Salinas, CA Sign Regulations: Political Signs (2026)

Sec. 28-14 opens by declaring it "unlawful for any person to do or to cause or to permit to be done any of the acts hereinafter specified within the limits of any park, recreation area, or facility within the city of Salinas." Subsection (s), titled "Placement of Signs," then bars anyone "[t]o place temporary noncommercial message signs including but not limited to campaign signs in conjunction with a primary or general election" anywhere on park property. The prohibition applies to every park, recreation area, and recreation facility under the recreation-park department's jurisdiction, as defined in Sec. 28-1, and covers campaign signage timed to a primary or general election as well as other temporary noncommercial messages.

The same section separately bars removing any sign that marks reserved park equipment, under subsection (r), and the recreation-park commission can adopt further rules for park administration under Sec. 28-13, which are enforceable once posted at the affected site. Sec. 28-14 has been amended repeatedly since its original 1963 ordinance, most recently by Ordinance No. 2684 (NCS) on November 12, 2024. Violating the sign placement ban, like any other subsection of Sec. 28-14, is an infraction under Sec. 28-15, and anyone disciplined for it can appeal to the recreation-park commission under Sec. 28-12, whose ruling is final subject only to general council oversight.