San Luis Obispo County, CA Public Conduct: Public Urination (2026)

030(f) targets three settings at once: it bars intentionally urinating, defecating, or otherwise discarding human waste into any water within a county park or facility, including a swimming pool; within a county park or facility area that is within public view; or in any public place generally, unless the act happens in a toilet receptacle or urinal inside a restroom, bathroom, or similar enclosure. The ten-year age threshold means the ban does not reach young children. 04, which governs every county park and facility except Lake Nacimiento; the same conduct at Lake Nacimiento itself is addressed by the separate, nearly identical Sec.

200, which additionally names urinating or defecating on another person's private property without consent. 030 pairs the waste-disposal ban with related public-decency rules in the same subsection group: subsection (b) bars using abusive, boisterous, or indecent language or gestures that unreasonably disrupt others' use of a park, and subsection (e) restricts using a restroom set apart for the opposite sex, with an exception for young children accompanied by a caregiver. Enforcement runs through park personnel and any peace officer empowered under Sec. 020(j) pursuant to Penal Code Sec.

5, who may issue a citation or make a warrantless arrest for a violation committed in their presence, and the director may additionally eject or ban a violator from the park under Sec. 020(f), subject to appeal to the county administrator within ten days.