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Public Conduct in California (2026)

1069 rules on the books across California, 173 cities and counties. Select a rule to read the full details.

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Aggressive Panhandling

LAMC §41.59 prohibits panhandling that involves intimidation, blocking, or following a person, including penalties and how it differs from passive solicitation.

Alhambra

Heavy Restrictions

Alhambra bans begging or soliciting alms outright on any street, sidewalk, park or doorway in the city. Chapter 5.32…

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Antioch

Significant Restrictions

Antioch Municipal Code §§ 5-10.301 to 5-10.303 outlaw standing, sitting, or remaining at or near the center of a…

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Apple Valley

Significant Restrictions

Apple Valley Municipal Code § 11.20.085 makes it unlawful to solicit by harassing or menacing another person on a…

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Bakersfield

Significant Restrictions

Bakersfield Municipal Code § 9.32.020 bans soliciting in an aggressive manner in any public place, plus soliciting near…

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Brentwood

Significant Restrictions

Brentwood bans aggressive or intrusive solicitation citywide and bars all begging within set distances of ATMs, transit…

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Camarillo

Significant Restrictions

Camarillo outlaws soliciting money or sales in a way that would make a reasonable person fear harm or feel intimidated…

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Carson

Significant Restrictions

Carson bans soliciting money or sales in an aggressive manner in any public area, and bars solicitation entirely near…

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Corona

Significant Restrictions

Corona bans aggressive soliciting: coming within three feet of someone who hasn't consented, blocking their path…

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Costa Mesa

Significant Restrictions

Costa Mesa bans asking, begging or soliciting alms in an aggressive manner anywhere open to the public, from sidewalks…

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Davis

Significant Restrictions

Davis bars soliciting money or alms within fifteen feet of a bank, credit union or ATM entrance during business or…

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El Cajon

Significant Restrictions

El Cajon Municipal Code Chapter 9.75 bans soliciting money "in an aggressive manner" anywhere in public, and separately…

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Elk Grove

Significant Restrictions

Elk Grove bans aggressive panhandling in any public place under EGMC § 4.54.110, and separately bars all solicitation…

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Escondido

Significant Restrictions

Escondido bans "abusive solicitation": approaching within three feet, blocking someone's path, following a person who…

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Glendale

Significant Restrictions

Glendale outlaws begging or soliciting money in an aggressive manner anywhere in public, and separately bans all…

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Hawthorne

Significant Restrictions

Hawthorne bans solicitation done in an aggressive or abusive manner anywhere in public, and separately bans soliciting…

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Hemet

Significant Restrictions

Hemet City Code §§ 53-12 and 53-13 make it unlawful to solicit, or panhandle, "in an aggressive manner" in any public…

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Huntington Beach

Significant Restrictions

Huntington Beach bans asking, begging, or soliciting alms 'in an aggressive manner' in any public place or public way…

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Indio

Significant Restrictions

Indio bars standing in any roadway to solicit a ride, employment, business, or contributions from vehicle occupants, or…

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Lancaster

Significant Restrictions

Lancaster prohibits soliciting, asking or begging in an "aggressive manner" anywhere in the city under Municipal Code…

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Lodi

Significant Restrictions

Lodi Municipal Code Chapter 9.15 makes it unlawful to solicit, ask, or beg in an aggressive manner anywhere in the…

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Long Beach

Significant Restrictions

Long Beach doesn't ban panhandling outright: it bans coercive panhandling. Municipal Code § 9.35.010 makes it unlawful…

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Los Angeles County

Significant Restrictions

Los Angeles County bans aggressive solicitation in every County-owned or -operated park, whether the park sits in…

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Mendocino County

Significant Restrictions

Mendocino County bans panhandling in an 'aggressive manner,' within 20 feet of a bank, ATM, supermarket or retail…

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Menifee

Significant Restrictions

Menifee Municipal Code Section 11.08.040 makes it unlawful to solicit money in an 'aggressive manner' anywhere in the…

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Merced

Significant Restrictions

Merced's Aggressive Solicitation chapter makes it an infraction to solicit donations after sunset or before sunrise…

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Mission Viejo

Significant Restrictions

Mission Viejo bans soliciting money or business "in an aggressive manner," defined to cover intimidating approaches…

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Modesto

Significant Restrictions

Modesto Code § 4-2.33 makes it unlawful to aggressively beg, intimidate, harass, or hound anyone on a street, sidewalk…

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Monterey

Significant Restrictions

Monterey bans aggressive begging or soliciting anywhere in public, defining aggressive conduct to include blocking a…

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Oceanside

Significant Restrictions

Coercing, threatening, hounding, harassing or intimidating someone while asking for money or goods on Oceanside…

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Oxnard

Significant Restrictions

Oxnard bans aggressively panhandling, intimidating, harassing or hounding anyone in a public place for money, and…

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Palmdale

Significant Restrictions

Palmdale bans aggressive panhandling on all public property, including parks, City buildings, streets, sidewalks, and…

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Perris

Significant Restrictions

Perris bans soliciting money or goods 'in an aggressive manner' anywhere the public has access, from sidewalks and…

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Placer County

Significant Restrictions

Placer County bans aggressive panhandling anywhere in an unincorporated public place, and layers on flat…

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Pomona

Significant Restrictions

Pomona bans aggressive panhandling citywide: approaching, touching, blocking a path, or persisting after being told no…

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Rancho Cordova

Significant Restrictions

Rancho Cordova bans panhandling outright at medians, near intersections, transit stops, ATMs, gas pumps and parking…

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Rancho Cucamonga

Significant Restrictions

Rancho Cucamonga bans "aggressive solicitation" anywhere in public under Municipal Code Section 9.31.010(C), covering…

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Redding

Significant Restrictions

Redding Municipal Code § 10.19.020 makes it unlawful to solicit, ask or beg in an aggressive manner anywhere in the…

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Riverside

Significant Restrictions

Riverside bans two different things under RMC §9.04.010: soliciting 'in an aggressive manner' anywhere in public, and…

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Roseville

Significant Restrictions

Roseville bans panhandling, soliciting, asking or begging "in an aggressive manner" anywhere in public under Municipal…

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Sacramento County

Significant Restrictions

Sacramento County bans aggressive or intrusive solicitation in public and prohibits all panhandling near ATMs, banks…

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Salinas

Significant Restrictions

Salinas bans aggressive panhandling citywide under Municipal Code Chapter 24A, prohibiting solicitation after sunset or…

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San Bernardino

Significant Restrictions

Chapter 9.60 bars aggressive solicitation anywhere in the city and bans all solicitation outright near banks and ATMs…

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San Diego

Significant Restrictions

San Diego bans aggressive solicitation citywide under SDMC Division 40: coercing, threatening, hounding, harassing, or…

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San Francisco

Significant Restrictions

San Francisco bans soliciting money in an aggressive manner citywide, plus soliciting within 20 feet of ATMs and…

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Santa Ana

Significant Restrictions

Santa Ana bars aggressive or intrusive solicitation anywhere in public, plus any solicitation within 30 feet of a bank…

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Santa Clara

Significant Restrictions

Santa Clara bans soliciting money, employment or business from vehicle occupants in any public street, sidewalk…

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Santa Clara County

Significant Restrictions

The county can designate no-solicitation zones where soliciting money, work, or business from vehicle occupants on the…

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Santa Clarita

Significant Restrictions

Santa Clarita's Chapter 11.35 bars aggressive panhandling that intimidates or coerces a donation, and separately bans…

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Santa Maria

Significant Restrictions

Santa Maria's Aggressive Solicitation Ordinance, adopted as Chapter 6-10, makes it unlawful and a public nuisance to…

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Santa Rosa

Significant Restrictions

Santa Rosa Code Section 10-36.110 outlaws panhandling in an "aggressive manner," defined to include threatening…

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Simi Valley

Significant Restrictions

Simi Valley Municipal Code Section 5-39.03 makes it unlawful to solicit money, goods, or services in an "aggressive…

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Stockton

Significant Restrictions

Stockton's Aggressive Solicitation Ordinance, Chapter 9.36, bans begging or soliciting money in a way that intimidates…

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Temecula

Significant Restrictions

Temecula Municipal Code Section 9.65.050 bans soliciting money in an aggressive manner anywhere in a public place…

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Turlock

Significant Restrictions

Turlock bans aggressive panhandling in public places: blocking someone's path, touching them, following after a…

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Union City

Significant Restrictions

Union City bans aggressive panhandling in any public place, including approaching within three feet, blocking someone's…

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Vacaville

Significant Restrictions

Vacaville Municipal Code Section 9.72.030 makes it unlawful to solicit money or anything of value "in an aggressive…

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Ventura

Significant Restrictions

The City of San Buenaventura bans soliciting, asking, or begging "in an aggressive manner" anywhere in public, and…

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Victorville

Significant Restrictions

Victorville Municipal Code Section 13.26.020 bans begging or soliciting money 'in an aggressive manner' anywhere in the…

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West Sacramento

Significant Restrictions

West Sacramento bars soliciting in an aggressive manner anywhere in public, plus panhandling within 15 feet of banks or…

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Westminster

Significant Restrictions

Westminster prohibits soliciting in an aggressive manner in any public place under Municipal Code Section 12.32.030…

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Whittier

Significant Restrictions

Whittier Municipal Code Chapter 9.60 bans soliciting money or contributions from another person in an aggressive manner…

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Yuba City

Significant Restrictions

Yuba City bans aggressive or intrusive panhandling everywhere in the city and bans all panhandling outright at ATMs…

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Anaheim

Some Restrictions

Anaheim bars asking, begging or soliciting alms in an aggressive manner anywhere open to the public, including…

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Carlsbad

Some Restrictions

Carlsbad bars aggressive panhandling and solicitation in any public place once a law enforcement officer has issued a…

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Chico

Some Restrictions

Chico bans aggressive panhandling under Municipal Code Chapter 9.54: soliciting within three feet, blocking a person's…

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Clovis

Some Restrictions

Clovis Municipal Code Section 5.25.02 bans door-to-door solicitation carried out in an aggressive or abusive manner…

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Eastvale

Some Restrictions

Eastvale bans solicitation done in an 'aggressive manner' anywhere in the city under Municipal Code Section 8.19.050…

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El Monte

Some Restrictions

El Monte Municipal Code Section 9.04.050 bans aggressive panhandling on any public or private street or place open to…

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Fairfield

Some Restrictions

Fairfield bans "aggressive" solicitation everywhere open to the public and separately bars all solicitation within 15…

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Fontana

Some Restrictions

Fontana bans "aggressively" begging in any public place under the same pedestrian interference statute that governs…

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Fullerton

Some Restrictions

Fullerton bars accosting anyone in a public place to beg or solicit alms or payment for an unrequested token service…

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Hayward

Some Restrictions

Hayward bans aggressive solicitation citywide under the Aggressive Solicitation Ordinance and bars all panhandling…

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Lakewood

Some Restrictions

Lakewood Municipal Code Section 4239 does not ban asking for money in public outright; it bans solicitation within 25…

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Los Angeles

Some Restrictions

LAMC § 41.59 prohibits soliciting, asking, or begging in an aggressive manner in any public place, and separately bans…

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Mountain View

Some Restrictions

Mountain View makes it an infraction to solicit anyone entering or exiting a vehicle in a way that impedes their…

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Orange

Some Restrictions

Orange bans aggressive panhandling under Municipal Code Section 9.34.020, making it unlawful to intentionally coerce…

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Redlands

Some Restrictions

Redlands bans aggressive panhandling in any public place under City Code Chapter 9.10, adopted by Ordinance 2747 in…

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San Clemente

Some Restrictions

San Clemente bans aggressive solicitation anywhere in public: approaching or following someone in a way likely to make…

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Thousand Oaks

Some Restrictions

Thousand Oaks doesn't ban panhandling outright, but it criminalizes 'aggressive' begging: touching someone, blocking…

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Tracy

Some Restrictions

Tracy makes aggressive panhandling a misdemeanor under TMC 4.12.1220, defined by seven specific behaviors in Section…

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Vista

Some Restrictions

Vista Municipal Code Chapter 9.26 makes it unlawful to harass or impede anyone on streets, sidewalks, parks or other…

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Public Urination

LAMC §41.47.2 prohibits urinating or defecating in public, including the citation amount, exemptions for medical conditions, and where to find restroom alternatives.

Bellflower

Heavy Restrictions

Bellflower makes it unlawful to urinate or defecate on public streets, parks, parking lots, or other public places, or…

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Buena Park

Heavy Restrictions

Buena Park Municipal Code § 8.36.070 flatly bans urinating or defecating in any public place, on any public street…

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Camarillo

Heavy Restrictions

Camarillo bans urinating or defecating anywhere in public except inside an enclosed bathroom or restroom. Section…

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Carlsbad

Heavy Restrictions

Carlsbad makes it a misdemeanor, not just an infraction, to urinate or defecate in any street, sidewalk, alley, plaza…

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Ceres

Heavy Restrictions

Ceres prohibits urinating or defecating in any public place, accessible parking lot, or waterway citywide, with…

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Chico

Heavy Restrictions

Chico makes it unlawful to urinate or defecate anywhere in public - on any street, lot, or spot exposed to view…

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Compton

Heavy Restrictions

Compton makes it unlawful to urinate or defecate on any public street, sidewalk, alley, park, recreation area, public…

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Corona

Heavy Restrictions

Relieving yourself anywhere the public can see is an infraction in Corona. Section 9.25.010 bans urinating or…

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Costa Mesa

Heavy Restrictions

Costa Mesa Municipal Code section 11-4 makes it unlawful to urinate, defecate or dispose of human waste on private…

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Downey

Heavy Restrictions

Downey Municipal Code Section 4115 makes it unlawful and a public nuisance to urinate or defecate anywhere in the city…

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El Cajon

Heavy Restrictions

El Cajon bans eliminating human waste on any street, sidewalk, alley, plaza, park, public building, or other place open…

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El Dorado County

Heavy Restrictions

Unincorporated El Dorado County makes it an infraction to urinate or defecate in public. Section 9.08.070 only requires…

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Elk Grove

Heavy Restrictions

Elk Grove makes it a misdemeanor to urinate or defecate anywhere other than a restroom if the act happens in a public…

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Folsom

Heavy Restrictions

Folsom bans urinating or defecating anywhere in public view, including someone else's private property without consent…

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Fresno

Heavy Restrictions

Fresno makes it 'unlawful and a public nuisance to urinate or defecate in public' under FMC Sec. 10-1702(c), which…

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Fresno County

Heavy Restrictions

Fresno County makes it a misdemeanor to urinate or defecate on public property that is not a designated restroom…

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Garden Grove

Heavy Restrictions

Garden Grove Municipal Code Section 6.36.010 makes it unlawful to urinate or defecate on any public street, sidewalk…

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Glendale

Heavy Restrictions

Depositing human urine or feces anywhere in public view in Glendale, other than in a toilet, is at minimum an…

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Hawthorne

Heavy Restrictions

Hawthorne makes it unlawful to urinate or defecate on any street, sidewalk, alley, plaza, park, public building, or any…

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Huntington Beach

Heavy Restrictions

Huntington Beach makes it unlawful to urinate or defecate on any public street, sidewalk, alley or park, or on private…

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Irvine

Heavy Restrictions

Irvine bans urinating, defecating or disposing of human waste anywhere exposed to public view or on any public street…

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Livermore

Heavy Restrictions

Livermore Municipal Code Section 9.30.010 makes it unlawful to urinate or defecate in public anywhere in the City…

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Lodi

Heavy Restrictions

Lodi Municipal Code Section 9.04.030 makes it unlawful to urinate or defecate on any street, alley, plaza, park, public…

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Long Beach

Heavy Restrictions

Long Beach makes it a misdemeanor to urinate or defecate in any public place other than a regularly provided toilet…

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Menifee

Heavy Restrictions

Menifee's unruly conduct ordinance, Municipal Code Section 11.07.020, makes public urination and public defecation a…

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Merced

Heavy Restrictions

Merced Municipal Code Section 9.16.020 makes it a misdemeanor to urinate or defecate on any street, sidewalk, parkway…

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Monterey

Heavy Restrictions

Monterey City Code § 22-15 makes it a criminal offense for anyone over age ten to urinate or defecate in any public…

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Moorpark

Heavy Restrictions

Moorpark makes it unlawful to urinate, defecate or dispose of human bodily waste in any public or private place unless…

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Ontario

Heavy Restrictions

Ontario Municipal Code Sec. 5-23.06 bans urinating, defecating, or dumping fecal matter on public or private property…

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Oxnard

Heavy Restrictions

Oxnard bans urinating or defecating on any street, sidewalk, parkway, alley, or other place exposed to public view…

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Palmdale

Heavy Restrictions

Urinating or defecating anywhere in Palmdale other than a restroom is illegal under PMC § 9.11.010, whether in a public…

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Pasadena

Heavy Restrictions

Pasadena makes it a misdemeanor to urinate or defecate on any street, sidewalk, alley, plaza, park, public building or…

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Placer County

Heavy Restrictions

Placer County makes it unlawful to urinate or defecate anywhere in an unincorporated public place other than a proper…

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Pomona

Heavy Restrictions

Pomona treats relieving yourself outdoors as a code violation, not just bad manners. City Code Section 34-5 makes it…

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Rancho Cordova

Heavy Restrictions

RCMC § 9.78.010 makes it unlawful to urinate or defecate anywhere in Rancho Cordova other than a restroom if the act…

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Redwood City

Heavy Restrictions

Redwood City makes it unlawful to urinate or defecate in a public place, or any area of a public place, except into a…

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Riverside

Heavy Restrictions

RMC § 9.04.400(E) makes it unlawful to urinate or defecate in public anywhere in Riverside, except in a urinal, toilet…

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Roseville

Heavy Restrictions

Roseville bans urinating or defecating in any public place, any spot exposed to public view, or on the ground of any…

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Sacramento

Heavy Restrictions

Sacramento flatly bans urinating or defecating anywhere in public other than a restroom: the ordinance also reaches…

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Sacramento County

Heavy Restrictions

Sacramento County Code § 9.78.010 makes it unlawful to urinate or defecate in a public place other than a restroom, in…

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Salinas

Heavy Restrictions

Salinas Municipal Code Section 21-26 makes it unlawful to urinate, defecate ("stool" in the code's own wording), or…

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San Marcos

Heavy Restrictions

San Marcos Municipal Code § 10.42.030(b) makes it unlawful, and a declared public nuisance, to urinate or defecate in a…

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Santa Ana

Heavy Restrictions

Santa Ana makes it unlawful to urinate or defecate on private property in view of the public, or on any public street…

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Santa Barbara County

Heavy Restrictions

Santa Barbara County makes it a misdemeanor to urinate or defecate on any street, sidewalk, alley, plaza, park, beach…

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Simi Valley

Heavy Restrictions

Simi Valley bans urinating or defecating on any street, sidewalk, parking lot, park or other public area, or anywhere…

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Thousand Oaks

Heavy Restrictions

Thousand Oaks flatly bans urinating or defecating in any public place, allowing only a urinal, toilet or commode inside…

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Tracy

Heavy Restrictions

Urinating or defecating anywhere in a Tracy city park, public area, or recreation facility outside a proper restroom…

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Upland

Heavy Restrictions

Municipal Code Section 9.04.070 makes it unlawful to urinate or defecate on private property visible to the public, or…

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Vista

Heavy Restrictions

Vista Municipal Code Section 8.50.010 makes it a misdemeanor to urinate or defecate on any street, sidewalk, alley…

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West Covina

Heavy Restrictions

West Covina makes it an infraction to urinate or defecate anywhere other than a proper restroom fixture, whether on…

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Whittier

Heavy Restrictions

Whittier makes it unlawful to urinate or defecate anywhere in public view, on any street, ground, building or standing…

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Cupertino

Significant Restrictions

Cupertino Municipal Code § 10.30.020 makes it unlawful to urinate or defecate anywhere in public, in any place exposed…

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Davis

Significant Restrictions

Davis makes it an infraction to urinate or defecate anywhere in public other than inside an enclosed restroom, bathroom…

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Inglewood

Significant Restrictions

Inglewood bans urinating or defecating in any street, sidewalk, parkway, playground, public place, or any place open to…

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Marin County

Significant Restrictions

Marin County Open Space District Code section 02.02.110 bars urinating or defecating within fifty feet of any entrance…

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Orange

Significant Restrictions

Orange Municipal Code Section 9.08.010 makes it unlawful to urinate or defecate on private property visible to the…

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Rohnert Park

Significant Restrictions

Rohnert Park makes it unlawful for anyone over ten to willfully urinate or defecate in a public place or a place…

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San Diego

Significant Restrictions

San Diego prohibits urinating or defecating on streets, sidewalks, parks, beaches, or any place open to public view…

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San Luis Obispo County

Significant Restrictions

San Luis Obispo County Code Sec. 11.04.030(f) makes it unlawful for anyone over age ten to urinate or defecate into…

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Alhambra

Some Restrictions

Alhambra Municipal Code § 6.26.030(C)(4) declares it a public nuisance for any real property or building to be used by…

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Anaheim

Some Restrictions

Anaheim makes it a misdemeanor to urinate, defecate or dispose of human waste in any public place or place open to…

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Baldwin Park

Some Restrictions

Baldwin Park bans urinating or defecating on public or private property outside a proper restroom fixture. Section…

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Berkeley

Some Restrictions

BMC 13.36.085 bans urinating or defecating in any public place, anywhere open to public view, or on private property…

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Brentwood

Some Restrictions

Brentwood makes it unlawful to urinate or defecate outside a restroom in any public area, in view of the public, or on…

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Chino

Some Restrictions

Chino Municipal Code §§ 9.26.020 and 9.26.030 make it unlawful to urinate or defecate anywhere in the city except in a…

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Chino Hills

Some Restrictions

Chino Hills bars anyone from urinating, defecating, washing dishes, or dumping waste liquids, garbage, or refuse in any…

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Clovis

Some Restrictions

Clovis Municipal Code § 5.27.506 makes it unlawful to urinate or defecate in any public place, or on private property…

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Eastvale

Some Restrictions

Eastvale prohibits urinating or defecating anywhere in public unless using an enclosed restroom fixture, under…

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Escondido

Some Restrictions

Escondido makes it an infraction to urinate or defecate in any public place, or in a private place open to public view…

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Fontana

Some Restrictions

Fontana bans urinating, defecating, or dumping fecal matter anywhere exposed to public view, on public or private…

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Fremont

Some Restrictions

Fremont bans depositing human urine or feces on public property or on private property that is open to the public or…

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Fullerton

Some Restrictions

Fullerton makes it unlawful to urinate or defecate in a public place, a place open to public view, or private property…

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Hemet

Some Restrictions

Hemet City Code § 53-7 makes it unlawful to urinate or defecate in a public place, or on private property in an area…

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Indio

Some Restrictions

Indio makes it unlawful to urinate or defecate on private property in public view, or on any public street, sidewalk…

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Los Angeles

Some Restrictions

LAMC § 41.47.2 prohibits urinating or defecating on any public street, sidewalk, alley, plaza, beach, park, or other…

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Mission Viejo

Some Restrictions

Mission Viejo Municipal Code § 11.21.050 bans urinating or defecating on private property visible to the public, or on…

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Monterey County

Some Restrictions

It is unlawful in unincorporated Monterey County for anyone over age ten to willfully and knowingly urinate or defecate…

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Newport Beach

Some Restrictions

Newport Beach makes it unlawful to urinate or defecate on private property visible to the public, or on any public…

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Oceanside

Some Restrictions

Oceanside bans urinating or defecating on any street, sidewalk, alley, park, bench or other publicly maintained…

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Orange County

Some Restrictions

Orange County Codified Ordinances section 3-4-17 makes it unlawful to urinate, defecate or dispose of human waste…

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Petaluma

Some Restrictions

Petaluma Municipal Code section 10.16.020 makes it unlawful for anyone over the age of ten to willfully urinate or…

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Pleasanton

Some Restrictions

Pleasanton bans urinating or defecating in any street, alley, plaza, park, public building, publicly maintained…

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Rancho Cucamonga

Some Restrictions

Rancho Cucamonga bans urinating or defecating anywhere in public view, including streets, sidewalks, parks, and public…

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Redding

Some Restrictions

It is unlawful in Redding to urinate or defecate on any public or private road, exposed private property, or public…

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Redlands

Some Restrictions

Redlands makes it a crime to urinate or defecate in public under City Code section 9.16.040, adopted by Ordinance 2683…

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Riverside County

Some Restrictions

Riverside County bans urinating or defecating anywhere but a restroom inside county and regional parks and open-space…

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San Bernardino

Some Restrictions

San Bernardino bans urinating or defecating in any public park, street, alley, highway or other public place, or…

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San Clemente

Some Restrictions

San Clemente makes it unlawful to urinate or defecate on private property in view of the public, or on any public…

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San Francisco

Some Restrictions

San Francisco bans depositing human urine or feces on any public or private property citywide, punishable by a $50 to…

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San Jose

Some Restrictions

San Jose bans urinating or defecating in public anywhere outside an enclosed bathroom, restroom or similar structure…

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Santa Clara

Some Restrictions

Santa Clara makes it unlawful to urinate or defecate anywhere on a street or in a public place except at a lavatory…

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Santa Clara County

Some Restrictions

Unincorporated Santa Clara County bars urinating or defecating anywhere in a County Park except in an enclosed restroom…

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Santa Rosa

Some Restrictions

Santa Rosa makes it a crime for anyone over age 10 to urinate or defecate in a public place or anywhere exposed to…

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Sonoma

Some Restrictions

Urinating, expectorating or defecating on public property, or on private property open to the public or visible from…

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Sonoma County

Some Restrictions

Unincorporated Sonoma County bans urinating, defecating, or exposing yourself to do so in any public place or place…

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Temecula

Some Restrictions

Temecula Municipal Code Section 9.70.070 bans urinating or defecating on private property in public view or on any…

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Truckee

Some Restrictions

Truckee makes it an infraction to urinate or defecate anywhere on public or private property outside an actual sanitary…

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Ventura

Some Restrictions

City of San Buenaventura Municipal Code § 10.200.050 makes it unlawful to urinate or defecate in any public place…

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Victorville

Some Restrictions

Victorville Municipal Code Section 13.02.155 makes it a misdemeanor to urinate or defecate in any public park, street…

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Westminster

Some Restrictions

Westminster makes it unlawful to urinate or defecate in any public place, any place open to public view, or on private…

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Yuba City

Some Restrictions

Yuba City makes it a code violation to urinate or defecate in any public place, or on private property, at a spot not…

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Yuba County

Some Restrictions

In any Yuba County or Olivehurst Public Utility District park or recreation area, it is unlawful to urinate, defecate…

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Skateboarding Rules

LAMC §56.15 and §63.44 limits on skateboarding on sidewalks, in parks, and in commercial corridors, including helmet requirements and skate-park designations.

San Diego County

Heavy Restrictions

Unincorporated San Diego County bans riding or propelling a skateboard on public streets, sidewalks, alleys and plazas…

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Alameda

Significant Restrictions

Alameda Municipal Code Sec. 8-26.1 makes it unlawful to ride a skateboard, roller skates, coaster or similar toy…

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Alameda County

Significant Restrictions

Unincorporated Alameda County bans skateboarding on roadways at unsafe speeds, on divided highways, near intersections…

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Alhambra

Significant Restrictions

Alhambra bans roller skating and skateboarding on any roadway and on sidewalks within the city's business districts…

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Anaheim

Significant Restrictions

Anaheim bans skateboarding, coasting, and non-motorized scootering on any roadway citywide, and separately bans it on…

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Bakersfield

Significant Restrictions

Bakersfield Municipal Code § 10.52.010 bans riding a skateboard, bicycle, inline skates, or similar wheeled device on…

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Baldwin Park

Significant Restrictions

Skateboards are banned outright inside Baldwin Park's public parks except in a designated skate park, and citywide the…

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Bellflower

Significant Restrictions

Bellflower bans skateboarding, roller skating, and bicycling on posted sidewalks in the Town Center Overlay, City Hall…

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Brentwood

Significant Restrictions

Brentwood bans skateboarding, bicycling, and roller skating on named downtown sidewalks under Municipal Code Section…

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Buena Park

Significant Restrictions

Buena Park bans skateboarding, in-line skating, and similar wheeled devices on any publicly owned property where the…

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Carlsbad

Significant Restrictions

Carlsbad bans skateboards, inline skates, and similar wheeled devices in commercial zones once the property owner posts…

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Carson

Significant Restrictions

Skateboarding and in-line skating in Carson's parks are confined to the fenced skate facility at Veteran's Park, where…

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Chico

Significant Restrictions

Chico bans skateboards, roller skates, and scooters, defined as 'coasting devices', from most public streets, downtown…

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Chula Vista

Significant Restrictions

Chula Vista bans skateboarding, roller-skating, and similar toy-vehicle use on streets, sidewalks, and public property…

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Contra Costa County

Significant Restrictions

Unincorporated Contra Costa County bans skateboards, coasters and toy vehicles from highways, roadways, sidewalks and…

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Corona

Significant Restrictions

Corona bans skateboard riding on business-district sidewalks, in city parking lots and structures, and anywhere between…

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Davis

Significant Restrictions

Davis lets private property owners post signs banning skateboards on publicly used private property, bans skateboarding…

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Dublin

Significant Restrictions

Dublin, California (Alameda County) bans skateboarding outright on the streets and sidewalks of any business district…

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El Cajon

Significant Restrictions

El Cajon bans skateboarding on public sidewalks, streets and alleys along two specific corridors, Main Street between…

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Fresno

Significant Restrictions

Fresno Municipal Code § 14-1805 bans roller skating, skateboarding, and any metal-tread-wheel device on streets the…

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Fullerton

Significant Restrictions

Skateboarding is banned outright on Fullerton's Central Business District streets, sidewalks, parking lots and other…

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Garden Grove

Significant Restrictions

Skateboarding is unlawful on Garden Grove park property unless it happens inside a designated public skate park…

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Glendale

Significant Restrictions

Glendale bans skateboards, roller skates, scooters and similar coasting devices on any public roadway, alley or…

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Hemet

Significant Restrictions

Hemet bans skateboarding in all public places, including sidewalks, streets, parks and any property used for business…

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Hercules

Significant Restrictions

Hercules bans skateboards, roller skates and toy vehicles from any city street or sidewalk fronting commercial-zoned…

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Huntington Beach

Significant Restrictions

Skateboards, rollerblades, and roller skates are banned outright in any business district under Municipal Code Section…

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Lakewood

Significant Restrictions

Lakewood Municipal Code Section 4220.1 bars skateboarding, along with bicycles, motorcycles and other vehicles, inside…

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Lancaster

Significant Restrictions

Lancaster bans skateboarding outright on any road within or next to commercially zoned property under Section…

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Livermore

Significant Restrictions

Livermore Municipal Code Section 10.36.020 bars skateboarding on any street, sidewalk, or other public place within a…

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Long Beach

Significant Restrictions

Long Beach bans skateboarding on any street, alley or sidewalk the City Council has designated and signed as a…

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Los Banos

Significant Restrictions

Los Banos treats skateboards and similar personal transportation devices as pedestrians on public streets under Section…

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Merced

Significant Restrictions

Merced bans skateboards, roller blades, roller skates and other coaster devices from streets, sidewalks and parking…

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Modesto

Significant Restrictions

Modesto bans skateboarding, roller skating and similar coasting devices on any roadway, City-owned parking lot or…

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Murrieta

Significant Restrictions

Murrieta bans skateboards, rollerblades and roller skates on any public roadway, alley or sidewalk in commercial…

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Norwalk

Significant Restrictions

Norwalk bans skateboards, push-scooters and motor-driven scooters on any public or private commercial/industrial…

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Oakland

Significant Restrictions

Oakland bans skateboards, roller skates and coasters from every roadway and crosswalk citywide, and from sidewalks…

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Oceanside

Significant Restrictions

Oceanside bans skateboards, scooters, coasters and roller skates on roadways, the Municipal Pier, commercial sidewalks…

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Orange

Significant Restrictions

Orange bans skating or riding a skateboard in any public roadway and in any business district citywide under Section…

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Pacifica

Significant Restrictions

In the City of Pacifica, skateboards, roller skates, mopeds, and bicycles cannot be ridden on a sidewalk in any…

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Palm Springs

Significant Restrictions

Palm Springs bans skateboards, scooters, roller skates and similar devices on any open roadway, and on sidewalks or…

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Petaluma

Significant Restrictions

Petaluma bans skateboarding on public streets, sidewalks, parks and publicly owned buildings unless the rider follows…

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Pomona

Significant Restrictions

Pomona City Code Article VII, Secs. 58-601 through 58-612, bans skateboards, roller skates and inline skates on…

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Rancho Cordova

Significant Restrictions

Any property owner in Rancho Cordova, public or private, can ban skateboards, roller skates, in-line skates and roller…

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Rancho Cucamonga

Significant Restrictions

Riding a skateboard, scooter or other wheeled recreational device on a Rancho Cucamonga roadway is unlawful under…

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Redlands

Significant Restrictions

Redlands bans skateboarding, roller skating and bicycling on any sidewalk within a business district, and bans all…

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Redondo Beach

Significant Restrictions

Skateboards are banned outright on the traveled way of every public street and alley in Redondo Beach, and riding or…

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Redwood City

Significant Restrictions

Redwood City bans riding a skateboard, bicycle, scooter, or in-line skates anywhere in Courthouse Square under City…

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Rialto

Significant Restrictions

Rialto bans riding a skateboard, roller blades or roller skates on any sidewalk in its downtown commercial district…

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Riverside

Significant Restrictions

Riverside Municipal Code § 9.04.290 makes it unlawful to ride a bicycle, scooter, roller skates, skateboard, or similar…

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Riverside County

Significant Restrictions

Unincorporated Riverside County bans skateboards and rollerblades on public property posted as no-skate zones and on…

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Rohnert Park

Significant Restrictions

Rohnert Park Municipal Code Chapter 10.70 lets the city council designate specific city-owned properties, other than…

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Sacramento

Significant Restrictions

Riding a skateboard, roller skates, or any other wheeled device on Sacramento's downtown pedestrian malls, the K Street…

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Salinas

Significant Restrictions

Salinas Municipal Code Section 21-55 bans riding roller blades, roller skates, skateboards, or similar coasting devices…

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San Bernardino

Significant Restrictions

Riding a skateboard, roller skates or similar coaster device on a business-district sidewalk, or on any public roadway…

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San Clemente

Significant Restrictions

San Clemente bans skateboarding outright on the streets and sidewalks of the Avenida del Mar business core and around…

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San Diego

Significant Restrictions

San Diego bars skateboards, coasters, and roller skates from open roadways and from sidewalks or plazas in business…

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San Joaquin County

Significant Restrictions

Skateboards, roller skates, and scooters are banned in county parks unless the Park Administrator gives prior approval…

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San Jose

Significant Restrictions

Skateboarding is banned on nearly all city-owned property outside designated skate parks, plus two mapped zones…

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San Leandro

Significant Restrictions

San Leandro bans skateboards, rollerskates, coasters, and similar toy vehicles on highways, sidewalks, roadways, and…

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San Marcos

Significant Restrictions

San Marcos bans roller devices, including skateboards, on any public street, parking lot, structure, sidewalk or…

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Santa Barbara County

Significant Restrictions

Riding a skateboard is unlawful on three named unincorporated roads, San Marcos Road, Painted Cave Road and Gibraltar…

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Santa Clara County

Significant Restrictions

Riding or propelling a skateboard on any unincorporated Santa Clara County highway is unlawful under the county's…

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Santa Maria

Significant Restrictions

Skateboards, roller skates and toy vehicles are banned from every roadway and from any public sidewalk serving a…

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Santa Rosa

Significant Restrictions

Santa Rosa bans skateboarding, roller skates, and in-line skates on public streets, sidewalks, and alleys in the…

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Shasta County

Significant Restrictions

Shasta County bans riding a bicycle, skateboard, scooter, or in-line skate on the parking surfaces, driveways…

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Sunnyvale

Significant Restrictions

Riding a skateboard on the roadway portion of any Sunnyvale street is unlawful citywide under Municipal Code Section…

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Turlock

Significant Restrictions

Turlock bans skateboards, rollerskates, and coasters at listed city facilities and within the sign-posted Parking…

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Upland

Significant Restrictions

Riding a skateboard, roller skates or a coaster on any Upland roadway is an infraction under Municipal Code §…

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Vacaville

Significant Restrictions

Vacaville bans skateboards, roller skates and other non-motorized wheeled devices from public parks, community centers…

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Ventura

Significant Restrictions

In the City of Ventura, Municipal Code Section 16.350.040 makes it unlawful to ride a skateboard, roller skates…

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Victorville

Significant Restrictions

Victorville bans skateboards and other wheeled recreational devices on any parking lot, public or private, and on…

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Vista

Significant Restrictions

Vista bans skateboarding, roller-blading and roller-skating throughout the Central Business District and on any posted…

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West Covina

Significant Restrictions

West Covina bans riding a skateboard, roller skates, coaster or scooter on any street or road, and on business-district…

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Whittier

Significant Restrictions

Whittier bans skateboarding outright in the Uptown Whittier district, the Civic Center district, public parks and on…

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Yolo County

Significant Restrictions

Riding a skateboard, roller skates, or rollerblades on any property where a County-owned, occupied, or maintained…

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Antioch

Some Restrictions

Antioch Municipal Code § 10-2.15 requires a helmet, elbow pads and knee pads to ride a skateboard in any city-owned…

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Apple Valley

Some Restrictions

Apple Valley bans skateboarding, in-line skating and roller skating anywhere in a Town park where it could damage…

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Berkeley

Some Restrictions

Berkeley regulates where and how skateboards may be ridden under Municipal Code Section 14.32.060: no age limit…

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Calaveras County

Some Restrictions

Calaveras County bans riding skateboards, rollerskates or similar devices on public highways, sidewalks or parking lots…

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Ceres

Some Restrictions

Ceres lets the City Council ban skateboards, scooters and roller skates from any street, sidewalk or public lot by…

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Chino

Some Restrictions

Chino bars skateboarding and roller-skating on any public ground, lot, or structure, and on private business-district…

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Chino Hills

Some Restrictions

Chino Hills bans rollerblading, skateboarding, roller-skating, and scootering wherever the City Council has designated…

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Clovis

Some Restrictions

Clovis bars roller skates, skateboards, and coasters from every roadway citywide and from sidewalks within the business…

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Compton

Some Restrictions

Compton bans riding bicycles, skateboards, and roller-skates in any City-owned parking lot or structure, and singles…

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Costa Mesa

Some Restrictions

Costa Mesa confines lawful skateboarding and roller skating to designated skate parks under Article 2 of Title 12…

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Downey

Some Restrictions

Downey bans roller skates, skateboards, coasters, and similar toy vehicles from any roadway or from sidewalks within a…

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Eastvale

Some Restrictions

Eastvale lets the city council designate specific public streets, sidewalks, or facilities as no-skateboarding zones…

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El Dorado County

Some Restrictions

El Dorado County makes it unlawful to ride a skateboard, roller skate or roller blade on private property without the…

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El Monte

Some Restrictions

El Monte bans skateboarding on public sidewalks within its business district under Section 10.32.030, and separately…

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Escondido

Some Restrictions

Escondido treats skateboards as 'nonmotorized vehicles' and bans riding them on any sidewalk, public roadway, or…

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Fairfield

Some Restrictions

Fairfield bars skateboarding on the Texas Street sidewalk between Pennsylvania Avenue and Jefferson Street from 10 a.m…

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Folsom

Some Restrictions

Folsom Municipal Code Chapter 10.25 lets skateboards, in-line skates and roller skates use public roadways, sidewalks…

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Fontana

Some Restrictions

Fontana bans skateboards and roller skates from sidewalks in business districts and bars them from business-district…

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Fremont

Some Restrictions

Fremont lets any property owner, public or private, ban skateboards, in-line skates, and roller skates on their land…

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Hanford

Some Restrictions

Hanford bans skateboards, scooters, and skates on any street or alley with an adjacent sidewalk, within 20 feet of an…

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Hawthorne

Some Restrictions

Hawthorne treats skateboards, roller skates, hoverboards and BMX bikes as transportation, not play equipment: riders…

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Hesperia

Some Restrictions

Hesperia bans skateboarding, roller skating, and similar wheeled devices on posted public or commercial/industrial…

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Inglewood

Some Restrictions

Inglewood Municipal Code Sec. 3-22 bars riding a skateboard, bicycle, or any electric or motorized device on a…

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Irvine

Some Restrictions

Riding a skateboard unsafely on any Irvine street, sidewalk, bike path, trail or park is unlawful under Municipal Code…

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Lake County

Some Restrictions

Riding a skateboard, bike, scooter or inline skates is banned on specific county properties under Code Sec. 15-44…

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Lodi

Some Restrictions

Lodi does not ban skateboarding citywide; instead it lets the public works director post specific city-owned sites and…

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Los Angeles County

Some Restrictions

In unincorporated Los Angeles County, skateboarding is banned on any county road, street, highway, lane, or alley with…

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Madera

Some Restrictions

Madera bans skateboards, in-line skates, roller skates and scooters on any street with a parallel sidewalk, confines…

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Marin County

Some Restrictions

Marin County limits skateboarding to one designated venue: the McInnis Park skatepark, reserved for skateboards…

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Mendocino County

Some Restrictions

Skateboards are banned on sidewalks in business districts from 8:30 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., reflective clothing is required…

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Menifee

Some Restrictions

Menifee Code of Ordinances Section 13.01.090 bars reckless skateboarding, biking or wheeled riding in city parks and…

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Mission Viejo

Some Restrictions

Mission Viejo lets the city council designate specific public or private properties as posted "No Skateboarding…

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Monterey

Some Restrictions

Monterey bans skateboards, roller skates and bicycles in any area the City Council posts with signage under § 22-12…

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Monterey County

Some Restrictions

In unincorporated Monterey County, riding a skateboard is banned outright on the east side of Mercurio Road's drainage…

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Moorpark

Some Restrictions

Moorpark bans skateboards, scooters, and roller or in-line skates on any public street, sidewalk, trail, or other city…

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Moreno Valley

Some Restrictions

Moreno Valley regulates skateboarding through its designated skate parks rather than a citywide street ban. Section…

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Mountain View

Some Restrictions

City Code Sec. 19.53 lets skateboarders use Mountain View sidewalks if they exercise due care and yield to pedestrians…

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Newport Beach

Some Restrictions

Newport Beach bans skateboarding outright on any public pier under § 12.57.022, and lets the City Council prohibit it…

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Orange County

Some Restrictions

Riding a skateboard on the roadway of any county highway is illegal in unincorporated Orange County, except on…

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Oxnard

Some Restrictions

Oxnard bans skateboarding, bicycling, roller skating, inline skating, or razor-scooter riding in any public parking…

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Palmdale

Some Restrictions

Palmdale bars skateboarding or roller skating in public transportation lots, buildings and facilities, and bars…

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Pasadena

Some Restrictions

Pasadena Municipal Code Chapter 10.61 lets the police chief regulate or ban skateboards, roller skates, scooters and…

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Perris

Some Restrictions

Skateboarding is confined to designated areas in Perris parks and recreation facilities under Municipal Code §…

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Placer County

Some Restrictions

Placer County bans riding a skateboard, roller skate or in-line skate on any sidewalk or street if it interferes with…

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Pleasanton

Some Restrictions

Chapter 11.54 lets Pleasanton post signs closing public and quasi-public property to skateboards, roller skates and…

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Redding

Some Restrictions

Redding Municipal Code Section 13.12.070 bans bicycling, roller skating, and skateboarding in any public area that is…

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Ridgecrest

Some Restrictions

Ridgecrest bars racing, trick riding, and figure-eight patterns on skateboards, roller skates, or bicycles in posted…

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Roseville

Some Restrictions

Skateboards, roller skates and in-line skates can't be ridden on a Roseville sidewalk or street in a way that…

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Sacramento County

Some Restrictions

Sacramento County lets property owners ban skateboards, roller skates, in-line skates, and roller skis on private or…

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San Bernardino County

Some Restrictions

San Bernardino County restricts skateboarding at its Regional Parks skate facilities to posted hours and requires…

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San Francisco

Some Restrictions

Anyone riding a skateboard at a skateboard facility owned or operated by the City and County of San Francisco must wear…

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San Rafael

Some Restrictions

San Rafael bans skateboarding, roller skating, bicycling and e-mobility devices on sidewalks and streets wherever the…

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San Ramon

Some Restrictions

San Ramon bans rollerskating, bicycling and skateboarding on grassy areas, paths or walkways posted for pedestrian use…

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Santa Ana

Some Restrictions

Santa Ana's traffic code bars skateboards from any roadway or bicycle lane and prohibits riding one on a sidewalk…

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Santa Clara

Some Restrictions

Santa Clara bans skateboards, roller skates, scooters and coasters from roadways and sidewalks in any zoning district…

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Santa Clarita

Some Restrictions

Santa Clarita prohibits skateboarding on any City road, street, lane or alley with a grade over three percent, and caps…

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Santa Cruz County

Some Restrictions

Santa Cruz County bans skateboards, roller skates, and similar wheeled devices from specific public and posted private…

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Simi Valley

Some Restrictions

Riders under 18 must wear a fitted, fastened safety helmet meeting Consumer Product Safety Commission bicycle-helmet…

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Solano County

Some Restrictions

Skateboards, scooters, roller skates, and bicycles are banned on any Solano County property that has been designated…

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Sonoma

Some Restrictions

The City of Sonoma allows skateboarding on public sidewalks and paths under Sonoma Municipal Code Section 10.74.010…

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Sonoma County

Some Restrictions

Skateboarders and in-line skaters at the county's designated skate park facility must wear a helmet, elbow pads and…

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Stockton

Some Restrictions

Skateboarding and skating are legal on Stockton streets, sidewalks and parking lots except where the City has posted…

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Tracy

Some Restrictions

Riding a skateboard, roller skates, or a coaster on a roadway or sidewalk in Tracy's business district, or in a posted…

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Truckee

Some Restrictions

Truckee bans skateboarding on any public or private parking facility open to the public once it carries a posted…

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Vallejo

Some Restrictions

Skateboarding is banned on every public or recreational facility the city and Greater Vallejo Recreation District…

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Westminster

Some Restrictions

Westminster requires helmets, elbow pads and knee pads for anyone using its designated skate parks under Municipal Code…

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Yuba City

Some Restrictions

Skateboards, roller skates and in-line skates cannot be ridden on a Yuba City sidewalk or street in a way that…

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Yuba County

Some Restrictions

In Yuba County and OPUD parks, skateboards and scooters are barred from non-designated fixtures and areas near splash…

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Camarillo

Light Restrictions

Camarillo does not ban skateboarding citywide. Under Chapter 11.76, the city council can prohibit skateboarding…

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Cupertino

Light Restrictions

Cupertino bans skateboarding and roller skating only on public property the City Council has designated and posted as a…

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Elk Grove

Light Restrictions

Elk Grove lets people ride skateboards, roller skates, in-line skates, and similar devices on City and private property…

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Kern County

Light Restrictions

Anyone riding a skateboard at a county-owned or operated skateboard park in Kern County must wear a helmet, elbow pads…

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Los Angeles

Light Restrictions

Skateboarders on LA public property must ride in the upright standing position, obey all traffic controls, and avoid…

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Ontario

Light Restrictions

Ontario does not ban skateboarding, roller skating, or roller blading outright. Municipal Code Section 4-6.1903 makes…

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Temecula

Light Restrictions

Skateboarding and Rollerblading are illegal only in areas the city council specifically designates and posts as…

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Thousand Oaks

Light Restrictions

Thousand Oaks lets the City Council prohibit or restrict skateboarding, bicycling, and roller skating on posted…

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Ventura County

Light Restrictions

Skateboarding, roller skating, and similar wheeled activities are banned on private property in unincorporated Ventura…

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Visalia

Light Restrictions

Skateboarding in Visalia is only permitted in the city's designated skate park at 345 North Jacob Street. Riders must…

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Loud Party Ordinance

LAMC §41.40 unruly-gathering ordinance allowing police to cite hosts for second-response calls, including escalating fines and permit-revocation triggers.

Inglewood

Heavy Restrictions

Inglewood's short-term rental law flatly bans 'party house' operations: no unit permitted for short-term or vacation…

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Newport Beach

Heavy Restrictions

Newport Beach declares any gathering of eight or more people involving loud or unruly conduct a public nuisance under…

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Turlock

Heavy Restrictions

Hosting a Turlock gathering of five or more people where anyone under 21 drinks alcohol or uses cannabis is a public…

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Alameda County

Significant Restrictions

Alameda County's Social Host Ordinance fines anyone who knowingly hosts a loud or unruly gathering on…

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Anaheim

Significant Restrictions

Anaheim makes it a public nuisance to host a party that produces loud and unreasonable noise between 10:00 p.m. and…

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Antioch

Significant Restrictions

Antioch prohibits hosting or allowing a loud or unruly party under AMC § 5-13.03. Anyone who owns, rents, or organizes…

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Apple Valley

Significant Restrictions

Apple Valley makes it unlawful for any host, owner or tenant to allow a "loud or unruly gathering" on property under…

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Bakersfield

Significant Restrictions

Bakersfield Municipal Code Chapter 9.23 makes anyone responsible for a loud or unruly event, owner, tenant or permit…

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Baldwin Park

Significant Restrictions

Baldwin Park makes it a misdemeanor to host an "invitation-at-large" party, one that opens its doors to the public at…

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Camarillo

Significant Restrictions

Camarillo makes it a civil violation for any property owner, tenant, or event organizer to host a loud or unruly…

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Carlsbad

Significant Restrictions

Carlsbad makes the host of a private party liable for the city's actual law enforcement response costs once an officer…

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Chico

Significant Restrictions

Chico bans gatherings of 20 or more people that cause a substantial neighborhood disturbance, defining it to include…

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Chula Vista

Significant Restrictions

A second loud-noise call to the same Chula Vista address within a year turns the party into a declared public nuisance…

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Compton

Significant Restrictions

Compton bans loud or unruly parties outright under Municipal Code Section 7-12.28, holding hosts, organizers and even a…

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Contra Costa County

Significant Restrictions

Hosting or allowing a gathering of three or more people under 21 where alcohol is present or being consumed on property…

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El Monte

Significant Restrictions

El Monte can hold a party host civilly liable for the city's response costs when police declare a gathering a 'noise…

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Elk Grove

Significant Restrictions

Elk Grove can bill the person who controls a property for police, fire, and emergency response costs when minors drink…

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Escondido

Significant Restrictions

Escondido can bill the "responsible person" for police costs when officers must return to the same loud or unruly party…

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Fontana

Significant Restrictions

Fontana declares a loud or unruly gathering that substantially disturbs the peace, through noise, fights, vandalism, or…

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Fresno

Significant Restrictions

Fresno's Social Host Ordinance, Municipal Code Article 30, makes it a misdemeanor to knowingly host or allow a party on…

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Garden Grove

Significant Restrictions

Host or organizer of a large gathering that draws a second police response faces a police services fee up to $1,500…

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Hayward

Significant Restrictions

Hayward's Social Host Accountability Ordinance makes anyone with a right of possession over a property personally…

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Huntington Beach

Significant Restrictions

Huntington Beach Chapter 8.42 holds hosts civilly liable for loud, unruly parties and underage drinking. After one…

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Irvine

Significant Restrictions

Irvine Municipal Code § 4-11-502 lets a police officer who responds to a loud or unruly gathering issue a written…

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Kern County

Significant Restrictions

Kern County treats gatherings at vacant, for-sale homes occupied without the owner's consent as 'nuisance parties'…

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Lake County

Significant Restrictions

In unincorporated Lake County, an adult who owns or controls a residence may not let a party continue there once they…

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Lancaster

Significant Restrictions

Lancaster holds any host, tenant or owner responsible when a gathering they control results in underage drinking or…

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Los Angeles County

Significant Restrictions

In a narrow slice of unincorporated LA County near the Palos Verdes Peninsula, hosting a gathering where a minor drinks…

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Marin County

Significant Restrictions

Marin County Code § 6.75.050 makes it a civil violation to knowingly host a loud or unruly gathering in the…

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Mendocino County

Significant Restrictions

Hosting a party with five or more people under 21 present where alcohol is being consumed is a misdemeanor in…

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Menifee

Significant Restrictions

Menifee Municipal Code Chapter 11.07 makes it a public nuisance to host or attend a loud or unruly gathering. Anyone…

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Modesto

Significant Restrictions

Modesto Code of Ordinances § 4-18.06 makes it a misdemeanor for anyone in control of a premises to knowingly host…

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Moorpark

Significant Restrictions

Moorpark's Social Host Ordinance makes anyone who hosts, controls, or owns property where a loud or unruly gathering…

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Moreno Valley

Significant Restrictions

Under the Social Host Accountability chapter, Moreno Valley makes it unlawful to host a loud or unruly gathering of…

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Murrieta

Significant Restrictions

Murrieta can bill the host, owner, or premises occupant for the police department's special security costs when a loud…

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Norwalk

Significant Restrictions

After Sheriff personnel must respond a second time to a loud or unruly party, Norwalk holds the host, event organizer…

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Ontario

Significant Restrictions

Any gathering of five or more people that turns loud or unruly is a declared public nuisance in Ontario, with fixed…

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Oxnard

Significant Restrictions

Oxnard prohibits any private-property party or gathering that threatens public peace, health, safety or welfare, or…

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Pacifica

Significant Restrictions

Pacifica Municipal Code Chapter 28 bans loud or unruly gatherings at private or rented public property and makes the…

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Palmdale

Significant Restrictions

Organizing, causing, or permitting a loud party in Palmdale is unlawful under PMC § 9.18.030, and property owners…

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Pasadena

Significant Restrictions

Pasadena bills the person responsible for a party, gathering or event when police respond a second time within 12 hours…

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Petaluma

Significant Restrictions

Petaluma's Social Host Ordinance, Chapter 10.64, makes it unlawful for anyone with a right of possession of a property…

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Placer County

Significant Restrictions

Placer County's Social Host Liability Ordinance makes it unlawful for anyone controlling a property, or responsible for…

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Pomona

Significant Restrictions

Pomona's Social Host Ordinance makes it a misdemeanor for a homeowner, tenant or party organizer to knowingly allow a…

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Rancho Cordova

Significant Restrictions

Rancho Cordova hosts face liability under RCMC § 9.91.030 for permitting, allowing or hosting a gathering when they…

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Redding

Significant Restrictions

Anyone who controls a premises where a minor drinks alcohol or uses a controlled substance is liable under Redding's…

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Redlands

Significant Restrictions

Redlands' Social Host Liability ordinance, City Code Chapter 9.30 (Ordinance 2780, 2013), makes it unlawful to host…

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Redwood City

Significant Restrictions

Redwood City treats party, dance or assemblage noise that's more than 6 dB above local ambient between 8:00 p.m. and…

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Rialto

Significant Restrictions

Rialto Municipal Code 9.48.050 declares it unlawful and a public nuisance to host a gathering that substantially…

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Riverside

Significant Restrictions

RMC § 9.04.740 declares loud or unruly gatherings a public nuisance and makes the 'responsible party', host, tenant, or…

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Rohnert Park

Significant Restrictions

Hosting, allowing, or failing to stop a "loud and unruly gathering," from excessive noise to underage drinking, street…

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Sacramento County

Significant Restrictions

Anyone who knowingly hosts a loud or unruly gathering where a minor drinks alcohol is personally liable for the full…

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Salinas

Significant Restrictions

Salinas treats any gathering of twenty or more people that substantially disturbs a neighborhood as an unlawful public…

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San Bernardino

Significant Restrictions

San Bernardino Municipal Code Chapter 8.82 lets the Police Department bill the person in charge of an unscheduled…

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San Bernardino County

Significant Restrictions

The Sheriff's Department can bill party hosts for every response after a written warning, with the host and any minor's…

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San Clemente

Significant Restrictions

Chapter 9.16 of the San Clemente Municipal Code makes a 'loud or unruly gathering' at any residential unit a public…

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San Diego County

Significant Restrictions

Anyone who owns or controls property in unincorporated San Diego County and hosts a party must take reasonable steps to…

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San Leandro

Significant Restrictions

San Leandro's Loud and Unruly Gatherings ordinance makes it unlawful to cause or allow a gathering of 20 or more people…

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San Luis Obispo County

Significant Restrictions

San Luis Obispo County bans loud, amplified noise from 10 p.m. to 7 a.m. and puts hosts on notice: a repeat violation…

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San Mateo County

Significant Restrictions

In unincorporated San Mateo County, hosting a loud or unruly gathering of four or more people where a minor drinks…

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San Rafael

Significant Restrictions

San Rafael's Social Host Ordinance makes it unlawful for a property owner, tenant, or host to knowingly allow an…

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Santa Barbara County

Significant Restrictions

In unincorporated Isla Vista, a deputy can declare a house party a public nuisance once three or more listed offenses…

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Santa Clara

Significant Restrictions

Santa Clara City Code § 9.05.020 lets police bill whoever hosts, controls, or sponsors a loud or unruly gathering once…

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Santa Clara County

Significant Restrictions

Unincorporated Santa Clara County treats gatherings of four or more where minors drink alcohol as a public nuisance…

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Santa Cruz County

Significant Restrictions

Hosting a loud or unruly gathering on property you own or rent in unincorporated Santa Cruz County is an infraction…

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Sonoma

Significant Restrictions

The City of Sonoma holds property owners, tenants, and event organizers civilly and criminally liable when they…

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Sonoma County

Significant Restrictions

A first sheriff's response to a loud party in unincorporated Sonoma County draws a warning; every unabated repeat…

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South Gate

Significant Restrictions

South Gate treats gatherings of eight or more people with loud or unruly conduct as a public nuisance and fines the…

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Sunnyvale

Significant Restrictions

Sunnyvale makes it unlawful to host, permit or allow a social gathering at a residence where ten or more people under…

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Truckee

Significant Restrictions

Truckee's Social Host Liability ordinance makes anyone who hosts, permits, or controls a party where a person under 21…

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Tulare County

Significant Restrictions

Tulare County's Social Host Ordinance makes it unlawful to host a party on private property in the unincorporated area…

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Union City

Significant Restrictions

Union City fines hosts up to $1,000 for a loud or unruly gathering with underage drinking, plus cost recovery for…

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Vacaville

Significant Restrictions

Vacaville's Social Host Ordinance bans hosting a party, gathering, or event, at a residence or any property under one's…

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Ventura County

Significant Restrictions

Hosts of loud, unruly parties where alcohol reaches underage guests face a $1,000 civil penalty plus the cost of…

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Victorville

Significant Restrictions

Victorville makes it unlawful for a responsible person to host a loud or unruly gathering that substantially disturbs…

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Westminster

Significant Restrictions

Westminster does not fine a first noisy gathering, but a written warning follows and every additional police response…

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Whittier

Significant Restrictions

Whittier holds the host of a loud or disturbing party personally liable for police costs once officers must return to…

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Yuba County

Significant Restrictions

In unincorporated Yuba County, a gathering of four or more people where alcohol is consumed or possessed by anyone…

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Bellflower

Some Restrictions

When a loud or unruly assemblage threatens public peace, safety, or welfare, Bellflower can hold the property owner…

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Berkeley

Some Restrictions

Berkeley Municipal Code Chapter 13.48 makes a gathering of ten or more people a public nuisance once it substantially…

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Calaveras County

Some Restrictions

Calaveras County's Chapter 9.02 prohibits noise, commotion or sound from a party that breaches the Table 1 decibel…

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Carson

Some Restrictions

Carson holds hosts, property owners and even parents of minors liable for police and emergency response costs at loud…

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Ceres

Some Restrictions

Ceres holds anyone who controls a residence, rental, or business premises liable for knowingly hosting a gathering…

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Chino

Some Restrictions

Chino declares loud or unruly private gatherings a public nuisance and fines the host up to $750 for repeat police…

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Chino Hills

Some Restrictions

Chino Hills bills the host of a loud or disorderly gathering for the full cost of the police response once officers…

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Clovis

Some Restrictions

A gathering of 10 or more people on public or private property that substantially disturbs a neighborhood's quiet…

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Corona

Some Restrictions

Corona's Chapter 9.29 turns a loud, unruly party into a billable 'event' the moment police respond to a Municipal Code…

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Costa Mesa

Some Restrictions

Costa Mesa doesn't fine a loud party the first time. Under sections 11-170 through 11-172, once police issue a written…

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Cupertino

Some Restrictions

Cupertino Municipal Code Chapter 10.05 defines a loud party, gathering, or event as one causing a Chapter 10.48 noise…

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Downey

Some Restrictions

When Downey police respond a second time within 12 hours to a loud party or gathering that threatens public peace…

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Dublin

Some Restrictions

Dublin's Social Host Ordinance makes it an infraction to permit, allow, or host a loud or unruly gathering at a…

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Eastvale

Some Restrictions

Under Eastvale's Social Hosting ordinance, anyone who owns, rents, organizes or supervises a party where alcohol is…

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El Cajon

Some Restrictions

El Cajon's Social Host of Parties chapter makes anyone who controls a residence or premises legally responsible if a…

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Fairfield

Some Restrictions

Fairfield charges hosts for police costs when officers must return to a loud or disruptive party within 48 hours…

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Fresno County

Some Restrictions

Fresno County makes it a violation for anyone at a gathering of ten or more people causing a noise disturbance to…

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Glendale

Some Restrictions

Glendale does not fine hosts for a first loud or unruly party, but every police response after an initial written…

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Hemet

Some Restrictions

Hosting a loud or unruly gathering in Hemet is a public nuisance; hosts and social hosts face criminal charges and must…

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Hercules

Some Restrictions

Hosting a Hercules party where five or more people under 21 are present with alcohol is a misdemeanor under Sec…

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Imperial County

Some Restrictions

Imperial County treats a stereo, TV or amplifier audible 50 feet away between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m. as prima facie…

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Indio

Some Restrictions

Indio holds hosts liable when minors drink or use drugs at a party on their property, and escalates loud or unruly…

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Kings County

Some Restrictions

In unincorporated Kings County, a sheriff's deputy who responds to a loud or unruly party issues a warning, and the…

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Lodi

Some Restrictions

Lodi bans loud, unnecessary, or unusual noise that unreasonably disturbs a neighborhood's peace or annoys a person of…

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Long Beach

Some Restrictions

Long Beach uses a bright-line distance test for loud parties: under Municipal Code § 9.31.010, any party noise audible…

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Los Angeles

Some Restrictions

LAMC § 41.58.1 prohibits loud or unruly gatherings at residences and imposes escalating administrative fines starting…

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Madera County

Some Restrictions

Unincorporated Madera County treats any noise-chapter violation as a public nuisance and holds the property owner or…

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Manteca

Some Restrictions

Manteca police first warn hosts of noisy gatherings, but if officers or emergency crews must return to break it up, the…

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Merced

Some Restrictions

When a party or gathering on private property becomes a police matter, Merced can bill the host, property owner, or a…

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Mission Viejo

Some Restrictions

Mission Viejo Municipal Code Chapter 11.24 lets police issue a written warning for a loud or disruptive party, then…

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Oceanside

Some Restrictions

Oceanside bills the host of a loud party for the cost of policing it. Once officers issue a 'Notice of Violation: First…

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Orange

Some Restrictions

Orange makes party hosts criminally liable for loud, unruly gatherings under Municipal Code Section 9.39.050, which…

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Orange County

Some Restrictions

Unreasonably loud or raucous noise in unincorporated Orange County residential areas between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m. is a…

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Rancho Cucamonga

Some Restrictions

Rancho Cucamonga imposes a $100.00 civil penalty on the owner or adult in charge of a residence when police respond a…

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Redondo Beach

Some Restrictions

Redondo Beach charges hosts of a loud or unruly disturbance a special security assignment fee once police respond a…

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Riverside County

Some Restrictions

Riverside County can bill hosts, residents, and property owners for sheriff response costs when a loud or unruly…

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Roseville

Some Restrictions

Roseville Municipal Code Chapter 9.25 makes party hosts personally liable for the cost of police response. Officers who…

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Sacramento

Some Restrictions

Sacramento can bill the host of a large, disruptive party or gathering for the cost of extra police officers sent to…

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San Benito County

Some Restrictions

Unincorporated San Benito County has no separate party ordinance, but a property repeatedly disturbing the peace with…

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San Jose

Some Restrictions

San Jose bills hosts for police response costs when officers return to the same loud party or gathering within 12 hours…

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San Marcos

Some Restrictions

San Marcos Municipal Code Chapter 10.38 lets the City bill the host of a disturbance of the peace for every police or…

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Santa Ana

Some Restrictions

Santa Ana bills the person responsible for a large private-property party a police services fee, capped at $500 per…

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Santa Clarita

Some Restrictions

Santa Clarita Municipal Code Section 11.44.092 lets law enforcement officers on the scene declare any gathering of two…

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Santa Rosa

Some Restrictions

Santa Rosa's Minor Alcohol Offense/Loud Parties chapter bars hosting a gathering of five or more underage guests where…

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Simi Valley

Some Restrictions

Simi Valley bans loud parties with bands, radios or amplified sound after 11 p.m. on weekends and 10 p.m. on weeknights…

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Temecula

Some Restrictions

Temecula Municipal Code Section 9.18.010 makes the property owner, host or parent personally liable for police costs…

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Thousand Oaks

Some Restrictions

If police have to respond twice to the same loud or unruly gathering in Thousand Oaks within 24 hours, the host…

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Twain Harte

Some Restrictions

The Tuolumne County Sheriff responds to loud party complaints in Twain Harte and can issue warnings or citations under…

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Upland

Some Restrictions

Upland doesn't fine loud parties directly; instead Municipal Code Section 8.44.020 makes the host and the person in…

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Vallejo

Some Restrictions

Vallejo Municipal Code Chapter 7.83 lets the city bill the host of a disturbance of the peace for police costs starting…

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Ventura

Some Restrictions

San Buenaventura Municipal Code §§ 10.650.210-260 lets Ventura Police bill a party host for 'special police services'…

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Visalia

Some Restrictions

Visalia can cite both party hosts and property owners for disturbances, fines start at $100 and reach $500 for repeat…

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Vista

Some Restrictions

Vista's short-term rental law makes hosts, not just guests, answerable for loud or unruly parties. Section 8.34.070.A…

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West Covina

Some Restrictions

West Covina Municipal Code Sec. 15-86 puts the property owner, the person in charge of the premises, or the host of a…

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Yuba City

Some Restrictions

When a loud party threatens the public peace, Yuba City can bill the host for the cost of the extra police response…

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Loitering Rules

Constitutional limits on loitering ordinances post-Papachristou and Morales, and what conduct LA can still penalize (e.g., loitering with intent to commit specific crimes).

Menifee

Heavy Restrictions

Menifee Municipal Code Section 11.08.030(F) bars anyone from lingering or loitering on a street median or parkway, and…

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Bakersfield

Significant Restrictions

Bakersfield bars loitering in or near any public place under circumstances showing a purpose to engage in drug…

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Butte County

Significant Restrictions

Butte County's Sec. 15-14 makes it unlawful to loiter or stand on a public highway, alley, sidewalk or crosswalk in a…

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Carlsbad

Significant Restrictions

Carlsbad defines loitering as lingering without lawful purpose under circumstances suggesting criminal intent, and…

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Chino

Significant Restrictions

Loitering without a legal purpose on or around any Chino-owned public building, including grounds, parking lots and…

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Corona

Significant Restrictions

Corona bans loitering or standing at the entrance of a business, public building, house of worship, theater or similar…

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Downey

Significant Restrictions

Downey Municipal Code §4107.5 makes it a misdemeanor to loiter in a public or private place under circumstances showing…

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El Dorado County

Significant Restrictions

El Dorado County's Loitering Ordinance, Section 9.34.040, does not ban standing around generally; it bans loitering…

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Fresno

Significant Restrictions

Fresno Municipal Code Sections 9-2501 and 9-2502 make it a misdemeanor to loiter in any public place, or any place…

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Fullerton

Significant Restrictions

Fullerton bans sitting, lying, sleeping or storing personal property in ways that block sidewalks, driveways, entrances…

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Glenn County

Significant Restrictions

In unincorporated Glenn County, any minor under 18 who is subject to compulsory education cannot loiter, wander, idle…

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Hanford

Significant Restrictions

Hanford Municipal Code § 9.04.020 makes it an infraction to loiter on a public sidewalk, public way, or private…

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Hemet

Significant Restrictions

Hemet City Code § 90-90(g)(3) bars loitering on or around any business that sells alcoholic beverages, whether by…

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Hesperia

Significant Restrictions

Hesperia bars anyone required to register as a sex offender under Penal Code § 290 from loitering, as defined by Penal…

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Los Angeles

Significant Restrictions

Loitering inside a Los Angeles railway station, electric railway station, airport or bus depot, or on the common…

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Los Angeles County

Significant Restrictions

Los Angeles County bans loitering on any County-operated beach, including Venice, Zuma, and Dockweiler, between…

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Modesto

Significant Restrictions

Modesto Code of Ordinances § 4-7.1504 makes it unlawful to loiter, between 6 p.m. and 6 a.m., on any property within…

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Moorpark

Significant Restrictions

Moorpark bars minors under 18 from loitering in public places between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m., and during school hours on…

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Newport Beach

Significant Restrictions

Newport Beach bars sitting, lying, sleeping, or storing property in public rights-of-way under Municipal Code Section…

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Ontario

Significant Restrictions

Ontario Municipal Code Sec. 5-7.04 makes it unlawful for a minor subject to compulsory school attendance to be in a…

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Palmdale

Significant Restrictions

Palmdale makes it a crime to loiter in any public or private place under circumstances showing intent to engage in drug…

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Perris

Significant Restrictions

Perris bans loitering citywide, defined broadly to include wandering without apparent reason and refusing to identify…

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Rancho Cordova

Significant Restrictions

RCMC § 9.82.020 bans loitering, remaining idle or moving aimlessly, that breaches the peace, disturbs others, blocks…

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Redlands

Significant Restrictions

Redlands bars school-age minors from loitering, idling, wandering, strolling or playing in public places on school days…

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Ridgecrest

Significant Restrictions

Ridgecrest makes it a misdemeanor to loiter on business or drive-in premises without lawful business, especially after…

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Sacramento County

Significant Restrictions

Sacramento County prohibits loitering that breaches the peace, disturbs others, blocks pedestrian or vehicle traffic…

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Salinas

Significant Restrictions

Salinas Municipal Code Section 21-28 makes it unlawful to loiter about any school, or any public place near which…

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San Bernardino County

Significant Restrictions

San Bernardino County bans school-age minors from loitering in public places countywide during school hours, unless…

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San Diego County

Significant Restrictions

Registered sex offenders cannot loiter within 300 feet of schools, child care facilities, parks, playgrounds or arcades…

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Santa Ana

Significant Restrictions

Santa Ana Municipal Code Section 10-96 bars loitering, standing, sitting, or lying on a public street, sidewalk, curb…

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Santa Barbara County

Significant Restrictions

Santa Barbara County bans stopping or loitering on overhead crossings and overstructures above state highways…

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Santa Clarita

Significant Restrictions

Santa Clarita Municipal Code Section 11.57.020 bars any minor subject to compulsory school attendance from loitering on…

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Santa Maria

Significant Restrictions

Santa Maria bars anyone under 18 from loitering on public streets, sidewalks, parks, parking lots or vacant lots…

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Sonoma

Significant Restrictions

The City of Sonoma bans camping, lodging, or staying overnight in a vacant lot, hay or straw storage area, or building…

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Temecula

Significant Restrictions

Temecula bars any minor under 18 subject to compulsory education from being on public streets, parks, parking areas or…

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Ventura County

Significant Restrictions

Minors under 18 may not loiter in public places between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. in unincorporated Ventura County unless with…

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Vista

Significant Restrictions

Vista makes it a misdemeanor to loiter in any public or private place open to the public in a manner showing intent to…

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Westminster

Significant Restrictions

Westminster bans loitering on the narrow medians of eight designated arterial streets under Municipal Code Section…

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Alameda

Some Restrictions

Alameda bars roaming or loitering on city streets between midnight and 4 a.m. without lawful business, and at any hour…

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Alameda County

Some Restrictions

Minors under 18 may not loiter in unincorporated Alameda County's public streets or places between 10 p.m. and sunrise…

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Alhambra

Some Restrictions

Alhambra's loitering law, Municipal Code § 9.32.010, makes it unlawful to keep standing on a public street or at a…

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Anaheim

Some Restrictions

Anaheim makes it a misdemeanor to loiter, stand or sit so as to block a public street, alley, sidewalk or crosswalk, or…

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Antioch

Some Restrictions

Antioch Municipal Code § 5-10.101 bars loitering, standing, or sitting on a public highway, alley, sidewalk, or…

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Apple Valley

Some Restrictions

Apple Valley Municipal Code § 11.20.050 bars anyone from loitering, standing or sitting at the entrance of a church…

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Baldwin Park

Some Restrictions

Baldwin Park bars anyone under 18 who is subject to compulsory school attendance from loitering on streets, parks or…

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Berkeley

Some Restrictions

Berkeley bans lingering in any City-owned, -operated, or -leased parking lot for any purpose other than parking a…

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Brentwood

Some Restrictions

Brentwood parks and facilities close at sunset. Municipal Code § 7.02.180(P) makes it unlawful to be, remain, stay, or…

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Carson

Some Restrictions

Carson bars loitering on sidewalks, streets and building entrances if it hinders passage or annoys people passing by.

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Ceres

Some Restrictions

Ceres bans loitering that blocks sidewalks, streets, or building entrances, or that lingers on private or business…

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Chico

Some Restrictions

Chico bans sitting or lying on public sidewalks, curbs, or streets in commercial areas from 7 a.m. to 11 p.m., with…

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Clovis

Some Restrictions

Clovis makes it unlawful to stand or sit idly on a street or sidewalk in a way that blocks foot traffic, or to block…

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Compton

Some Restrictions

Compton's public loitering law, Municipal Code Sec. 7-14.3, only bites after a warning: once a police officer or a…

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Contra Costa County

Some Restrictions

No one may loiter, stand, or sit on a public street, alley, sidewalk or crosswalk in unincorporated Contra Costa County…

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Cupertino

Some Restrictions

Cupertino Municipal Code § 10.56.020 lets an owner, lessee, or person in charge of a shopping center or other private…

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Davis

Some Restrictions

Davis prohibits loitering within six hundred feet of any posted secondary school campus during school hours, plus a…

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Eastvale

Some Restrictions

Eastvale prohibits standing on any street median for longer than two traffic signal cycles under Municipal Code Section…

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El Cajon

Some Restrictions

El Cajon Municipal Code Section 12.08.020 bars loitering or standing on a public sidewalk, street, curb, or building…

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El Monte

Some Restrictions

El Monte's loitering ordinance is narrowly written: it bars loitering in a public place or place open to public view in…

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Elk Grove

Some Restrictions

Elk Grove bans loitering that creates a breach-of-peace risk, disturbs others, blocks pedestrians or vehicles, or…

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Fontana

Some Restrictions

Fontana bans lingering, loitering, sitting, or standing on commercial or private property against the owner's expressed…

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Fremont

Some Restrictions

Fremont's only loitering-specific ordinance targets illegal gambling: Municipal Code Section 9.05.120 makes it unlawful…

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Garden Grove

Some Restrictions

Garden Grove does not run a general vagrancy or loitering law. Instead, Municipal Code Section 8.32.020, tucked inside…

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Hawthorne

Some Restrictions

Hawthorne bars loitering that blocks a business entrance and requires anyone asked to leave a business to go. Chapter…

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Hayward

Some Restrictions

Hayward makes it unlawful to crowd or obstruct a public street, sidewalk, or way so that it unreasonably interferes…

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Indio

Some Restrictions

Indio makes it unlawful to remain on private property or a business after being told to leave, or to enter again after…

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Irvine

Some Restrictions

Irvine makes it unlawful to loiter, stand or sit on a public highway, alley, sidewalk or crosswalk in a way that blocks…

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Kings County

Some Restrictions

Kings County makes it unlawful for anyone to enter, loiter or remain in a county park after posted closing hours…

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Lakewood

Some Restrictions

Lakewood Municipal Code Section 4250 bans loitering or standing on any public highway, alley, sidewalk, crosswalk or…

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Lancaster

Some Restrictions

Lancaster bars loitering that blocks public rights-of-way, building entrances or shopping-center parking lots once a…

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Livermore

Some Restrictions

Livermore Municipal Code Section 9.32.010 makes it unlawful for two or more people to congregate for the purpose of…

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Lodi

Some Restrictions

Lodi Municipal Code Section 9.08.115 makes it unlawful to loiter, camp, or enter a city community center, recreation…

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Long Beach

Some Restrictions

It is unlawful in Long Beach to loiter on or near any street, alley or public or private place for the purpose of drug…

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Madera County

Some Restrictions

In unincorporated Madera County, it's a misdemeanor to loiter in a business's off-street parking lot after the owner…

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Manteca

Some Restrictions

Manteca bans loitering or trespassing on any property posted under Chapter 9.42, including city recreation facilities…

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Merced County

Some Restrictions

Merced County Code Section 10.32.010 makes it unlawful to loiter in or around a public building or block corridors…

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Monterey

Some Restrictions

Monterey City Code § 22-16 bars two or more people from gathering in a way that blocks a street, sidewalk, alley or…

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Mountain View

Some Restrictions

Mountain View bars anyone under 18 from loitering on streets, alleys, parks or any public place between 10:00 p.m. and…

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Oakland

Some Restrictions

Oakland Municipal Code Section 9.08.170 makes it unlawful to loiter or stand on any public highway, alley, sidewalk…

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Oceanside

Some Restrictions

City Code Section 20.12 bans loitering on Oceanside streets, sidewalks, and bike paths in a way that annoys or blocks…

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Pacifica

Some Restrictions

In the City of Pacifica, loitering in a City park, mini-park, or recreation facility is barred between 10:00 p.m. and…

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Pleasanton

Some Restrictions

Pleasanton prohibits lingering or loitering on narrow medians and on medians or corner islands within intersections the…

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Pomona

Some Restrictions

Pomona makes it a misdemeanor to loiter on property posted with "LOITERING PROHIBITED" signs, covering utility sites…

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Rancho Cucamonga

Some Restrictions

Rancho Cucamonga bans loitering that blocks foot or vehicle traffic on any public highway, alley, sidewalk, or…

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Redding

Some Restrictions

Redding Municipal Code § 10.18.020 bans loitering or standing on any street, sidewalk or building entrance in a way…

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Redondo Beach

Some Restrictions

Redondo Beach does not have a general citywide loitering ban, but it is unlawful to remain or loiter while traversing…

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Rialto

Some Restrictions

Rialto Municipal Code 11.16.035 makes it unlawful to loiter in any commercial parking area of the city, outside the…

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Rohnert Park

Some Restrictions

Rohnert Park bans loitering in tunnels, pedestrian subways, on bridges or overpasses, and near their entrances, exits…

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Roseville

Some Restrictions

Roseville makes it unlawful to loiter anywhere within city limits under Municipal Code §10.34.020, defining "loiter" in…

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Sacramento

Some Restrictions

Sacramento's loitering ordinance is narrow and geographic: it only applies within 300 feet of a posted 'no-cruising…

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San Benito County

Some Restrictions

Unincorporated San Benito County bars loitering, standing, or sitting at the entrance of a church, hall, theater, park…

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San Bernardino

Some Restrictions

San Bernardino requires public streets, sidewalks and crosswalks to stay free of obstructions, including people, and…

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San Diego

Some Restrictions

San Diego makes it a misdemeanor to loiter near critical-infrastructure sites, airports, tank farms, reservoirs, power…

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San Francisco

Some Restrictions

San Francisco's Police Code loitering ban is aimed at one fixture: staying within 10 feet of an automatic public toilet…

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San Jose

Some Restrictions

San Jose bans loitering that willfully blocks pedestrians on sidewalks and public ways, plus a separate ban on…

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San Luis Obispo County

Some Restrictions

In the towns of Avila and Cayucos, San Luis Obispo County bans loitering that annoys pedestrians or blocks free passage…

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San Marcos

Some Restrictions

San Marcos makes it a misdemeanor to remain, wander, idle or loiter on a parking lot, shopping center or other property…

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San Mateo County

Some Restrictions

In unincorporated San Mateo County, it is a misdemeanor to loiter in, on, or about any building or place open to the…

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San Rafael

Some Restrictions

San Rafael bars lingering or loitering on any street median narrower than four feet for more than a few minutes, citing…

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San Ramon

Some Restrictions

San Ramon Municipal Code Section B7-125 bans loitering, standing or sitting on any public highway, alley, sidewalk or…

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Santa Clara County

Some Restrictions

Loitering, standing, or sitting on a public highway, alley, sidewalk, or crosswalk that blocks or annoys passersby is…

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Santa Cruz County

Some Restrictions

Santa Cruz County has no general public loitering law; its only codified loitering rule sits inside the cardroom…

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Sonoma County

Some Restrictions

Unincorporated Sonoma County bans loitering in any cemetery or burial ground, defining loiter as idling with intent to…

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South Gate

Some Restrictions

South Gate bans loitering or standing in any street, sidewalk, alley, or public way when it unreasonably annoys…

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Thousand Oaks

Some Restrictions

Thousand Oaks bars loitering that unreasonably obstructs pedestrians or vehicles on public streets, sidewalks and…

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Tracy

Some Restrictions

Tracy does not ban loitering citywide. Under TMC 4.12.1200, loitering is only illegal on private or public property the…

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Truckee

Some Restrictions

Truckee lets a business or property owner bar a person from loitering on posted private premises simply by telling them…

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Tulare County

Some Restrictions

Tulare County bans loitering, standing or sitting at the entrance to any church, hall, theater or other place of public…

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Turlock

Some Restrictions

Turlock bars loitering around the premises of dances or other public entertainment between 10 p.m. and 5 a.m. unless…

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Union City

Some Restrictions

It is unlawful to loiter, stand, or sit on any Union City street, alley, sidewalk, or crosswalk in a way that blocks…

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Vacaville

Some Restrictions

Vacaville bans loitering that blocks building entrances or pedestrian passage, and separately bars sitting, lying or…

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Vallejo

Some Restrictions

Vallejo bans loitering and trespassing on business parking lots under Chapter 7.91. Delaying, lingering, or idling on…

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Ventura

Some Restrictions

Under the City of San Buenaventura's disorderly conduct chapter, it is unlawful to loaf or loiter inside any…

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Victorville

Some Restrictions

Victorville Municipal Code Section 13.28.090 bans loitering or standing on any public highway, alley, sidewalk, or…

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West Covina

Some Restrictions

West Covina bans loitering or standing on any public street, sidewalk, alley or crosswalk in a way that annoys…

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Whittier

Some Restrictions

Whittier makes it unlawful to loiter, stand or sit on any highway, alley, sidewalk or crosswalk in a way that hinders…

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Yolo County

Some Restrictions

Yolo County bans loitering, standing, or sitting on public highways, sidewalks, or crosswalks in a way that blocks…

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Yuba City

Some Restrictions

Yuba City makes it unlawful for anyone to stand or sit idly on a street, alley, or sidewalk in a way that hinders…

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Yuba County

Some Restrictions

In unincorporated Yuba County it is unlawful to loiter, stand, or sit at the entrance of a church, hall, theatre, park…

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Buena Park

Light Restrictions

Buena Park bars groups from congregating and lingering on drive-in restaurant premises unless they're actually buying…

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Escondido

Light Restrictions

Escondido bars standing, sitting, or otherwise using any crosswalk, street, or public property so as to obstruct the…

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Fresno County

Light Restrictions

Fresno County has no broad, general loitering ordinance for streets or sidewalks. Chapter 10.08's loitering rule…

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Marin County

Light Restrictions

Marin County Code § 6.72.020(e) bars sleeping or "protractedly lounging" on benches, sidewalks, curbs, planters, walls…

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Merced

Light Restrictions

Merced bars loitering in or around any public building and blocking corridors, stairways, or doorways in a way that…

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Murrieta

Light Restrictions

Murrieta bans loitering in or near park restrooms outright under Section 12.08.060 of the Municipal Code, a stand-alone…

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Petaluma

Light Restrictions

Petaluma Municipal Code section 10.60.010 makes it unlawful to loiter on private commercial property after business…

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Riverside

Light Restrictions

Riverside Municipal Code § 9.04.120 makes it unlawful to loiter, stand, or sit at the entrance of any church, hall…

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Solano County

Light Restrictions

Solano County makes it an infraction to delay, linger or idle in a public parking lot or facility without lawful…

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Stockton

Light Restrictions

Stockton doesn't ban loitering citywide; Chapter 9.28 only makes it unlawful where a property owner has posted signs…

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Sunnyvale

Light Restrictions

Sunnyvale makes it unlawful to loiter in a median strip on any street, highway or other city-maintained public…

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Outdoor Smoking Restrictions

LAMC §41.50 + LA County smoking bans in parks, beaches, restaurants, outdoor dining, and within 25 ft of business entrances; enforcement and signage rules.

Compton

Heavy Restrictions

Compton bans smoking and tobacco or vape use in every public park and recreational area citywide under Municipal Code §…

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Downey

Heavy Restrictions

Downey bans smoking in every City park, including e-cigarettes, under Municipal Code §10128. The only exception is a…

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El Cajon

Heavy Restrictions

El Cajon bars smoking, vaping and tobacco use in and within 25 feet of city parks, playgrounds, tot lots, recreational…

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Hawthorne

Heavy Restrictions

Hawthorne prohibits smoking in every city park, recreational facility, parking lot, building and vehicle, and extends…

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Kern County

Heavy Restrictions

Kern County outright bans smoking, along with open fires, camping and firearms, throughout the Kern River Riparian…

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Livermore

Heavy Restrictions

Livermore bans smoking in every enclosed public place and in a defined list of outdoor public places, including parks…

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Ontario

Heavy Restrictions

Ontario bans smoking tobacco, using electronic delivery devices, and consuming cannabis in every public park in the…

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Pacifica

Heavy Restrictions

In the City of Pacifica, smoking or using any tobacco product, including cannabis, is banned outright on every City…

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Palm Springs

Heavy Restrictions

Palm Springs bans smoking outright in every city park under Municipal Code Section 6.10.081, no designated area…

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Pasadena

Heavy Restrictions

Pasadena bans smoking in a list of specific outdoor public places, including shopping mall common areas, the unenclosed…

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Rancho Cucamonga

Heavy Restrictions

Lighting up in a Rancho Cucamonga park is illegal. Municipal Code Section 8.21.035 bans smoking outright in every…

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Redding

Heavy Restrictions

Redding Municipal Code § 10.20.080 bans smoking any substance, tobacco, marijuana or vapor, in or upon any city park…

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Rialto

Heavy Restrictions

Smoking is not permitted anywhere on Rialto city property under Municipal Code Section 2.45.050(O), which names…

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Riverside County

Heavy Restrictions

Smoking of tobacco and cannabis is banned on all county-owned or leased property in unincorporated Riverside County…

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San Clemente

Heavy Restrictions

San Clemente bans smoking on every public beach, beach access point, park, coastal or inland canyon, public trail, and…

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San Diego

Heavy Restrictions

San Diego bans smoking and vaping in every public park, public beach, boardwalk, seawall, and City-owned pier, with…

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San Diego County

Heavy Restrictions

Smoking or vaping is banned outright in every County park, wherever it sits, and separately prohibited within 25 feet…

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San Luis Obispo County

Heavy Restrictions

Section 8.22.030 of the County Code bans smoking of tobacco, cannabis and e-cigarettes across the unincorporated…

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San Ramon

Heavy Restrictions

San Ramon Municipal Code section B6-73 bans smoking and vaping on every property in the city, indoor and outdoor…

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Santa Clara County

Heavy Restrictions

In unincorporated Santa Clara County, and on any County-owned property, smoking and vaping are banned in County parks…

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Santa Clarita

Heavy Restrictions

Smoking is flatly illegal in every Santa Clarita park under Municipal Code Section 9.50.055, and the chapter's…

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Ventura County

Heavy Restrictions

Smoking and vaping are banned in unincorporated Ventura County's parks, dining patios, entryways, service areas and…

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Victorville

Heavy Restrictions

Victorville bans smoking in all city parks, on sports fields, in recreational areas, and in adjacent parking lots under…

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Yuba City

Heavy Restrictions

Yuba City bans smoking and e-cigarette use in every city park and within 50 feet of any public entrance to a City-owned…

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Alameda

Significant Restrictions

Alameda bans smoking, including vaping and cannabis, in unenclosed public places: parks and other recreation areas…

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Alameda County

Significant Restrictions

Unincorporated Alameda County bans smoking within 20 feet of building entrances, exits, and outdoor dining areas…

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Alhambra

Significant Restrictions

Alhambra bans smoking in every park and public ground except the Municipal Golf Course, within 25 feet of any outdoor…

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Antioch

Significant Restrictions

Antioch Municipal Code § 6-8.04 bans smoking, including cannabis and vaping, in every city-owned recreational area and…

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Berkeley

Significant Restrictions

Berkeley bans smoking in every city recreational area, including parks, playgrounds and hiking trails, plus outdoor…

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Buena Park

Significant Restrictions

Buena Park Municipal Code § 8.52.030 bans smoking, indoors and out, in the city's recreational areas, outdoor dining…

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Camarillo

Significant Restrictions

Camarillo bans smoking, including vaping, in public places, outdoor dining areas, recreation areas, service lines, and…

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Carlsbad

Significant Restrictions

Smoking is banned in Carlsbad's public parks and on its beaches except in areas the City Manager designates and signs…

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Carson

Significant Restrictions

Carson bans smoking in unenclosed public areas -- parks, dining patios, service lines, workplaces -- under Municipal…

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Chino Hills

Significant Restrictions

Chino Hills bans smoking tobacco, cigars, pipes and vapes throughout every city park and across its entire City-Owned…

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Chula Vista

Significant Restrictions

Chula Vista bans smoking in restaurant dining areas, including outdoor patios, and within 50 feet of any restaurant…

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Clovis

Significant Restrictions

Clovis Municipal Code Section 10.3.01(15) bans using any tobacco or tobacco related product, including e-cigarettes and…

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Contra Costa County

Significant Restrictions

Unincorporated Contra Costa County bans smoking, including vaping and marijuana smoke, in a long list of outdoor public…

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Corona

Significant Restrictions

Corona bans smoking, tobacco product use and electronic smoking device use anywhere inside a public park or recreation…

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Costa Mesa

Significant Restrictions

Smoking is banned in every Costa Mesa park, within 50 feet of any park perimeter, and in all city-owned public…

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Cupertino

Significant Restrictions

Cupertino bans smoking in enclosed places of employment and public places, and extends the ban outdoors to recreational…

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Eastvale

Significant Restrictions

Eastvale bans smoking on all city-owned or leased property, including parks and building patios, except in areas the…

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El Dorado County

Significant Restrictions

El Dorado County bans smoking throughout the parks, trails and open space it manages except in areas the Parks Division…

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El Monte

Significant Restrictions

El Monte bans smoking, including vaping, in parks, outdoor dining areas, transit stops and other public gathering…

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Elk Grove

Significant Restrictions

Elk Grove bars smoking within 300 feet of any school, day care, playground, park, amusement center or youth sports…

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Escondido

Significant Restrictions

Escondido bans smoking of tobacco, vapor and other plant products in public open spaces, trails, city parking lots, the…

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Fairfield

Significant Restrictions

Fairfield bans smoking within 25 feet of any doorway or operable window opening onto Texas Street, or onto the rear…

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Folsom

Significant Restrictions

Folsom Municipal Code 8.17.070 bans smoking in every recreation area in the city, including parks, trails, sports…

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Fremont

Significant Restrictions

Fremont bans smoking in a wide list of outdoor public places, including outdoor dining areas, stadiums and…

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Fullerton

Significant Restrictions

Smoking a cigarette, cigar or other tobacco-related product is banned on Fullerton's public recreational trails, at…

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Glendale

Significant Restrictions

Glendale bars smoking within 20 feet of nonenclosed public places, outdoor dining and seating areas, outdoor events…

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Hanford

Significant Restrictions

Hanford bans smoking within 20 to 250 feet of parks, outdoor dining, shopping centers, sports and youth events…

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Hayward

Significant Restrictions

Hayward bans smoking, indoors or outdoors, across a long list of public places, including restaurants, transit stops…

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Hemet

Significant Restrictions

Hemet prohibits smoking in unenclosed public areas under City Code § 34-94: city property, outdoor public events…

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Hercules

Significant Restrictions

Hercules bans smoking in most outdoor public places, not just indoors. City Code Section 5-6.109 prohibits lighting up…

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Huntington Beach

Significant Restrictions

Huntington Beach bans smoking on the beach, pier, pier plaza and in every city park unless the Director has posted a…

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Indio

Significant Restrictions

Indio bans smoking, including vaping, within 25 feet of outdoor dining areas, service areas, recreational areas, and…

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Irvine

Significant Restrictions

Irvine bans smoking, a term the code defines to include marijuana and vape smoke, in every public place, from parks and…

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Lancaster

Significant Restrictions

Lancaster bans smoking and tobacco use in unenclosed public areas under Section 8.32.040: recreational areas like parks…

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Long Beach

Significant Restrictions

Long Beach bans smoking in improved City parks, beaches, the beach bike path, bus stops and most outdoor dining areas…

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Los Angeles County

Significant Restrictions

Smoking is banned within 25 feet of restaurant and bar patios, within 40 feet of food trucks, on public beaches, and at…

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Madera

Significant Restrictions

Madera bans smoking, defined to include cannabis and vaping devices, in unenclosed public places such as outdoor dining…

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Madera County

Significant Restrictions

Unincorporated Madera County bans smoking, vaping, and tobacco or nicotine use in outdoor public places, recreational…

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Marin County

Significant Restrictions

Unincorporated Marin County bans smoking in unenclosed public places under Marin County Code § 7.70.050: parks, outdoor…

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Merced

Significant Restrictions

Merced law bans smoking in every place in the city, with only the narrow exceptions carved out in the smoking…

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Monterey

Significant Restrictions

Monterey bans smoking, defined to include vaping and any plant product intended for human inhalation, on all beaches…

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Moorpark

Significant Restrictions

Moorpark bans smoking in parks, sidewalks, trails, playgrounds, and within 25 feet of building entrances and outdoor…

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Moreno Valley

Significant Restrictions

Moreno Valley bars smoking in every city and district park unless the parks director has designated and posted a…

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Murrieta

Significant Restrictions

Murrieta bans smoking, including vaping, in every city park, sports facility, and outdoor dining area, plus anywhere…

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Newport Beach

Significant Restrictions

Newport Beach bans smoking tobacco products across a long list of public places under Municipal Code Sec. 6.25.020…

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Norwalk

Significant Restrictions

Norwalk Municipal Code § 8.44.030 bans smoking, including vaping, in every public recreational area, City facility and…

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Oakland

Significant Restrictions

Oakland bans smoking and vaping in unenclosed service areas, dining areas, and recreational areas like parks and…

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Oceanside

Significant Restrictions

Oceanside bans smoking throughout its public parks, beaches, the Pier and Pier Plaza, the Civic Center Plaza Complex…

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Oxnard

Significant Restrictions

Oxnard bans smoking in dining areas, recreational areas, service areas, public events, and inside every building the…

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Palmdale

Significant Restrictions

Palmdale prohibits smoking on sidewalks, outdoor dining areas, outdoor worksites, golf courses and within 35 feet of…

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Petaluma

Significant Restrictions

Petaluma bans smoking in the unenclosed areas of public places, plazas, recreation areas, open space, service areas and…

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Pleasanton

Significant Restrictions

Pleasanton Municipal Code § 9.24.040(A) bans smoking in enclosed public places and in a long list of named outdoor…

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Pomona

Significant Restrictions

Pomona makes smoking a misdemeanor in every public park. City Code Sec. 38-73 lists 16 specific acts prohibited in…

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Rancho Cordova

Significant Restrictions

Rancho Cordova bans smoking in a long list of outdoor public spaces: Municipal Code Section 6.84.030(A)(26) prohibits…

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Redondo Beach

Significant Restrictions

Redondo Beach bans smoking in public places citywide, including streets, sidewalks, parks, playgrounds and outdoor…

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Redwood City

Significant Restrictions

Redwood City bans smoking inside every enclosed public place, from restaurants and retail stores to sports arenas and…

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Ridgecrest

Significant Restrictions

Ridgecrest bans smoking, including e-cigarette vapor and marijuana smoke, inside all city-owned buildings and vehicles…

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Riverside

Significant Restrictions

Riverside bans smoking, including electronic cigarettes, in any public place under RMC Chapter 6.23. City buildings…

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Roseville

Significant Restrictions

Smoking, lighting, or carrying a lit pipe, cigar, cigarette, or other smoking device is banned in every city park in…

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Sacramento

Significant Restrictions

Smoking is prohibited in all Sacramento city parks under City Code § 12.72.135, with butts and other smoking waste…

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Sacramento County

Significant Restrictions

Sacramento County Code § 9.36.057 bans smoking on nature trails, in nature areas, and in any posted park facility, and…

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Salinas

Significant Restrictions

Salinas Municipal Code Sec. 16-11.030 bans smoking, including vaping and e-cigarettes, inside every enclosed public…

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San Bernardino

Significant Restrictions

Smoking anywhere in a San Bernardino public park is against the law under Section 8.73.050, with no carve-out for…

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San Francisco

Significant Restrictions

San Francisco prohibits smoking in every unenclosed City park, square, garden, playing field, recreational pier, and…

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San Jose

Significant Restrictions

San Jose bans smoking in every city park, all outdoor dining areas, and outdoor service lines, plus within 25 feet of…

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San Leandro

Significant Restrictions

San Leandro bans smoking in unenclosed public places under Municipal Code § 4-12-205, covering parks, playgrounds, golf…

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San Marcos

Significant Restrictions

San Marcos bans smoking and vaping in public places and workplaces, on outdoor patio dining areas and within 20 feet of…

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San Mateo County

Significant Restrictions

San Mateo County bans smoking, including e-cigarettes and vaping, throughout its unincorporated area and on every…

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San Rafael

Significant Restrictions

San Rafael's Clean Indoor and Outdoor Air ordinance bans smoking in nearly all unenclosed public spaces: parks, plazas…

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Santa Ana

Significant Restrictions

Santa Ana bans smoking outright in every city building, park, stadium and zoo under Sec. 18-40. The prohibition covers…

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Santa Barbara County

Significant Restrictions

Smoking, vaping, and other tobacco use is banned outdoors across unincorporated Santa Barbara County: within 20 feet of…

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Santa Cruz County

Significant Restrictions

Santa Cruz County bans smoking outdoors at every unincorporated county park, beach, recreation area and trail, plus…

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Santa Maria

Significant Restrictions

Santa Maria bans smoking in every City park, plaza and public parking facility, plus within a reasonable distance of…

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Santa Monica

Significant Restrictions

Santa Monica bans smoking in an extensive list of public outdoor and indoor locations, including all parks, beaches…

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Santa Rosa

Significant Restrictions

Santa Rosa bans smoking in unenclosed public places under City Code Section 9-20.050, covering parks, outdoor dining…

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Sonoma

Significant Restrictions

The City of Sonoma bans smoking and vaping in the unenclosed areas of recreational areas, service areas, public places…

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South Gate

Significant Restrictions

Chapter 6.42 of South Gate's municipal code bans smoking in outdoor public places, sidewalks, parking lots, plazas…

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Sunnyvale

Significant Restrictions

Sunnyvale bars smoking in a long list of outdoor and unenclosed public spaces, including outdoor dining areas, public…

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Temecula

Significant Restrictions

Temecula bans smoking, vaping, and any lit or heated 'plant product' in unenclosed public places under Municipal Code §…

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Turlock

Significant Restrictions

Turlock bans smoking, chewing, or using any tobacco product or drug in every city park and on other public property…

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Twain Harte

Significant Restrictions

California and Tuolumne County rules ban smoking in state parks, on Stanislaus National Forest trails during fire…

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Union City

Significant Restrictions

Union City bans smoking in unenclosed public places, including parks and other recreational areas, service areas…

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Upland

Significant Restrictions

Upland Municipal Code § 9.60.010 prohibits smoking and vaping, including e-cigarettes, in all public spaces in the…

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Vacaville

Significant Restrictions

Vacaville bars smoking cigarettes, cigars, pipes, or any other combustible substance inside any city park or…

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Vallejo

Significant Restrictions

Vallejo Municipal Code Section 7.68.060 bans smoking, including vaping and cannabis, in the unenclosed areas of…

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Ventura

Significant Restrictions

San Buenaventura Municipal Code Section 8.350.030 bans smoking in outdoor public places across the city, including…

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Vista

Significant Restrictions

Vista bans smoking in any public place, controlled location, or place of employment outside designated smoking areas…

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West Sacramento

Significant Restrictions

West Sacramento bans smoking, including vaping, in every enclosed and open-air area of city-owned property, parks…

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Whittier

Significant Restrictions

Whittier bans smoking in every posted no-smoking area on city-owned or operated public facilities, which by ordinance…

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Yolo County

Significant Restrictions

Yolo County bans smoking on virtually all outdoor property it owns or leases, including parking lots, walkways and…

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Anaheim

Some Restrictions

Smoking is unlawful in any public park in Anaheim and in public restrooms in any public or private building under…

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Baldwin Park

Some Restrictions

Baldwin Park bans smoking in public parks, on city-owned premises, in outdoor dining and service areas, and within 20…

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Brentwood

Some Restrictions

Brentwood bans smoking in every city park and recreation facility except areas the city marks off for it. Chapter 7.02…

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Ceres

Some Restrictions

Ceres prohibits smoking in public parks, playgrounds, and near schools and daycare facilities whenever children are…

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Chico

Some Restrictions

Chico bans smoking, including vaping, within 20 feet of doorways, windows or other openings into places where smoking…

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Davis

Some Restrictions

Davis bans smoking, including e-cigarette vapor, within twenty feet of restaurant and bar patios, public event areas…

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Dublin

Some Restrictions

Dublin, California bans smoking in every city park and in outdoor dining areas, service lines, and city-sponsored…

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Fresno County

Some Restrictions

Fresno County bans smoking on grain, grass, brush or timber-covered land between June 1 and October 31 each year under…

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Garden Grove

Some Restrictions

Garden Grove Municipal Code Section 8.40.090 bans cigarettes, smokeless tobacco, and any other tobacco or smoking…

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Glenn County

Some Restrictions

Unincorporated Glenn County bans smoking within 20 feet of any building entryway and inside common areas of shopping…

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Inglewood

Some Restrictions

Inglewood bans smoking, including tobacco, weed, or any other combustible substance, at any public outdoor City event…

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Lake County

Some Restrictions

Unincorporated Lake County bans smoking and tobacco use within 30 feet of building entrances and windows, and in the…

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Los Angeles

Some Restrictions

LAMC § 41.50 prohibits smoking, including vaping and any electronic smoking device, in outdoor dining areas, City-owned…

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Menifee

Some Restrictions

Menifee Code of Ordinances Section 13.01.290 makes it unlawful to smoke tobacco or marijuana, or dispose of a lit…

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Mission Viejo

Some Restrictions

Mission Viejo bars smoking a cigarette, cigar, or other tobacco product within 25 feet of any playground or tot lot…

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Modesto

Some Restrictions

Modesto's Smoking Pollution Control Ordinance bars smoking in every enclosed public place citywide and, outdoors…

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Monterey County

Some Restrictions

Monterey County bans smoking in most enclosed public places across the unincorporated county, but treats outdoor spots…

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Mountain View

Some Restrictions

Mountain View extends its smoking ban outdoors to picnic areas, dining areas (including streets and sidewalks used for…

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Perris

Some Restrictions

Smoking is barred everywhere inside Perris city vehicles and in every enclosed public area of a city facility, and…

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Placer County

Some Restrictions

Placer County bans smoking and vaping across its own government center and other county-owned or county-leased…

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Rohnert Park

Some Restrictions

Rohnert Park bans smoking in a long list of outdoor spaces, from parks and playgrounds to restaurant patios and farmers…

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San Bernardino County

Some Restrictions

Smoking is banned in unenclosed sports complex seating areas, transit depot waiting areas, and all public transit…

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Santa Clara

Some Restrictions

Santa Clara bans smoking in open-air dining areas, public parks, service areas and any public place hosting a public…

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Solano County

Some Restrictions

Smoking is banned in any area of a Solano County park that the parks division has posted as non-smoking under Section…

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Sonoma County

Some Restrictions

Sonoma County bans smoking in unincorporated-area parks, public events, service lines, and outdoor dining areas, plus a…

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Stanislaus County

Some Restrictions

Stanislaus County bans smoking and vaping, including marijuana, cigars, cigarettes and any tobacco or nicotine product…

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Stockton

Some Restrictions

Stockton bans smoking within 20 feet of the main entrance, exit, or operable window of any building open to the public…

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Thousand Oaks

Some Restrictions

Thousand Oaks bans smoking, including e-cigarettes and vaping, in most outdoor public places citywide: playgrounds and…

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West Covina

Some Restrictions

West Covina prohibits smoking, including vaping and marijuana, in any public park or public place the city has posted…

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Yuba County

Some Restrictions

In unincorporated Yuba County, smoking is banned inside county buildings and within 50 feet of any building entrance…

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Butte County

Light Restrictions

Butte County bans smoking tobacco or using an electronic smoking device outdoors within 20 feet of a main entrance…

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Calaveras County

Light Restrictions

Calaveras County bans smoking inside any building or vehicle the county owns or leases, and within twenty feet of a…

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Fresno

Light Restrictions

Fresno's smoking ban is written for enclosed spaces, so parks and open patios aren't covered -- except at the city's…

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Lodi

Light Restrictions

Lodi's smoking pollution control ordinance, Chapter 8.16, defines its ban by 'enclosed' spaces closed in by a roof and…

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Orange County

Light Restrictions

Orange County doesn't ban smoking outdoors by default in its regional parks and beaches. The Parks Director can…

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Redlands

Light Restrictions

Redlands does not ban smoking citywide in parks or on patios. Its one outdoor smoking prohibition covers the city's own…

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San Joaquin County

Light Restrictions

San Joaquin County's Park Administrator can declare any county park smoke-free, post "no smoking" signs at the…

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Tracy

Light Restrictions

Tracy bans smoking at the entrances, exits, and outdoor entryways of every enclosed public building, workplace…

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Visalia

Light Restrictions

Smoking is prohibited in virtually all indoor public places in Visalia, stores, restaurants, banks, workplaces…

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Truckee

Few Restrictions

Truckee's smoking ordinance, TMC Chapter 9.03, regulates only 'enclosed' places, defined as closed in by a roof and…

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Jaywalking

CA AB-2147 (Freedom to Walk Act, 2023) restricting jaywalking citations to immediate-danger situations, and how LAPD enforces the new standard.

Antioch

Some Restrictions

Antioch requires pedestrians to cross at right angles to the curb, by the shortest route, except in a marked crosswalk…

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Bakersfield

Some Restrictions

Bakersfield Municipal Code § 10.48.020 requires pedestrians to cross at a marked crosswalk anywhere inside the central…

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Baldwin Park

Some Restrictions

Baldwin Park requires pedestrians to cross streets at a crosswalk or intersection wherever one has been established…

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Berkeley

Some Restrictions

In Berkeley's business districts, pedestrians must cross at a marked crosswalk; Municipal Code Section 14.32.020 makes…

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Brentwood

Some Restrictions

Brentwood pedestrians must cross a roadway at right angles to the curb, take the shortest route to the opposite curb…

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Carlsbad

Some Restrictions

Carlsbad bars pedestrians from crossing anywhere except a marked crosswalk within any business district, and everywhere…

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Ceres

Some Restrictions

Ceres bars pedestrians from crossing designated streets outside a crosswalk or intersection, and requires right-angle…

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Chino

Some Restrictions

Chino can post signs barring pedestrians and bicyclists from crossing the roadway at specific spots the council finds…

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Clovis

Some Restrictions

Clovis bars pedestrians from crossing mid-block anywhere except at a crosswalk inside the Central Traffic District…

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Compton

Some Restrictions

Compton requires pedestrians to cross a roadway in a marked crosswalk where one exists, or otherwise only at right…

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Corona

Some Restrictions

Corona requires pedestrians crossing between signal-controlled intersections to use a marked crosswalk, and even where…

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El Monte

Some Restrictions

Inside El Monte's central traffic district or any business district, pedestrians must cross only at a crosswalk under…

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Elk Grove

Some Restrictions

Elk Grove pedestrians must cross at a right angle to the curb or by the shortest route to the opposite curb unless they…

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Fairfield

Some Restrictions

In any business district, § 11.6.1 of the Fairfield Municipal Code requires pedestrians to cross a roadway only at a…

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Fontana

Some Restrictions

Fontana requires pedestrians to use a marked crosswalk when crossing a roadway in a business district under Municipal…

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Glendale

Some Restrictions

In any Glendale business district, Municipal Code Section 10.20.020 requires pedestrians to cross the roadway only at a…

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Hanford

Some Restrictions

Hanford bars pedestrians from crossing the roadway anywhere in a business district unless they use a marked crosswalk…

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Hercules

Some Restrictions

Hercules requires pedestrians to cross the street inside a marked crosswalk whenever they are within a business…

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Huntington Beach

Some Restrictions

Pedestrians in Huntington Beach's central traffic district or any business district must cross only at a marked…

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Inglewood

Some Restrictions

Inglewood Municipal Code Sec. 3-31 makes it unlawful for a pedestrian to cross a roadway in a business district…

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Lakewood

Some Restrictions

In Lakewood's business districts, pedestrians must cross by crosswalk only, and one stretch of Candlewood Street is…

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Long Beach

Some Restrictions

In Long Beach's Central Traffic District and in any business district, pedestrians must use a marked crosswalk unless…

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Los Angeles County

Some Restrictions

In unincorporated LA County, the traffic commissioner can post signs banning pedestrian crossing at hazardous mid-block…

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Madera

Some Restrictions

Madera bars pedestrians from crossing a roadway anywhere but a marked crosswalk inside the Central Traffic District or…

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Merced

Some Restrictions

Merced pedestrians must cross the roadway in a crosswalk within a business district or wherever a marked crosswalk…

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Modesto

Some Restrictions

In any Modesto business district, as defined by California Vehicle Code Section 235, pedestrians must cross a roadway…

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Mountain View

Some Restrictions

Mountain View requires pedestrians to cross at a crosswalk anywhere in a business district; crossing mid-block there is…

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Oakland

Some Restrictions

Oakland pedestrians must cross at right angles to the curb or take the shortest route to the opposite curb outside…

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Oceanside

Some Restrictions

Oceanside City Code Section 9.1 bars pedestrians from crossing a roadway anywhere except at an intersection, but only…

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Ontario

Some Restrictions

Ontario Municipal Code Sec. 4-6.902 bars pedestrians from crossing a roadway anywhere except a marked crosswalk within…

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Pasadena

Some Restrictions

Pasadena's municipal code bars pedestrians from crossing anywhere except a marked crosswalk inside the city's business…

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Petaluma

Some Restrictions

In Petaluma's central traffic district and any business district, pedestrians must cross the roadway at a marked…

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Pleasanton

Some Restrictions

In Pleasanton's business district, pedestrians must cross the street at a crosswalk. Municipal Code § 11.56.020 says it…

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Rancho Cordova

Some Restrictions

Rancho Cordova pedestrians must cross a roadway at a right angle to the curb, or by the shortest route to the opposite…

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Rancho Cucamonga

Some Restrictions

Rancho Cucamonga bars pedestrians from crossing outside a marked crosswalk in any business district or on a…

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Redlands

Some Restrictions

In Redlands, California, pedestrians in the central traffic district or any business district must cross the roadway at…

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Redondo Beach

Some Restrictions

Pedestrians in the Central Traffic District must cross only in a marked crosswalk under Section 3-7.1002, and…

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Redwood City

Some Restrictions

In Redwood City's business district, pedestrians must cross the roadway only at a marked crosswalk. City Code Sec…

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Rialto

Some Restrictions

In Rialto's business districts, pedestrians must use a crosswalk to cross the street; crossing anywhere else violates…

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Ridgecrest

Some Restrictions

Ridgecrest bars pedestrians from crossing any city-designated through street outside a marked or unmarked crosswalk…

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Rohnert Park

Some Restrictions

Rohnert Park Municipal Code Section 10.64.020 requires pedestrians to cross at a marked crosswalk within the central…

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Roseville

Some Restrictions

Roseville pedestrians must use a crosswalk to cross the street within any business district, and everywhere else must…

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Sacramento

Some Restrictions

Crossing a Sacramento through street anywhere within 300 feet of a marked crosswalk, other than inside that crosswalk…

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Sacramento County

Some Restrictions

Sacramento County's traffic director can close any roadway stretch between intersections to pedestrian crossing by…

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San Jose

Some Restrictions

San Jose bans crossing outside a crosswalk in the central business district and other business districts, unless a…

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San Leandro

Some Restrictions

SLMC § 6-3-110 makes it unlawful for a pedestrian to cross any roadway within a business district except in a…

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San Marcos

Some Restrictions

San Marcos lets its Traffic Commission designate specific mid-block locations where crossing is prohibited, and once…

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Santa Clara

Some Restrictions

Santa Clara bars pedestrians from crossing any roadway in a business district except at a marked crosswalk, under…

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Santa Maria

Some Restrictions

Pedestrians in Santa Maria's business districts must cross the roadway at a crosswalk. Crossing mid-block or outside a…

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Sonoma

Some Restrictions

In the City of Sonoma, pedestrians must cross a roadway inside a marked crosswalk if one exists within 100 feet in any…

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Turlock

Some Restrictions

Turlock prohibits pedestrians from crossing a roadway outside a marked crosswalk within any business district, as…

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Union City

Some Restrictions

In Union City's central traffic district and business districts, pedestrians must cross roadways only in marked or…

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Vacaville

Some Restrictions

Vacaville Municipal Code Section 10.36.046 requires pedestrians to cross only in a marked or unmarked crosswalk on any…

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Ventura

Some Restrictions

In the City of Ventura's central traffic district and in any business district, pedestrians may cross a roadway only at…

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Vista

Some Restrictions

Vista Municipal Code section 10.28.020(C) bars pedestrians from walking in the roadway next to a usable sidewalk except…

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West Covina

Some Restrictions

West Covina requires pedestrians crossing outside a marked crosswalk to take the shortest route straight across at…

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Westminster

Some Restrictions

Westminster Code § 10.40.020 requires pedestrians to cross only at a marked crosswalk within the central traffic…

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Whittier

Some Restrictions

Whittier bars pedestrians from crossing any roadway outside a marked crosswalk in the city's business districts, and…

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Yuba City

Some Restrictions

Yuba City requires pedestrians to cross at right angles or by the shortest route to the opposite curb outside marked…

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Camarillo

Light Restrictions

Camarillo's own code does not ban jaywalking generally, it only requires pedestrians near a marked underpass, subway…

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Chico

Light Restrictions

In Chico's central traffic and business districts, pedestrians must cross only at a marked crosswalk: jaywalking there…

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Chula Vista

Light Restrictions

In Chula Vista's business districts, pedestrians must use a marked crosswalk to cross the street. CVMC 10.76.040 makes…

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Costa Mesa

Light Restrictions

Costa Mesa pedestrians must use a marked crosswalk between intersections controlled by a traffic signal or a police…

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Davis

Light Restrictions

Davis requires pedestrians to cross at right angles to the curb or by the shortest route to the opposite curb unless a…

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Fullerton

Light Restrictions

Fullerton pedestrians must use a marked crosswalk when crossing within the Business District: FMC § 8.36.020 makes any…

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Hawthorne

Light Restrictions

Hawthorne requires pedestrians to use a marked crosswalk when crossing any roadway in the business district, and…

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Indio

Light Restrictions

Indio requires pedestrians to cross at right angles or in a marked crosswalk, but § 70.160 bars a stop or citation for…

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Lodi

Light Restrictions

Lodi Municipal Code Section 10.36.010 lets the public works director post signs barring pedestrians from crossing at…

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Monterey

Light Restrictions

In a Monterey business district, § 20-63 requires pedestrians to cross the roadway only at a marked crosswalk. The…

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Palm Springs

Light Restrictions

Palm Springs Municipal Code Section 12.68.020 requires pedestrians in any business district to cross the roadway only…

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Riverside

Light Restrictions

Jaywalking is illegal in Riverside's business districts. RMC § 10.40.050 requires every pedestrian to cross at a marked…

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Salinas

Light Restrictions

Salinas does not ban jaywalking citywide; Municipal Code Section 20-44 only requires pedestrians to use a crosswalk on…

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San Clemente

Light Restrictions

San Clemente Municipal Code Section 10.24.020 requires pedestrians in any business district to cross the roadway only…

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San Diego

Light Restrictions

San Diego has no jaywalking ordinance of its own: pedestrians are bound by California Vehicle Code § 21955, which bars…

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San Rafael

Light Restrictions

San Rafael bars pedestrians from crossing anywhere but a marked crosswalk within any business district, and everywhere…

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Santa Ana

Light Restrictions

Santa Ana doesn't ban crossing outside a crosswalk citywide. Municipal Code § 36-117 only makes it illegal where the…

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Stockton

Light Restrictions

In Stockton's Central Traffic District and any business district, pedestrians must cross the roadway at a marked…

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Sunnyvale

Light Restrictions

Sunnyvale requires pedestrians to cross streets by the shortest route straight across, at right angles to the curb…

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Tracy

Light Restrictions

Crossing a Tracy street anywhere other than a marked crosswalk, or not by a straight, right-angle line to the opposite…

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Public Marijuana Use

CA Health & Safety Code §11362.3 prohibits cannabis use in public, including parks, sidewalks, and inside vehicles; penalties and consumption-lounge exceptions.

Berkeley

Heavy Restrictions

Berkeley Municipal Code Section 12.22.040(F) bans consuming cannabis or cannabis products in any public place citywide…

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Clovis

Heavy Restrictions

Clovis Municipal Code Section 5.22.06 confines all marijuana smoking, vaping, and consumption to inside a private…

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Downey

Heavy Restrictions

Downey Municipal Code §4102 bans consuming marijuana or any controlled substance, and bans possessing marijuana pipes…

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El Cajon

Heavy Restrictions

El Cajon's smoking ordinance defines "smoking" to include lighting or possessing "any other weed or plant or plant…

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El Monte

Heavy Restrictions

El Monte's Smoke-Free Public and Quasi-Public Places ordinance, Chapter 8.76, defines 'smoke' to include marijuana…

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Glendale

Heavy Restrictions

Glendale's citywide smoking law reaches marijuana directly: Municipal Code Chapter 8.52 defines "smoke" to include a…

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Hercules

Heavy Restrictions

Hercules Municipal Code Section 4-18.03(f) bars smoking or ingesting marijuana in any public place, in a vehicle, or…

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Kings County

Heavy Restrictions

Public marijuana use is banned throughout unincorporated Kings County: smoking or consuming cannabis in any venue open…

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Madera County

Heavy Restrictions

Smoking, ingesting, or otherwise consuming marijuana anywhere outside a private residence is illegal across…

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Mission Viejo

Heavy Restrictions

Mission Viejo Municipal Code Section 11.23B.003(a) declares personal recreational marijuana use, possession, purchase…

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Rancho Cordova

Heavy Restrictions

Rancho Cordova bans consuming marijuana, including medical use otherwise allowed under state law, on any public…

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Riverside

Heavy Restrictions

Riverside Municipal Code § 9.07.040 makes it unlawful for anyone under 18 to consume cannabis, alcohol, or any other…

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Roseville

Heavy Restrictions

Smoking or ingesting marijuana in any public place is declared an unlawful public nuisance under Roseville Municipal…

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Sacramento

Heavy Restrictions

Sacramento bars consuming cannabis in public places, mirroring California Health & Safety Code Section 11362.3…

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San Bernardino

Heavy Restrictions

Chapter 8.97 bans smoking or vaping cannabis in every public place, dining area, service area, recreational area and…

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San Diego

Heavy Restrictions

San Diego bans smoking, vaping, and ingesting cannabis or cannabis products in any public place or place open to the…

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San Luis Obispo County

Heavy Restrictions

San Luis Obispo County bans smoking or vaping marijuana anywhere the public gathers, from sidewalks and parks to bars…

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San Marcos

Heavy Restrictions

San Marcos makes it unlawful to smoke, vape, ingest or possess cannabis in any public place, at locations where tobacco…

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Santa Clarita

Heavy Restrictions

Santa Clarita's smoking ordinance reaches marijuana, not just tobacco. Section 9.50.020 defines "smoke or smoking" to…

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Simi Valley

Heavy Restrictions

Simi Valley Municipal Code Section 5-41.05 makes it unlawful to smoke, vaporize, or ingest cannabis or medicinal…

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Thousand Oaks

Heavy Restrictions

Smoking, vaping, or otherwise consuming cannabis in any public place is illegal in Thousand Oaks under California…

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Upland

Heavy Restrictions

Upland Municipal Code Chapter 9.48 prohibits marijuana use and activity everywhere in the city, indoors and outdoors…

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Vacaville

Heavy Restrictions

Vacaville Municipal Code Section 9.14.030(D) makes it unlawful to use, smoke, or otherwise engage in any cannabis…

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Alameda

Significant Restrictions

Alameda's smoking ordinance defines 'smoking' to include inhaling or carrying any lighted or heated tobacco or cannabis…

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Bellflower

Significant Restrictions

Bellflower's dispensary ordinance makes it unlawful to smoke, vape, ingest, or otherwise consume cannabis, alcohol, or…

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Camarillo

Significant Restrictions

Camarillo expressly bars smoking, vaping, or ingesting marijuana products on Constitution Park, Dizdar Park, the…

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Carlsbad

Significant Restrictions

Carlsbad bans smoking or ingesting cannabis in any public place under Municipal Code Section 8.90.030(C), a provision…

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Carson

Significant Restrictions

Carson's secondhand-smoke ordinance defines "smoke" to include marijuana smoke and bans it in recreational areas…

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Chico

Significant Restrictions

Chico bans consuming or using cannabis on public property or anywhere accessible to or visible from the public…

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Chino

Significant Restrictions

Chino bans smoking, expressly including marijuana, inside any city-owned or leased public building and within twenty…

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Chula Vista

Significant Restrictions

Chula Vista's smoking ordinance, adopted to prohibit "the smoking of tobacco, or any weed or plant," bars lighting a…

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Corona

Significant Restrictions

Corona bans smoking tobacco, cannabis or any other lighted weed or plant inside, or near the entrances of, any building…

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El Dorado County

Significant Restrictions

El Dorado County's public smoking ordinance defines 'smoking' broadly, in County Code Section 8.60.030, to include…

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Elk Grove

Significant Restrictions

Elk Grove bans smoking or ingesting cannabis in any public place, extending the same restriction that covers tobacco…

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Fontana

Significant Restrictions

Smoking, including cannabis, is prohibited and unlawful in every city-owned and operated park in Fontana under Sec…

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Fresno

Significant Restrictions

Fresno's Smoking Pollution Control Ordinance defines "smoking" to include any lighted or heated plant product intended…

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Hanford

Significant Restrictions

Hanford bans smoking or otherwise consuming cannabis anywhere in the city except entirely inside the habitable rooms of…

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Hawthorne

Significant Restrictions

Hawthorne's smoking ordinance defines "smoking" to include possessing a lighted marijuana product, so its public-place…

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Hayward

Significant Restrictions

Hayward bars smoking or vaping cannabis within 1,000 feet of a school, day care center, or youth center whenever…

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Indio

Significant Restrictions

Indio's Smoke-Free Areas ordinance defines "smoking" to expressly include cannabis, so public marijuana consumption is…

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Kern County

Significant Restrictions

Kern County bans smoking, ingesting, or otherwise using cannabis products anywhere in a county park or other public…

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Lancaster

Significant Restrictions

Lancaster's smoking ordinance folds cannabis in with tobacco: the code's definition of "Smoke" expressly includes…

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Los Angeles County

Significant Restrictions

In unincorporated Los Angeles County, Code Section 11.64.030 bans smoking or vaping cannabis in public beaches…

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Los Banos

Significant Restrictions

Los Banos bars smoking, ingesting or consuming marijuana citywide to the extent state law makes it unlawful, and…

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Menifee

Significant Restrictions

Menifee Municipal Code Chapter 11.45 bans smoking or consuming marijuana anywhere on city-owned or leased property…

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Murrieta

Significant Restrictions

Murrieta bars consuming or even possessing marijuana, other controlled substances, or related paraphernalia in any…

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Norwalk

Significant Restrictions

Norwalk folds marijuana into its citywide smoking ban. Municipal Code Section 8.44.020 defines "smoking" to include…

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Oxnard

Significant Restrictions

Oxnard's smoking ordinance defines "smoking" to include burning weed or plant material, not just tobacco, and bans it…

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Petaluma

Significant Restrictions

Petaluma's smoking ordinance defines smoking broadly enough to cover marijuana, treating it the same as tobacco: the…

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Redlands

Significant Restrictions

Redlands City Code section 18.18.030(D) makes it unlawful to smoke or ingest marijuana in any public place anywhere in…

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Redwood City

Significant Restrictions

Redwood City bars anyone from smoking, vaping, eating, or otherwise consuming cannabis at a licensed cannabis business…

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Salinas

Significant Restrictions

Salinas Municipal Code Sec. 16-11.020 defines 'smoking' under the city's smoking pollution control law to expressly…

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Santa Cruz County

Significant Restrictions

Santa Cruz County's Smoking Pollution Control ordinance, SCCC Chapter 7.88, defines "smoking" to include burning or…

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Santa Maria

Significant Restrictions

Santa Maria regulates public marijuana smoking the same as tobacco smoking. Section 6-12.10 subjects smoking marijuana…

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Santa Rosa

Significant Restrictions

Santa Rosa's Smoking Regulations chapter defines "smoking" to include marijuana, so the citywide bans on smoking apply…

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South Gate

Significant Restrictions

South Gate bans possessing, consuming, or carrying marijuana or paraphernalia in any city park, and separately bars…

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Sunnyvale

Significant Restrictions

Sunnyvale's smoking ordinance defines "smoke" to expressly include "marijuana smoke," so the citywide list of…

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Twain Harte

Significant Restrictions

Proposition 64 and Tuolumne County rules prohibit smoking, vaping, or eating cannabis in any Twain Harte public place…

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Union City

Significant Restrictions

Union City's definition of 'smoke' in its public smoking law expressly includes marijuana smoke, so recreational…

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Davis

Some Restrictions

Davis Municipal Code § 34.02.025 separately and expressly bans smoking marijuana or marijuana products in every…

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Long Beach

Some Restrictions

Public cannabis consumption is illegal across Long Beach under both state law and the city smoke-free ordinance…

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Manteca

Some Restrictions

Manteca's cannabis chapter declares smoking or ingesting cannabis in any public place a public nuisance, enforceable as…

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Mountain View

Some Restrictions

Mountain View's cannabis ordinance bars consuming cannabis, by any method, at a cannabis business's premises or in any…

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Oceanside

Some Restrictions

Oceanside's smoking ordinance bars lighting up tobacco or "any other weed or plant" in public places, and separately…

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Pacifica

Some Restrictions

In the City of Pacifica, public consumption of cannabis products on the sidewalk or public space outside a licensed…

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Pomona

Some Restrictions

Smoking or ingesting cannabis anywhere the public can view it, including a front yard or patio visible from the street…

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Redondo Beach

Some Restrictions

Redondo Beach treats marijuana smoke the same as tobacco smoke under its smoking ban: Section 5-9.102 prohibits smoking…

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Rohnert Park

Some Restrictions

Rohnert Park treats smoking cannabis the same as smoking tobacco: its citywide smoking ordinance defines smoking to…

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San Bernardino County

Some Restrictions

California Proposition 64 and San Bernardino County rules ban smoking, vaping, or eating cannabis in public places…

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San Clemente

Some Restrictions

San Clemente Municipal Code Section 17.28.035(C) makes personal recreational marijuana use, possession, purchase…

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San Francisco

Some Restrictions

San Francisco's citywide smoking ordinance defines "smoking" to include any lighted "weed or plant," covering…

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San Jose

Some Restrictions

San Jose Municipal Code § 6.88.440(Q) bars smoking, vaping, eating, or otherwise consuming cannabis on public sidewalks…

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Santa Clara

Some Restrictions

Santa Clara makes it unlawful to smoke cannabis anywhere tobacco smoking is already banned under City Code Chapter 8.35…

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Stanislaus County

Some Restrictions

Stanislaus County Code § 18.06.350 bans smoking or vaporizing anything, expressly including marijuana, cigars…

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Tracy

Some Restrictions

Tracy requires every licensed cannabis business to keep its site smoke- and consumption-free: Municipal Code section…

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Public Alcohol Use

LAMC §41.27 + CA Bus & Prof §25620 prohibit drinking alcohol on public streets, sidewalks, parks, and beaches; penalties and special-event exemptions.

Alameda

Heavy Restrictions

Alameda Municipal Code Sec. 23-5 flatly prohibits consuming any alcoholic beverage on any public street, sidewalk or…

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Apple Valley

Heavy Restrictions

Apple Valley Municipal Code § 11.20.045(E) bars drinking or possessing an open or unsealed alcoholic beverage container…

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Butte County

Heavy Restrictions

Along Butte Creek between the PG&E hydroelectric facility above Centerville Dam and the county's southern boundary…

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Camarillo

Heavy Restrictions

Camarillo bans drinking or holding an open container of alcohol on streets, sidewalks, alleys, school grounds…

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Carson

Heavy Restrictions

Carson Municipal Code § 4200.5 makes it unlawful to drink any alcoholic beverage on public streets, alleys, sidewalks…

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Chino Hills

Heavy Restrictions

Chino Hills Municipal Code § 12.32.200 flatly bans possessing or drinking alcohol anywhere in the city's open space…

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Corona

Heavy Restrictions

Corona bans both drinking in public and carrying an open alcohol container there. Section 9.22.020 makes it unlawful to…

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El Cajon

Heavy Restrictions

El Cajon bans drinking alcohol on any public street, sidewalk, alley, plaza, or public/private parking lot open to the…

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El Dorado County

Heavy Restrictions

Carrying an open container of alcohol on a public highway outside a vehicle is a misdemeanor in unincorporated El…

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Garden Grove

Heavy Restrictions

Drinking or carrying an open container of any alcoholic beverage on a Garden Grove street, sidewalk, park, public…

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Huntington Beach

Heavy Restrictions

Huntington Beach bans drinking any beverage over one-half of one percent alcohol on public streets, alleys, sidewalks…

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Irvine

Heavy Restrictions

Irvine makes it an infraction to carry an opened alcohol container on any public street, sidewalk, alley or parking lot…

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Los Angeles

Heavy Restrictions

Drinking any beverage over one-half of one percent alcohol on an LA street, sidewalk, park, playground or the Coliseum…

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Los Angeles County

Heavy Restrictions

Drinking beer, wine, or any other intoxicating beverage on a public street, sidewalk, alley, highway, or public parking…

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Merced

Heavy Restrictions

Merced Municipal Code Section 9.12.020 makes it a misdemeanor to serve, drink, or possess an open container of any…

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Mission Viejo

Heavy Restrictions

Mission Viejo Municipal Code Section 11.21.030 bans drinking any intoxicating liquor or fermented malt beverage on city…

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Norwalk

Heavy Restrictions

Norwalk bans both carrying an open alcohol container and drinking alcohol on any public street, sidewalk, alley or…

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Riverside

Heavy Restrictions

RMC § 9.05.030 makes it unlawful to drink or consume any alcoholic beverage in any public place in Riverside, and §…

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Salinas

Heavy Restrictions

Salinas Municipal Code Sec. 21-2 makes it unlawful to drink beer, wine, or any other intoxicating beverage on any…

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San Rafael

Heavy Restrictions

San Rafael bans consuming alcohol or holding an open container anywhere on city-owned or controlled public property…

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Santa Ana

Heavy Restrictions

Santa Ana bans drinking any alcoholic beverage on a street, in a park, inside an automobile or in any other public…

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Sonoma County

Heavy Restrictions

Drinking beer, wine, or any alcoholic beverage on a public street, sidewalk, road, alley, or open parking lot is…

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South Gate

Heavy Restrictions

Drinking alcohol on any South Gate street, sidewalk, alley, park, or other public place is illegal citywide, and the…

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Sunnyvale

Heavy Restrictions

Drinking alcohol or carrying an open container on Sunnyvale streets, sidewalks, parkstrips, alleys, public parks or…

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Temecula

Heavy Restrictions

Temecula bans drinking beer, wine, liquor or any other alcoholic beverage on public streets, sidewalks, parking lots…

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Turlock

Heavy Restrictions

Drinking alcohol on Turlock sidewalks, streets, parking lots, or in parks outside licensed premises is unlawful…

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Union City

Heavy Restrictions

Union City makes it unlawful to drink alcohol on streets, sidewalks, parks, or any public or private property open to…

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Upland

Heavy Restrictions

Upland Municipal Code § 9.16.020 bans drinking or possessing an opened alcoholic beverage on public streets, sidewalks…

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West Covina

Heavy Restrictions

West Covina bans drinking any alcoholic beverage, defined as anything with 0.5% or more alcohol by volume, on public…

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Whittier

Heavy Restrictions

Whittier bars anyone from drinking intoxicating liquor on any public street, alley, sidewalk, park or other public…

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Alhambra

Significant Restrictions

Alhambra bans possessing an open container of alcohol above one-half of one percent alcohol by volume on any street…

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Baldwin Park

Significant Restrictions

Baldwin Park makes it a misdemeanor to drink beer, wine or any other alcoholic beverage on a public street, sidewalk…

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Compton

Significant Restrictions

Compton bans drinking alcohol on any public street, sidewalk, park, recreation area, bus station, or other public place…

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Costa Mesa

Significant Restrictions

Costa Mesa Municipal Code section 11-3 bans drinking wine, beer, whiskey, brandy or any alcoholic beverage on public…

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Davis

Significant Restrictions

Davis bans drinking or carrying an open container of alcohol on streets, sidewalks, bike paths, greenbelts and four…

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Downey

Significant Restrictions

Downey bans possessing or drinking alcohol on any school, public building or government grounds, and bans drinking or…

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Escondido

Significant Restrictions

Escondido bans drinking or holding an open container of alcohol on any street, alley, public parking lot, recreational…

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Fairfield

Significant Restrictions

Fairfield bans open containers of beer, wine, or liquor on any street, sidewalk, alley, or highway, and on public or…

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Folsom

Significant Restrictions

Folsom bans possessing an open container of alcohol on any public property or public area under Municipal Code Section…

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Fullerton

Significant Restrictions

Fullerton bans drinking alcohol in any public place or place open to the public, including inside a car parked on a…

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Glendale

Significant Restrictions

Drinking any beverage over one percent alcohol on a Glendale street, sidewalk, park, or other public place is an…

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Hanford

Significant Restrictions

Hanford bars drinking any alcoholic beverage on a public street, sidewalk or other public way anywhere in the city, and…

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Hawthorne

Significant Restrictions

Hawthorne bans drinking alcohol and carrying an open container on any public sidewalk, street, alley, or public place…

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Hayward

Significant Restrictions

Hayward bans drinking beer, wine, or other alcohol on public streets, sidewalks, and publicly owned parking lots within…

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Hemet

Significant Restrictions

Hemet City Code § 46-1 makes it unlawful to drink or attempt to drink any alcoholic beverage while in a public place…

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Imperial County

Significant Restrictions

Possessing or drinking alcohol anywhere in an Imperial County park is unlawful unless the director has issued an…

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Lakewood

Significant Restrictions

Lakewood bans drinking any alcoholic beverage stronger than half a percent alcohol in public places under Municipal…

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Livermore

Significant Restrictions

Livermore Municipal Code Section 9.29.020 bars drinking beer, wine or any other alcoholic beverage on streets…

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Long Beach

Significant Restrictions

Long Beach bans drinking in public almost everywhere in the city. Municipal Code § 9.22.010 prohibits transporting in…

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Los Banos

Significant Restrictions

Los Banos bans drinking or possessing an open alcoholic beverage on any public street, sidewalk, or alley, and in City…

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Madera

Significant Restrictions

Madera bars drinking intoxicating liquor on streets, sidewalks, alleys, vacant lots and other public places, and…

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Marin County

Significant Restrictions

County Code § 6.10.010 bans drinking alcoholic beverages in specific public areas of unincorporated Bolinas: Wharf…

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Merced County

Significant Restrictions

Merced County Code Section 10.32.031 bans drinking beer, wine or any alcoholic beverage on sidewalks, streets, alleys…

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Modesto

Significant Restrictions

Modesto Code § 4-2.09 makes it unlawful to drink or carry an open container of beer, wine, or any other intoxicating…

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Moorpark

Significant Restrictions

Moorpark bans drinking or holding an open container of any beverage over 0.5% alcohol by volume on streets, sidewalks…

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Moreno Valley

Significant Restrictions

Moreno Valley bans drinking anything over one percent alcohol, or carrying an open container, on any public street…

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Mountain View

Significant Restrictions

Mountain View bans drinking or consuming alcohol on any public street, sidewalk, median, park or parking lot, and…

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Murrieta

Significant Restrictions

Murrieta bans drinking alcohol on any public street, sidewalk, parking lot, or in any city, county, school district, or…

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Newport Beach

Significant Restrictions

Newport Beach bars drinking or carrying an open alcohol container on streets, sidewalks, parking lots, piers, beaches…

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Oceanside

Significant Restrictions

Oceanside bans drinking beer, wine or other alcohol on sidewalks, streets, public parking lots, the Municipal Pier…

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Ontario

Significant Restrictions

Ontario Municipal Code Sec. 5-11.02 bans drinking alcohol or possessing an open alcoholic beverage container in any…

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Oxnard

Significant Restrictions

Oxnard bans drinking beer, wine or any alcoholic beverage on public streets, sidewalks, parks and other city-owned…

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Palmdale

Significant Restrictions

Drinking alcohol or carrying an open container in public is illegal throughout Palmdale under PMC § 9.12.020, covering…

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Pasadena

Significant Restrictions

Pasadena bans drinking any alcoholic beverage on a public street, alley, sidewalk or right-of-way, and on private…

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Perris

Significant Restrictions

Perris makes it unlawful to drink or attempt to drink any alcoholic beverage, defined as containing at least one-half…

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Petaluma

Significant Restrictions

Petaluma bans possessing an opened alcoholic beverage container or consuming alcohol in any city park the city manager…

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Placer County

Significant Restrictions

Placer County makes it an infraction to drink or carry an open alcoholic beverage in a short list of named public…

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Pleasanton

Significant Restrictions

Pleasanton bars possessing an opened, unsealed or partially emptied alcoholic beverage container on streets, sidewalks…

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Rancho Cordova

Significant Restrictions

Rancho Cordova outlaws both drinking and carrying an open container of beer, wine or liquor in any city-owned public…

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Redding

Significant Restrictions

Redding Municipal Code Section 10.25.010 bans drinking or carrying an open container of alcohol on public streets…

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Sacramento

Significant Restrictions

Sacramento bans both drinking and simply carrying an open container of alcohol on any city-owned street, sidewalk, park…

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Sacramento County

Significant Restrictions

Sacramento County bans drinking alcohol and carrying an open container in any county-owned public place, including…

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San Clemente

Significant Restrictions

San Clemente prohibits consuming, selling, buying, giving away, or even possessing an open container of alcohol…

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San Diego

Significant Restrictions

San Diego bans drinking alcohol on public streets, sidewalks, parking lots, alleys, plazas and piers citywide, with…

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San Diego County

Significant Restrictions

Consuming alcohol or carrying an open container is banned in designated unincorporated public places, including Julian…

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San Francisco

Significant Restrictions

Drinking any alcoholic beverage, in any quantity, on a San Francisco street, avenue, sidewalk, stairway, alley, or…

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San Jose

Significant Restrictions

San Jose bans drinking alcohol on any public street, sidewalk, alley, highway, or in parking facilities and off-street…

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San Marcos

Significant Restrictions

San Marcos Municipal Code § 10.32.040 bans consuming or holding an unsealed alcohol container on any street, sidewalk…

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San Mateo County

Significant Restrictions

San Mateo County parks generally ban liquor other than beer or wine; hard alcohol is allowed only in designated areas…

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Santa Barbara County

Significant Restrictions

Drinking or possessing an open container of alcohol on a public street, sidewalk, highway, parking lot or alley in…

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Santa Clara

Significant Restrictions

Santa Clara City Code § 9.05.040 bans drinking intoxicating liquor on any public right-of-way, street, sidewalk, park…

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Santa Cruz County

Significant Restrictions

Drinking alcohol on any public street, sidewalk, park, beach or parking lot in unincorporated Santa Cruz County is a…

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Santa Rosa

Significant Restrictions

Santa Rosa makes it a misdemeanor to possess an open container of, or drink, beer, wine, or other alcohol on public…

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Simi Valley

Significant Restrictions

Drinking or holding an open container of any beverage over 0.5% alcohol on a Simi Valley street, sidewalk, alley, or in…

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Stanislaus County

Significant Restrictions

Stanislaus County bans open containers and unpermitted alcohol consumption in its parks under Code § 18.06.020. Anyone…

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Tracy

Significant Restrictions

Tracy bans drinking beer, wine, or liquor on any street, sidewalk, alley, or public court under Municipal Code…

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Twain Harte

Significant Restrictions

California and Tuolumne County rules prohibit open alcoholic containers on streets, highways, and most public places in…

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Vallejo

Significant Restrictions

Vallejo Municipal Code Section 7.76.010 bans drinking, displaying, or possessing an open alcohol container on any…

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Ventura County

Significant Restrictions

Drinking beer, wine or liquor over 0.5% ABV on county streets, sidewalks, parks or in a vehicle is illegal throughout…

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Victorville

Significant Restrictions

Victorville bars drinking or carrying an open alcohol container on any street, sidewalk, park, transit facility, or…

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West Sacramento

Significant Restrictions

West Sacramento bans drinking or carrying an open container of alcohol on any public park, street, alley, highway, or…

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Alameda County

Some Restrictions

Unincorporated Alameda County bans drinking alcohol on any public street, sidewalk or alley, and on business parking…

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Anaheim

Some Restrictions

Anaheim bans drinking or carrying an open alcohol container on streets, sidewalks, alleys and public parking lots, and…

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Antioch

Some Restrictions

Antioch Municipal Code § 5-8.02 bars drinking beer, wine or any intoxicating beverage on streets, sidewalks, alleys…

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Bakersfield

Some Restrictions

Bakersfield bans drinking or holding an open container of beer, wine or liquor on any street, sidewalk, alley, public…

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Bellflower

Some Restrictions

Bellflower prohibits open alcohol containers on public streets, sidewalks, parks and other public grounds, and extends…

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Berkeley

Some Restrictions

Berkeley bans drinking alcohol in parks, on streets, or anywhere open to public view under BMC 13.36.070, and…

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Brentwood

Some Restrictions

Brentwood bans drinking beer, wine or liquor on any public street, alley, sidewalk, parkway or public parking area…

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Buena Park

Some Restrictions

Buena Park bans drinking alcohol on public streets, sidewalks, alleys, parking lots and parks under Municipal Code §…

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Carlsbad

Some Restrictions

Carlsbad bans drinking alcohol on any public beach, adjacent streets, sidewalks and bluff-tops, and separately bans…

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Ceres

Some Restrictions

Ceres bans drinking or holding an open alcoholic beverage on any public street, sidewalk, alley, park, or public…

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Chico

Some Restrictions

Chico bans possessing an open alcoholic beverage container or drinking on public streets, sidewalks, and parking lots…

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Chino

Some Restrictions

Chino Municipal Code § 9.24.030 makes drinking or consuming any intoxicating beverage in a public place a misdemeanor…

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Chula Vista

Some Restrictions

Chula Vista bans drinking or possessing an open alcoholic beverage in any City park during posted closure hours, and…

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Clovis

Some Restrictions

Clovis bans possessing an opened container of alcohol or drinking any alcoholic beverage in a park, playground, street…

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Contra Costa County

Some Restrictions

No one may drink, exhibit, or carry an open container of alcohol on any street, sidewalk, alley, park, parking lot or…

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Cupertino

Some Restrictions

Drinking or possessing an open container of intoxicating liquor on any public street, park or parking lot in Cupertino…

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Dublin

Some Restrictions

Dublin bans drinking beer, wine, or any other intoxicating beverage on any street, sidewalk, alley, or highway, and…

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Eastvale

Some Restrictions

Eastvale bans carrying an open alcoholic beverage container onto the posted premises, adjacent parking lot, or…

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El Monte

Some Restrictions

El Monte bars drinking alcohol, or possessing an open container of it, on public streets, sidewalks, parks, parking…

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Fontana

Some Restrictions

Drinking alcohol on Fontana streets, sidewalks, parks, or in a city-owned building is an infraction, and so is carrying…

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Fremont

Some Restrictions

Fremont bars drinking or carrying an open alcoholic beverage in parks, plazas, and nearby public rights-of-way…

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Fresno

Some Restrictions

Fresno Municipal Code Section 9-2503 bars drinking beer, wine or any intoxicating beverage on any street, sidewalk…

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Glenn County

Some Restrictions

In unincorporated Glenn County, drinking beer, wine or any alcoholic beverage is banned outright inside the county park…

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Hercules

Some Restrictions

Hercules Municipal Code Section 4-3.02 bars drinking beer, wine, whiskey or any other alcoholic beverage on any public…

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Indio

Some Restrictions

Indio bans drinking or possessing an open container of alcohol on public streets, sidewalks, and publicly owned…

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Inglewood

Some Restrictions

Inglewood Municipal Code Section 5-18 makes it a crime to drink beer, wine or liquor above one-half of one percent…

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Kern County

Some Restrictions

Kern County bans selling or drinking alcohol, or carrying an opened alcoholic beverage container, at Lamont Park…

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Kings County

Some Restrictions

Kings County makes it a crime for anyone under 21 to possess or drink alcohol in any public place in the unincorporated…

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Lake County

Some Restrictions

Lake County bans possessing or drinking alcohol in any County park or public recreational area unless a Public Services…

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Lancaster

Some Restrictions

Lancaster makes it a misdemeanor to drink beer, wine or any other intoxicating beverage on a street, sidewalk, alley…

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Lodi

Some Restrictions

Lodi bans drinking or possessing an open container of alcohol in the public right-of-way, and extends that fifty feet…

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Madera County

Some Restrictions

Madera County bans carrying an open container of alcohol, one that's been opened, seal broken, or partially emptied…

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Manteca

Some Restrictions

Manteca bans drinking and carrying opened alcohol containers on streets, sidewalks, alleys, and parking lots, plus…

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Mendocino County

Some Restrictions

In the village of Mendocino's Historical Preservation District, drinking or carrying an open container on any public…

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Menifee

Some Restrictions

Menifee bans carrying an open alcoholic beverage container onto the posted premises, parking lot, or adjacent sidewalk…

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Monterey

Some Restrictions

Monterey bans drinking or carrying an open container of alcohol on any public street, park, plaza, sidewalk, wharf…

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Monterey County

Some Restrictions

Drinking beer, wine or any intoxicating beverage on a public street, sidewalk, alley, mall, plaza, parking lot, or bus…

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Oakland

Some Restrictions

Oakland bans drinking any alcoholic beverage on public streets, sidewalks, alleys, highways, city parks, recreation…

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Orange

Some Restrictions

Orange bans open containers and public drinking under Municipal Code Section 9.16.020. It is unlawful to carry an open…

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Orange County

Some Restrictions

In unincorporated Orange County, section 3-4-16 bars consuming any alcoholic beverage in a public place, defined…

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Palm Springs

Some Restrictions

Palm Springs bars drinking or possessing an open container of alcohol on any public street, sidewalk, highway or other…

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Pomona

Some Restrictions

Drinking alcohol in any public place in Pomona is a misdemeanor under City Code Sec. 34-152, and carrying an open…

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Rancho Cucamonga

Some Restrictions

Rancho Cucamonga bans drinking alcohol on any public street, alley, sidewalk, or parkway under Municipal Code Section…

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Redlands

Some Restrictions

Redlands makes it unlawful to drink or consume any intoxicating liquor on any public or private street, highway, road…

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Redondo Beach

Some Restrictions

Redondo Beach bans drinking alcohol on public sidewalks, streets, beaches, parks, alleys, and other public places, and…

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Redwood City

Some Restrictions

Redwood City bans possessing an opened alcoholic beverage container in any public place under Code section 33B.3, with…

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Rialto

Some Restrictions

Rialto Municipal Code 9.34.020 makes it a misdemeanor to possess an open alcohol container, drink, or furnish alcohol…

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Riverside County

Some Restrictions

Carrying an open, opened, or seal-broken alcoholic beverage onto a posted liquor store's premises, adjacent parking…

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Rohnert Park

Some Restrictions

Rohnert Park bans drinking or holding an open container of alcohol on city streets, sidewalks, parking lots, view-open…

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Roseville

Some Restrictions

Carrying an open container of alcohol on any Roseville street, sidewalk, alley, parking facility, or other city-owned…

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San Bernardino

Some Restrictions

San Bernardino bans drinking or consuming alcoholic beverages in any public park, street, alley, highway or other…

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San Bernardino County

Some Restrictions

San Bernardino County Code § 24.0501 makes it an infraction to carry an open, unsealed or partly emptied alcohol…

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San Joaquin County

Some Restrictions

County parks ban drinking liquor over 24% alcohol without a Park Administrator permit, and Stillman L. Magee Park bans…

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San Leandro

Some Restrictions

San Leandro bans open containers of alcohol on any street, sidewalk, alley or highway under Municipal Code Section…

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San Luis Obispo County

Some Restrictions

San Luis Obispo County bans drinking any alcoholic beverage, including wine or beer, on any street, sidewalk, alley or…

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San Ramon

Some Restrictions

San Ramon bans drinking alcohol on any public street, sidewalk, park or other public facility, and also bans drinking…

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Santa Clarita

Some Restrictions

Drinking beer, wine or any other intoxicating beverage on a Santa Clarita street, sidewalk, alley, highway or public…

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Santa Maria

Some Restrictions

Santa Maria makes it unlawful to drink any alcoholic beverage on public property citywide, and to possess an open…

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Solano County

Some Restrictions

Drinking alcohol on a public street, sidewalk, or any place open to the public in unincorporated Solano County is a…

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Sonoma

Some Restrictions

The City of Sonoma bans drinking alcohol on public streets, sidewalks, parks and other public places between sunset and…

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Stockton

Some Restrictions

It's an infraction in Stockton to drink any alcoholic beverage over 0.5% ABV on public streets, sidewalks, parks…

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Thousand Oaks

Some Restrictions

Drinking alcohol is banned on Thousand Oaks streets, sidewalks, and alleys, at public school grounds and stadiums, and…

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Truckee

Some Restrictions

Truckee bans drinking alcohol or carrying an open container on any public street, sidewalk, alley, or parking lot, plus…

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Tulare County

Some Restrictions

Tulare County can declare any County Park or Recreation Area an 'Alcohol Free' zone by resolution once alcohol use…

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Vacaville

Some Restrictions

Vacaville bans possessing an open container of alcohol in any public place or public off-street parking facility, and…

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Ventura

Some Restrictions

San Buenaventura Municipal Code Section 10.10.010 makes it a misdemeanor to drink alcohol on any city facility or…

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Westminster

Some Restrictions

Westminster bans drinking or holding an opened alcohol container on public streets, sidewalks, parks, parking lots, and…

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Yolo County

Some Restrictions

Drinking or holding an open alcoholic beverage container in unincorporated Yolo County's public parking lots, streets…

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Yuba City

Some Restrictions

Yuba City bans drinking any alcoholic beverage on public streets, sidewalks, alleys, and parking lots, and separately…

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Elk Grove

Light Restrictions

Elk Grove's open-container ban is narrow: it only reaches privately owned off-street parking facilities the City…

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San Benito County

Light Restrictions

Unincorporated San Benito County does not ban public alcohol consumption countywide: the only local restriction is a…

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Shasta County

Light Restrictions

Shasta County bans open containers and drinking alcohol at Shasta Dam, its visitor areas, and their parking lots…

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