Public Health Rules in California (2026)

Alameda County's Department of Environmental Health scores unincorporated-area food facilities and posts a green…

Alhambra Municipal Code § 6.15.040 requires every retail food establishment to post the Los Angeles County health…

Apple Valley adopts San Bernardino County's letter-grade restaurant inspection system by reference under Chapter 6.50…

Bakersfield abolished its own health department in 2016 and transferred food-safety inspection to Kern County. Under…

Every retail food facility in unincorporated Butte County must post a color-coded placard, green for pass, yellow for…

Carlsbad doesn't run its own restaurant inspection program: Municipal Code § 6.02.010 adopts the San Diego County…

Chino Hills adopts San Bernardino County's food inspection grading system by reference at Municipal Code § 8.20.010…

Chula Vista restaurants must score at least 80 percent on the health department scorecard to keep a permit, and must…

Contra Costa County's color-coded placard program posts inspection results at every permitted food facility. Green…

Fontana adopts San Bernardino County's letter-grade inspection program for every place that sells or serves food, with…

Hawthorne food facilities must post the Letter Grade Card or Inspection Score Card issued by the Los Angeles County…

Hemet requires every food establishment to post a color-coded A, B or C grade card from inspection, with reinspection…

Hesperia adopts San Bernardino County's food inspection and grading program citywide, and it's unlawful to operate a…

Imperial County requires every food facility to post its letter grade card or inspection score card where patrons can…

Every food facility in unincorporated Kern County must post its inspection grade card where patrons can see it, under…

Every food establishment in Lakewood must post the county health officer's letter grade or numeric inspection score…

Los Angeles County health officers grade every Lancaster food establishment A, B or C after routine inspections and…

Long Beach requires every food facility to post its Health Department inspection summary report where patrons can see…

LA County Health Officer assigns letter grades A, B, or C to food facilities based on a 100-point inspection score, and…

Every food facility in unincorporated Marin County must post a color-coded compliance placard from Environmental Health…

Every Moreno Valley food establishment must post a Riverside County inspection grade card, A, B, or C, at each customer…

Oceanside incorporates the San Diego County Code's Title 6, Division 1 food-facility provisions by reference, meaning…

Palm Springs restaurants are graded A, B, or C on the health officer's inspection score sheet under § 6.06.020 and §…

Every retail food establishment in Pasadena, from restaurants to bakeries and markets, must post the health…

Every food establishment in Perris is inspected and posted with an A, B or C grade card under Municipal Code §…

Placer County's environmental health division posts color-coded placards, green, yellow, or red, at every retail food…

Rancho Cucamonga does not run its own restaurant grading program. City Code Section 8.32.010 adopts San Bernardino…

Rialto adopts San Bernardino County's food inspection grading program citywide. Every retail food establishment must…

Ridgecrest requires every food establishment to be inspected and posted with a letter-grade placard, A for 90%+, B for…

Every permanent food facility in unincorporated Riverside County must post an A, B or C grade card where patrons can…

Sacramento County posts a color-coded inspection placard at every food facility after each routine inspection, and…

San Bernardino adopts the San Bernardino County restaurant inspection grading program by reference under Municipal Code…

After every routine inspection, the county Health Official posts a letter grade card (A, B, or C) at the food facility…

Unincorporated San Diego County restaurants earn an A, B, or C letter grade card during Department of Environmental…

San Francisco restaurants must post a color-coded Pass, Conditional Pass, or Closed placard from every routine health…

San Marcos restaurants must score at least 80 percent on the Health Officer's inspection score card and post the…

San Mateo County Environmental Health posts a compliance placard at every inspected food facility under Ordinance Code…

Unincorporated Santa Clara County requires every inspected food facility to post the Director's inspection placard…

Sonoma County posts a color-coded pass, conditional-pass, or closed placard at every inspected food facility after each…

Upland does not run its own restaurant inspection program. Municipal Code Section 8.24.010 adopts Chapter 14, Division…

Victorville requires mobile food trucks to carry and display their county health grade. Development Code Section…

Vista does not run its own restaurant inspection program. Under Vista Municipal Code § 8.26.020, the City Council…

Fremont's "fly, rodent and odor control ordinance," Municipal Code Sec. 8.45.070, bars any property owner from letting…

A building infested with insects, vermin or rodents can be declared a substandard building and a public nuisance under…

San Diego County can cite property that harbors mosquitoes or other disease vectors as a public nuisance, and the…

Feeding rats, mice, or other wild rodents and vermin in any outdoor public place in unincorporated Santa Cruz County…

Santa Maria's property nuisance ordinance makes it unlawful to maintain premises with dead, decayed, infested, or…

Every structure in Alameda must be kept free of insect, rodent and vermin infestation under Section 13-11A.3(h)'s local…

Alhambra requires any building storing or handling grain, grain products, or food for human or animal consumption…

Anaheim splits rodent-control duty between tenant and landlord under Chapter 7.49: an occupant may not let rodents…

Antioch Municipal Code Section 5-1.202(F) makes it a public nuisance to let a property support, attract or harbor…

In the City of Bellflower, Los Angeles County, overgrown vegetation that harbors rats or vermin, or tree branches…

Every building and structure in Berkeley must be rodentproofed and kept in a rodent-free condition under Municipal Code…

Brentwood's public nuisance code treats standing water that breeds insects or rodents, and any property condition that…

Buena Park treats any fly-breeding hazard on a property as a public nuisance; the Orange County health officer can…

Calaveras County's solid waste ordinance makes property owners responsible for storing and removing waste so it does…

Ceres declares it a public nuisance to let garbage, manure, feces, or refuse accumulate in a way that can breed rodents…

Chico's nuisance-abatement code declares overgrown vegetation that harbors rats or vermin a public nuisance property…

Chino Hills declares overgrown trees, weeds, and debris a public nuisance whenever the growth "may harbor rats, vermin…

Chula Vista requires every food establishment owner, operator, or manager to keep the premises free of rats, mice…

Clovis Municipal Code Section 5.27.101 declares it a public nuisance to store building materials, junk, or landscape…

Compton treats any overgrown vegetation likely to harbor rats, vermin or other pests as a public nuisance, whether the…

Contra Costa County's health officer can order a property free of refuse, foul odors and rat harborage within 24 hours…

Overgrown vegetation that is likely to harbor rats, vermin or other vectors is a declared public nuisance on any Corona…

Costa Mesa's Municipal Code requires every parcel, including landscaped areas, buildings and structures, to stay free…

Cupertino property owners may not let dead, decayed, or diseased trees, weeds, or other vegetation build up in a yard…

Downey treats rodent and vector harborage as a public nuisance under Municipal Code § 5902. Vegetation left within five…

Dublin, California prohibits letting putrescible waste, including animal and poultry manure, attract flies or feed…

El Cajon requires every property to stay free of rodent and insect infestations. Section 17.115.130(C)(5)(b) makes…

Elk Grove's nuisance code makes it unlawful to let any property become a habitat for termites, insects, vermin or…

Fairfield declares dead, diseased, or overgrown vegetation that is likely to harbor rats or vermin a public nuisance…

Fontana requires wet refuse to be stored in a way that prevents vector breeding under Municipal Code Sec. 24-13, since…

Fresno Municipal Code § 11-305 makes property owners responsible for furnishing and maintaining devices, equipment, or…

Fresno County puts rodent and predatory-animal control in the hands of the agricultural commissioner, not property…

Fullerton's public nuisance ordinance declares it unlawful to let vegetation grow into a rat or vermin harborage. FMC §…

For vacant, unoccupied, or abandoned buildings, Garden Grove Municipal Code Section 9.32.210(C)(5) requires the…

Glendale bans keeping any building, lot, vehicle or premises in a condition that breeds or harbors rats or mice, and…

In unincorporated Glenn County, any property condition that breeds or harbors insects or rodents is a public nuisance…

New construction in Hanford must meet Appendix F, Rodentproofing, which the city added to the California Building Code…

Hawthorne treats overgrown vegetation likely to harbor rats, vermin or insects as a declared public nuisance, along…

Hayward's Community Preservation ordinance makes it a public nuisance to let weeds or vegetation on a property grow…

Hercules treats any property alteration or standing water that attracts rodents, mosquitoes, or other vectors as an…

Hesperia declares breeding or harborage places for disease-carrying animals like rodents a public nuisance, and…

Huntington Beach Municipal Code Section 8.21.080(B) requires refuse to be stored so it will not provide harborage to…

Imperial County's building code makes every property owner responsible for preventing and exterminating insect and…

Indio declares overgrown vegetation or vacant land that harbors rats, vermin, or disease-carrying pests a public…

Under Irvine Municipal Code § 4-11-610(A), owners of nonresidential and multifamily apartment property must keep…

Kern County Code Section 8.28.110 makes every person in possession or control of a structure or lot responsible for…

Lake County Code Section 13-10 requires property owners to clear garbage and refuse within seven days to stop rodent…

Lake Forest, California declares any pest breeding hazard on a property, conditions that let flies, cockroaches, rats…

Lancaster's property maintenance code, Chapter 8.28, declares rat- and vermin-harboring conditions a public nuisance…

Livermore treats any property condition that breeds or harbors rodents and other vectors as a public nuisance per se…

Lodi Municipal Code Sec. 15.30.030(F) makes it an infraction to let overgrown vegetation grow thick enough to harbor…

LBMC § 8.08.220 bars any owner, occupant or person in control of property from letting dead animals, manure, garbage…

Los Angeles treats a rodent or vermin problem as a building code violation, not just a health nuisance. LAMC §…

Infestation of insects, vermin, or rodents in a building is a substandard condition under Los Angeles County Code…

Unincorporated Madera County law declares any premises infested with rodents a public nuisance outright, no permit or…

Manteca makes it unlawful and a public nuisance to let a vacant building become infested with vermin or rodents, part…

Marin County Code § 7.08.040 requires every building and premises in the county to be kept positively free from rats by…

Merced declares overgrown vegetation likely to harbor rats or vermin a public nuisance under Municipal Code Sec…

Merced County requires every refuse container in the unincorporated area to stay closed against rodents, flies, and…

Mission Viejo declares any pest breeding hazard, conditions that breed rats, flies, cockroaches or other insects and…

Modesto requires every property and structure to stay free of rodent harborage and infestation, assigning extermination…

Monterey County Code § 10.41.020(E) bans letting solid waste pile up on any unincorporated-county property if the…

Moorpark makes it unlawful to accumulate, keep or deposit solid waste in a manner that lets flies, mosquitoes, rodents…

Moreno Valley declares any rodent infestation, or overgrown vegetation likely to harbor rodents, vermin, or insects, a…

Mountain View bans property conditions that create rodent harborage citywide. Sec. 25.4(a) of the Neighborhood…

Murrieta declares it a public nuisance under Municipal Code Section 8.20.030(P)(5)(g) for any property to remain…

A Norwalk building with a vermin or rodent infestation is legally "substandard" under Municipal Code Section…

Oakland requires every owner or occupant of a wharf, building, or basement to rat-proof it with screens, netting, or…

City Code Section 17.3(d) makes it a public nuisance to keep junk, garbage, rubbish, or overgrown vegetation on any…

Ontario, California code enforcement treats overgrown vegetation that is likely to harbor rats, vermin and other…

Unincorporated Orange County property owners must not let waste or conditions breed flies, cockroaches, rats, or…

Oxnard's property conservation code makes it a nuisance to keep dead, decayed, or overgrown vegetation that is likely…

Palm Springs Municipal Code Section 6.08.010 makes it an unlawful nuisance for any owner or agent to let a vacant or…

Palmdale treats building materials, junk, and outdoor storage left visible to the public as a nuisance because it draws…

Pasadena property owners must keep buildings and lots ratproofed and free of rodent harborage under the rat and insect…

Perris property owners may not let debris, standing water, or animal waste attract rodents, mosquitoes, or other…

Petaluma requires residential building foundations to be kept free of open cracks and breaks so rodents cannot get in…

Placer County requires garbage to be removed from any property within seven days to keep it from breeding or attracting…

Pleasanton Municipal Code § 9.28.020(B) makes it a public nuisance to let vegetation grow so overgrown, if visible from…

Rancho Cordova declares any breeding place for flies or rodents a public nuisance under RCMC § 6.80.020, and its…

A property that breeds or harbors rodents is a public nuisance in Rancho Cucamonga. Municipal Code Section 8.23.060(A)…

Redding makes it unlawful to store or keep solid waste anywhere rats can reach or feed on it, treating every day the…

Redlands requires anyone possessing a rodent-infested place to act immediately and in good faith to exterminate the…

Redondo Beach declares it a public nuisance to keep accumulations of manure, rubbish, debris, or animal or vegetable…

Redwood City doesn't write its own rodent-control rules: Code section 13.1 adopts San Mateo County's Environmental…

Riverside property owners must exterminate rodent infestations the moment they discover them under RMC Chapter 6.22…

Unincorporated Riverside County property owners may not let debris, standing water, or animal waste create conditions…

Sacramento City Code bars a dwelling occupant from willfully letting insects, rodents or other pests infest their unit…

Sacramento County declares any rodent or fly breeding place on unincorporated land a public nuisance, and the…

Salinas Municipal Code Sec. 16-44 requires every building and premises to be kept clean, sanitary and free from rats…

Unincorporated San Benito County requires solid waste to be stored so it doesn't harbor or breed rodents and insects…

San Bernardino's Property Maintenance Code requires every single-family, multi-residential, commercial and industrial…

San Clemente's Property Maintenance Code requires every structure to stay free of insect and rodent infestation…

San Diego requires every business building to rat-proof basements, floors, doors, windows, and vents using approved…

San Francisco Health Code Sec. 92 requires every building and premises citywide to be kept clean, sanitary, and free…

San Jose's Housing Code makes insect, vermin, or rodent infestation a substandard-housing condition, and splits…

San Leandro treats overgrown vegetation that draws rats and vermin as an unlawful property nuisance. SLMC §…

Every food establishment in San Marcos must keep its premises free of rats, mice, roaches, ants and other pests. If the…

Unincorporated San Mateo County property owners may not maintain a building, lot, vehicle or premises in a condition…

San Rafael Municipal Code bars property owners from letting debris, trash or abandoned material sit on their lot in a…

San Ramon declares it a public nuisance to store water or accumulate debris in a way that develops, attracts or harbors…

Santa Clara's General Code declares it a public nuisance, and unlawful, for any property owner to let real property…

Unincorporated Santa Clara County property is blighted when building walls, retaining walls, or roofs show termite or…

Santa Clarita bans harboring a rat or rodent menace on any premises where animals are kept, under Municipal Code…

Santa Rosa's Property Maintenance Code requires every structure and yard to stay free of rodent harborage, with prompt…

Sonoma Municipal Code § 14.30.020 makes it a public nuisance to store junk, debris, unused fixtures, or vehicle parts…

South Gate property owners must keep premises clean and pesticide-treated to prevent feral bee and other vector…

New construction in unincorporated Tulare County must meet the rodent-proofing standards of Appendix F of the…

Turlock requires every licensed kennel operator to prevent fly breeding, fleas, and rodents: the city's only codified…

Union City law makes overgrown yard vegetation likely to harbor rats or vermin a public nuisance when it's visible from…

Upland Municipal Code Section 8.12.020(D)(2) declares it a public nuisance to let overgrown vegetation exist on…

Vallejo Municipal Code Section 7.62.040(B) requires the owner of any vacant building to preserve its interior from…

Municipal Code Section 12.310.020(Y) requires every structure in Ventura to stay free of insect, rodent and vermin…

Unincorporated Ventura County property owners may not store or maintain solid waste in a way that harbors or breeds…

Victorville bans keeping any condition on your property that breeds flies, mosquitoes, gnats, rodents or other pests…

Vista's Property Maintenance and Nuisance Abatement chapter declares it a public nuisance to store garbage in a way…

West Sacramento requires every hotel and motel in the city to keep its premises free of garbage, rubbish, rodents, and…

Every property owner in Westminster must keep refuse containers covered tightly enough to be fly- and rodent-proof…

When the Health Officer finds a Yuba City building or property harboring rats in numbers dangerous to public health…

Unincorporated Yuba County property that draws rats or other vectors is a declared public nuisance. County Code §…

Where burrowing-rodent control devices are shown on an approved grading plan, Bakersfield Municipal Code § 15.05.170…

Ridgecrest's nuisance ordinance in Kern County, California declares any property condition that contributes to rodent…

Structural pest control in San Bernardino County requires licensing by the CA Structural Pest Control Board, with…

Stanislaus County's agricultural commissioner runs the county's vertebrate pest control program, selling rodent bait…

Pest control in Alameda County is regulated by CA DPR and county Environmental Health. Landlords must provide pest-free…

California Civil Code 1954.603 requires landlords to disclose bed bug information and prohibits renting units with…

California Civil Code 1954.603 requires Santa Ana landlords to give every tenant a bed bug information notice and…

Landlords can't show, rent, or lease a vacant unit the county has flagged for a bed bug infestation without a…

Ceres treats a bed bug infestation as a public nuisance a property owner must not allow to exist, enforceable by Code…

El Cajon requires every hotel, motel, and bed-and-breakfast to keep guest room mattresses, furniture, carpet, and…

Lake Forest property owners must keep structures free of bed bug infestation and promptly exterminate pests using…

Under California AB 551, Long Beach landlords must disclose bed bug information to tenants, refrain from renting…

In unincorporated LA County, rental properties with two or more units must have landlords treat every adjacent unit for…

California Civil Code sections 1954.600-1954.605 require Riverside landlords to give all tenants written information…

California Civil Code 1954.603 requires landlords to provide bed bug disclosures to tenants, and Riverside County…

California Civil Code 1954.603 requires Thousand Oaks landlords to disclose bed bug information to tenants and respond…

California AB 551 requires Twain Harte landlords and short-term rental hosts to disclose bed bug history and respond…

Monterey County Code § 18.15.040(E) requires every apartment house or hotel in the unincorporated area that rents out…

Redlands has no landlord-specific bedbug disclosure law. Instead, Municipal Code section 8.04.070 makes it unlawful to…

California Civil Code 1954.603 requires Anaheim landlords to give every new tenant a bed bug information notice and…

California Civil Code requires Bakersfield landlords to disclose bed bug information before lease signing and prohibits…

California Civil Code section 1954.603 requires Berkeley landlords to provide written bed bug information at lease…

California Civil Code §1954.603 requires Fresno landlords to give written bed bug disclosures to tenants, prohibits…

California Civil Code 1954.603 requires landlords to provide tenants with bed bug information and disclose known…

California Civil Code Section 1954.603 plus SF Health Code habitability rules require landlords to disclose known bed…

California Civil Code §1954.603 requires every San Jose landlord to give tenants a written bed-bug information notice…

California Civil Code Section 1954.603 requires Stockton landlords to provide bed bug information to new tenants and…

Butte County makes it unlawful to establish, operate, or participate in any needle exchange or syringe distribution…

Costa Mesa bans every clean needle and syringe exchange program citywide. Municipal Code Article 23 (§§ 13-200.200 to…

El Dorado County outlaws syringe exchange programs entirely in the unincorporated county, declaring in Section 9.56.030…

Orange outlaws mobile needle exchange programs citywide under Municipal Code Chapter 5.91. No person may establish…

The board of supervisors has declared any syringe services program a public nuisance in unincorporated Placer County…

Santa Ana bans syringe exchange programs outright. City Code § 18-654 prohibits operating one anywhere in the city on…

Sharps manufacturers selling products in Santa Clara County must fund and run a County-approved take-back program, so…

Yuba City bans needle exchange and syringe harm-reduction programs outright under Municipal Code Chapter 24, declaring…

California Medical Waste Management Act prohibits placing used syringes in Anaheim trash, recycling, or sewer…

California Medical Waste Management Act bans home sharps from regular trash. Berkeley residents must use approved…

Chula Vista requires anyone generating biohazardous sharps waste to use labeled, puncture-resistant containers and…

El Cajon requires anyone generating sharps or other biohazardous waste, including needles and syringes, to store them…

Chapter 6.54 makes pharmaceutical manufacturers fund a take-back program for used needles, syringes, and lancets across…

Doctors, dentists, vets, clinics, and hospitals in Carson may not toss unused or used syringes, needles, and drugs into…

Chico requires every used sharp to go straight into a sharps container after first use, bans tossing needles in…

Compton bans mixing needles, sharps, and other medical or hazardous waste into regular trash, recycling, organics, or…

Downey bans dumping syringes, needles and other biological waste outside a building's walls unless it goes through one…

Escondido requires anyone who generates biohazardous medical waste, including used needles and syringes, to store…

Folsom Municipal Code 8.32.090(D) bars used syringes and other medical or biohazardous waste from the city's garbage…

California Health and Safety Code §118286 prohibits placing home-generated sharps in trash or recycling bins. Fresno…

Glendale's industrial waste ordinance bars grinding and discharging used hypodermic needles, syringes and associated…

Hanford's regular trash, recycling, and organics collection will not accept medical waste, including used hypodermic…

Hawthorne's discarded-materials code bars pharmacists, physicians, nurses, veterinarians, clinics and hospitals from…

Kings County requires licensed tattoo shops to dispose of used needles and other sharps waste in rigid…

Lakewood bars used sharps, lancets, and hypodermic needles from any refuse or recycling cart under Municipal Code…

Oceanside classifies used needles, syringes, and lancets as household hazardous waste, not household trash. City Code…

Home-generated needles and syringes cannot go in the regular trash, recycling or organics cart in Rancho Cucamonga…

Rohnert Park bans discarding hypodermic needles in any public place except in a container designed for sharps waste…

Roseville requires every used syringe or sharp to go straight into an FDA-approved sharps container after its first…

California prohibits home sharps in regular trash and recycling. Sacramento residents must use approved sharps…

San Bernardino Municipal Code § 8.24.120(E)(1) bars anyone from putting unbroken, exposed hypodermic needles or other…

Santa Clarita bans dropping used needles, syringes and other sharps into civic litter containers, the trash cans found…

Every pharmacy, medical office and other retailer or provider that sells or furnishes hypodermic needles, lancets or…

Santa Rosa's camping ordinance bans discarding hypodermic needles anywhere in public, allowing disposal only in a…

Tehama County requires responsible stewards to fund a stewardship plan placing sharps and unwanted-drug collection…

Since April 1, 2014, throwing used needles and other home-generated sharps in the trash or recycling has been illegal…

Kern County requires anyone throwing out home-generated needles or other sharps to first seal them in a puncture-proof…

Mendocino County's Disease Prevention Demonstration Project, created under Chapter 9.40 in 2010, lets Public Health…

Pomona lets residents drop off home-generated sharps waste at city-designated public collection sites free of any gate…

Solano County's Local Disease Prevention Demonstration Project let participating pharmacies sell up to 10 hypodermic…

Chain restaurants in Berkeley with 20 or more US locations must post calorie counts next to menu items, following the…

Chapter 8.17 caps the default beverage restaurants may bundle with a children's meal in Long Beach: water, nonfat or 1%…

Every person who handles food in a Hercules food establishment, paid or not, must get a health permit from the Health…

Orange requires every restaurant with five or more employees to have a certified food service manager on staff. Chapter…

Perris bars anyone from handling food, drink, or food-service dishware on the job without a food worker's certificate…

San Rafael requires every food establishment to hold a valid operating certificate from the Marin County health…

Alhambra has required every food service operation to keep a county-certified food handler on staff since 1998. It is…

Every Anaheim food employee who handles unpackaged food must obtain a California Food Handler Card within thirty days…

Antioch requires every person who works with food in a food handling establishment, paid or not, to obtain an…

Bakersfield food workers must obtain a California Food Handler Card within 30 days of hire under California Health and…

A Baldwin Park sidewalk vendor who sells food must certify completion of a food handler course and submit a copy of the…

A Bellflower sidewalk food vendor must prove a Food Handler Card or Certified Food Protection Manager certificate on…

California Senate Bill 602 requires every food handler in a Berkeley restaurant to obtain an ANSI-accredited Food…

Brentwood requires every person who works with food in a food-handling establishment, paid or not, to obtain a health…

Carson requires every mobile food vendor operating in the public right-of-way to hold a valid operator's food handler's…

Food vendors seeking a Ceres sidewalk vending permit must submit proof of completing a Stanislaus County-approved food…

Chula Vista bars anyone from working as a food handler without a food handler training certificate, or a food handler…

Clovis requires anyone who handles, serves, prepares, or stores food or drink in a bakery, restaurant, hotel, tavern…

Anyone who works in a permitted Contra Costa County microenterprise home kitchen operation must earn a county food…

Corona requires anyone who handles food, drink or the dishes used to serve them for pay to hold a Food Worker's…

Downey enforces food handler certification through the Los Angeles County Health Code, adopted wholesale into City law…

Anyone handling food for pay in El Cajon needs certification. Municipal Code Section 8.13.010 adopts San Diego County…

El Monte runs its food safety program on Los Angeles County's rules. Municipal Code Section 8.04.060 adopts LA County…

Escondido doesn't run its own food-handler permitting program: Municipal Code § 12-1 adopts San Diego County's retail…

California Senate Bill 602 requires all Fresno restaurant food handlers to obtain an ANSI-accredited food handler card…

Hawthorne requires anyone applying for a sidewalk vending permit who intends to sell food or food products to submit…

Hayward requires every person who touches edible cannabis production, owners, employees and volunteers alike, to hold a…

Indio requires any food or food-product vendor applying for a City vending permit to submit proof of a completed food…

Inglewood requires certified food handlers at every food establishment by adopting Los Angeles County Ordinance No…

Kern County does not run a blanket food handler card program; instead, Ordinance Code Sections 8.59.020 and 8.59.030…

Anyone handling, serving or preparing food in a Kings County restaurant, bakery or similar establishment for more than…

Anyone who prepares or packages food for a Microenterprise Home Kitchen Operation (MHKO) in unincorporated Lake County…

Every food service operation in Lakewood must have at least one Certified Food Handler on-site during all operating…

Every food service operation in Lancaster must keep at least one certified food handler on site during all operating…

Every food employee in Long Beach must obtain a state-approved food handler card within thirty days of hire and a…

Under California Health and Safety Code §113948, every food handler in Los Angeles must obtain an ANSI-accredited food…

Under California Health and Safety Code §113948, every food handler in LA County must obtain an ANSI-accredited food…

Los Banos requires every food handler, defined broadly to include cooks, waiters, bakers, butchers and anyone preparing…

Modesto Code Section 5-1.313 makes it unlawful for anyone to handle, prepare or store food or drink, or sanitize…

All Moorpark restaurant employees who handle unpackaged food need a California Food Handler Card within 30 days of…

Anyone applying for a Norwalk sidewalk vending permit to sell food must submit proof of completing a food handler…

Oakland food workers must hold a California Food Handler Card within 30 days of hire, and each food facility must…

Oceanside requires anyone working as a food handler to hold a food handler card or work under a certified food service…

Ontario requires food service workers to hold a valid competency certificate under County Ordinance No. 1964, adopted…

Anyone handling food, drink, or food-service dishware for a Palm Springs establishment must hold a food worker's…

Any Pomona sidewalk vendor who sells food must certify completion of a Los Angeles County food handler course and hold…

Rancho Cucamonga requires every food sidewalk vendor to display a valid San Bernardino County health permit decal on…

Anyone selling food from a sidewalk vending cart in Redondo Beach must include certification of completing a food…

Redwood City requires staff who handle edible food recovery for Tier One and Tier Two commercial edible food…

California Health and Safety Code section 113948 requires food employees in Riverside restaurants to obtain an…

California requires food handlers to obtain an accredited Food Handler Card within 30 days of hire, and food facilities…

California requires most restaurant employees who handle unpackaged food to obtain a Food Handler Card within 30 days…

Anyone participating in a San Benito County microenterprise home kitchen operation must obtain a food handler…

San Bernardino's sidewalk vending ordinance requires every food-selling sidewalk vendor, stationary or roaming, to…

San Bernardino County requires every food handler to carry an unexpired food handler card or state food safety…

California Health and Safety Code §113948 requires every food employee in San Diego to obtain an ANSI-accredited Food…

Unincorporated San Diego County food facility workers must hold a current food handler training certificate or pass a…

California Senate Bill 602 requires all SF food employees to obtain a state-approved Food Handler Card within 30 days…

Under California Health and Safety Code §113948, every food handler in San Jose must obtain an ANSI-accredited food…

A San Leandro patient or caregiver who makes edible cannabis products sold at more than one dispensary in the city or…

Anyone working as a food handler in a San Marcos food establishment needs either a food handler training certificate or…

After a hearing finds repeated critical food-safety violations or unsafe staff practices, County Environmental Health…

Anyone preparing, storing, or serving food at a Santa Ana restaurant must hold a California Food Handler Card, obtained…

Under California Health and Safety Code §113948, every food handler in Santa Clara County must obtain an…

A Santa Clarita sidewalk vendor selling food must submit proof of a completed food handler course and a current Los…

Anyone who touches edible Cannabis Products at a Santa Rosa cannabis manufacturer, whether owner, employee or…

A sidewalk food vendor applying for a City permit must submit proof of a completed food handler course certificate…

Anyone involved with a microenterprise home kitchen operation in unincorporated Sonoma County must obtain a Food…

South Gate enforces food handler certification through Los Angeles County Ordinance No. 97-0071, adopted by reference…

Every restaurant in unincorporated Stanislaus County, including mobile food units, must keep a certified manager…

Anyone applying for an outdoor vending permit to sell food or food products on public property in Temecula must submit…

California SB 602 requires Thousand Oaks restaurant employees handling unpackaged food to obtain a food handler card…

California SB 602 requires Twain Harte restaurant and lodge staff to hold an ANSI-accredited food handler card within…

Every food or food-product sidewalk vendor in Upland must certify completion of a food handler course to get a permit…

Sidewalk food vendors in unincorporated Ventura County must show a Manager's Food Safety Certificate or County Food…

Any mobile food truck selling food that requires a health permit must carry a valid food handler's permit and display…

Alameda County health inspectors can order food facility workers to attend a food safety class after repeated…