Daly City, CA Sign Regulations: Political Signs (2026)

Daly City Municipal Code Chapter 17.32 (Signs) is part of Title 17 (Zoning) and lists exempt signs in DCMC 17.32.120, general placement rules in DCMC 17.32.160, and penalties in DCMC 17.32.240. The code's general regulations prohibit attaching signs to utility poles, traffic signs, trees, or other public-property fixtures, and prohibit signs in the public right-of-way (sidewalks, medians, parkways). Daly City does not, however, prohibit noncommercial yard signs on the property owner's or tenant's own private residential lot — that activity is also affirmatively protected by state law. California Civil Code 1940.4 forbids a landlord from preventing a residential tenant from posting political signs (relating to an election, initiative, referendum, or matter before a public body) inside the rental unit or in a window, subject to reasonable size limits (no larger than 6 sq ft) and time limits (posted no sooner than 90 days before the election and removed within 15 days after). California Civil Code 4710 forbids HOAs in Daly City's condo and townhome developments (e.g., Westlake, Serramonte) from banning noncommercial signs, posters, flags, or banners on an owner's separate interest, though HOAs may limit signs/posters to 9 sq ft and flags/banners to 15 sq ft. California Business and Professions Code 5405.3 restricts 'Temporary Political Signs' within view of a state highway (such as Interstate 280 and Highway 1 through Daly City) to no larger than 32 sq ft, posted no earlier than 90 days before the election and removed within 10 days after, with written landowner permission and no placement on the state highway right-of-way. California Elections Code 18370 prohibits electioneering — including political signs — within 100 feet of a polling place or ballot drop box on Election Day or during early voting. DCMC 17.32.240 establishes the penalty for sign-code violations (typically infraction, with abatement of unlawfully posted signs by city staff). The City of Daly City's voter information page directs residents to San Mateo County Elections for polling-place rules.