask the minor's age and reason for being present before issuing a citation, and a first violation is an infraction under section 9.24.060 with repeat violations chargeable as a misdemeanor at the city attorney's discretion.

This daytime loitering rule is separate from the median-island loitering ban in Chapter 9.14, which prohibits any person, adult or minor, from lingering, soliciting or loitering on a street median island under section 9.14.030.