Santa Ana bans smoking and vaping in parks, dining patios, transit stops, and within set distances of building entrances. State law adds workplace and beach restrictions citywide.
California Labor Code section 6404.5 already prohibits smoking in nearly all enclosed workplaces, while AB 762 (2022) extended state-park and beach bans. Santa Ana layers on a parks-and-recreation rule that prohibits smoking and vaping in city parks, on city-owned outdoor dining patios, at transit stops, and typically within 20 to 25 feet of building entrances and operable windows. The rule covers cigarettes, cigars, hookah, vape devices, and cannabis. Multi-unit housing can elect non-smoking buildings under California Civil Code section 1947.5, and Santa Ana encourages but does not mandate that designation.
Lighting up in a city park, on a transit-stop bench, on a covered patio, or within the entrance buffer of a public building can each trigger an infraction citation.
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