Yuba City requires a special permit from the Police Department for soliciting for donations and certain other regulated activities, in addition to the standard business license under Title 3, Chapter 4.
Yuba City's Finance Department brochure on business licenses states that special permits are required from the Police Department for soliciting for donations, firearm dealers, pawnbrokers, psychic reading, massage, live entertainment, and bingo. Applicants are directed to call the Police Department at (530) 822-4660. The Police Department conducts a background check before issuing the special permit. Commercial solicitors and peddlers also must hold a Yuba City Business License under Municipal Code Title 3, Chapter 4 — Licensing. The city does not preempt federal First Amendment protections for non-commercial canvassing (political, religious, or pure speech), which under Watchtower v. Stratton, 536 U.S. 150 (2002), cannot be conditioned on a permit.
Operating without a required business license is a misdemeanor under Municipal Code Title 3, Chapter 4, punishable per Cal. Gov. Code § 36901 by up to $1,000 fine and/or 6 months in county jail (general municipal-code penalty). Charitable solicitation fraud is separately prosecutable under Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 17510 et seq.
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