Pomona, CA Public Conduct: Public Urination (2026)

Section 34-5(a) casts a wide net: the prohibition reaches urination or defecation in a public place, a place open to the public, a location exposed to public view, the surface of the ground, any premises or lot, inside a building or basement, in a public street, or into standing water, a stream or an excavation, anywhere other than a proper toilet or portable toilet. Subsection (b) defines human waste material plainly as human urine discharged from the body or human fecal material defecated from the rectum, so the ordinance covers both acts without needing separate sections for each.

Because Section 34-5 doesn't declare the offense an infraction, it defaults to the Code's general penalty rule in Section 1-7: a violation for which no punishment is specified can be prosecuted as a misdemeanor or an infraction at the discretion of the city attorney, city prosecutor or the Los Angeles County District Attorney. A misdemeanor conviction is punishable by a fine up to the amount allowed under California Penal Code Section 19, plus up to six months in county jail, or both. If instead pursued as an infraction, the fine schedule under Section 1-7(d) applies: up to $100 for a first violation, $200 for a second violation of the same provision within a year, and up to $500 for each additional violation within that year. Each day a continuing violation persists, and each separate act of urinating or defecating in public, counts as its own offense under Section 1-7(f).