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camping:banned [2024/11/20 10:11]
frater_secessus [California] added Fremont |
camping:banned [2025/02/27 17:42] (current)
frater_secessus [California] added Menlo Park |
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| >> recognized the right for unsheltered individuals to sleep in public when shelter is not available. The ruling allows for reasonable restrictions on when and where people can camp on public property if no other shelter is available.((https://www.sonomacountygazette.com/sonoma-county-news/sonoma-county-sebastopol-face-legal-challenges-over-camping-rv-parking-re/)) | >> recognized the right for unsheltered individuals to sleep in public when shelter is not available. The ruling allows for reasonable restrictions on when and where people can camp on public property if no other shelter is available.((https://www.sonomacountygazette.com/sonoma-county-news/sonoma-county-sebastopol-face-legal-challenges-over-camping-rv-parking-re/)) |
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| | In [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_of_Grants_Pass_v._Johnson|City of Grants Pass v. Johnson]], 2024, ruled that "civil and criminal penalties for camping on public land do not constitute cruel and unusual punishment of homeless people". Anti-'dweller laws have increased significantly since then, sometimes explicitly mentioning the SCOTUS decision. |
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| In the list below, preference is given to entries backed up by primary and/or secondary sources. Unsubstantiated listings use the word "unofficial" or similar. Seasonal street parking laws due to snowplowing are not included. | In the list below, preference is given to entries backed up by primary and/or secondary sources. Unsubstantiated listings use the word "unofficial" or similar. Seasonal street parking laws due to snowplowing are not included. |
| * **Marina** forbids RV parking on the street.((http://www.montereyherald.com/government-and-politics/20170113/lapis-road-campers-ask-where-now)) | * **Marina** forbids RV parking on the street.((http://www.montereyherald.com/government-and-politics/20170113/lapis-road-campers-ask-where-now)) |
| * **Martinez** forbids illegal camping and sleeping in vehicles.((http://martinezgazette.com/archives/24074)) | * **Martinez** forbids illegal camping and sleeping in vehicles.((http://martinezgazette.com/archives/24074)) |
| | * **Menlo Park** bans "oversized vehicles and RVs from parking overnight on all public streets"((https://www.almanacnews.com/menlo-park/2025/02/26/menlo-park-city-council-reluctantly-approves-overnight-rv-parking-ban/)) |
| * **Mission Viejo** prohibits sleeping in cars,((http://www.ocregister.com/news/sleeping-341606-schmutz-council.html)) RVs, trailers, or automobiles. Sleeping in public is also prohibited.((https://voiceofoc.org/2017/09/mission-viejo-strengthens-its-no-camping-laws/)). | * **Mission Viejo** prohibits sleeping in cars,((http://www.ocregister.com/news/sleeping-341606-schmutz-council.html)) RVs, trailers, or automobiles. Sleeping in public is also prohibited.((https://voiceofoc.org/2017/09/mission-viejo-strengthens-its-no-camping-laws/)). |
| * **Monterey County** (including [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monterey_County,_California#Cities|these cities]]) has begun enforcement of RV camping.((http://www.montereyherald.com/government-and-politics/20170113/lapis-road-campers-ask-where-now)) | * **Monterey County** (including [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monterey_County,_California#Cities|these cities]]) has begun enforcement of RV camping.((http://www.montereyherald.com/government-and-politics/20170113/lapis-road-campers-ask-where-now)) |
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| * **Belleville** "**prohibits sleeping in cars** or camping in parks, under bridges or viaducts or on sidewalks, streets, lanes, alleys, benches or other publicly-owned property."((https://www.bnd.com/news/local/article295008809.html)) | * **Belleville** "**prohibits sleeping in cars** or camping in parks, under bridges or viaducts or on sidewalks, streets, lanes, alleys, benches or other publicly-owned property."((https://www.bnd.com/news/local/article295008809.html)) |
| | * **Dixon** prohibits "parking a vehicle overnight for the purposes of sleeping or otherwise using the vehicle for public camping"((https://www.shawlocal.com/sauk-valley/2024/11/21/dixon-city-council-approves-ordinance-to-ban-sleeping-and-camping-in-public-spaces/)) |
| * **East Peoria** bans camping and sleeping on public property and "includes whether a place incorporates the use of a tent, shack, other structure, or a vehicle as a temporary or permanent place of residence. It also defines campsite as a place where any material used as bedding is on site, along with a place for a fire or stove, used as a place to maintain a temporary or permanent place to live."((https://wmbdradio.com/2024/09/04/east-peoria-amends-public-property-camping-ordinance/)) | * **East Peoria** bans camping and sleeping on public property and "includes whether a place incorporates the use of a tent, shack, other structure, or a vehicle as a temporary or permanent place of residence. It also defines campsite as a place where any material used as bedding is on site, along with a place for a fire or stove, used as a place to maintain a temporary or permanent place to live."((https://wmbdradio.com/2024/09/04/east-peoria-amends-public-property-camping-ordinance/)) |
| * In **Sandwich City** it is illegal to park an RV or trailer on a public street((http://www.kendallcountynow.com/2017/09/13/sandwich-bans-rvs-trailers-truck-tractors-from-parking-on-public-streets/ad3nm56/)) | * In **Sandwich City** it is illegal to park an RV or trailer on a public street((http://www.kendallcountynow.com/2017/09/13/sandwich-bans-rvs-trailers-truck-tractors-from-parking-on-public-streets/ad3nm56/)) |
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| * in **Carson City** "RVs and boats can be parked on a city street for up to 72 hours per occurrence, and there can’t be more than two occurrences within 30 days"((https://www.nevadaappeal.com/news/2022/apr/15/rv-boat-parking-limited-carson-city/)) | * in **Carson City** "RVs and boats can be parked on a city street for up to 72 hours per occurrence, and there can’t be more than two occurrences within 30 days"((https://www.nevadaappeal.com/news/2022/apr/15/rv-boat-parking-limited-carson-city/)) |
| | * **Clark county** prohibits public camping.((https://www.scribd.com/document/788974191/Clark-County-Camping-Ban-Ordinance#from_embed)) |
| * **Las Vegas** prohibits "camping, sleeping and similar activities throughout downtown and in residential areas."((https://lasvegassun.com/news/2019/nov/06/tense-las-vegas-council-oks-homeless-ordinance/)) | * **Las Vegas** prohibits "camping, sleeping and similar activities throughout downtown and in residential areas."((https://lasvegassun.com/news/2019/nov/06/tense-las-vegas-council-oks-homeless-ordinance/)) |
| * In **Sparks** it is unlawful for the owner or driver of any vehicle, trailer or vehicle and trailer having an overall length of more than **15 feet** to stand or park the same at any time on any public street, highway or alley, except immediately in front of the property of the owner((https://www.rgj.com/story/news/questions/ask-the-rgj/2023/08/23/will-pickup-truck-owners-run-afoul-of-new-sparks-homeless-ordinance/70652399007/)) | * In **Sparks** it is unlawful for the owner or driver of any vehicle, trailer or vehicle and trailer having an overall length of more than **15 feet** to stand or park the same at any time on any public street, highway or alley, except immediately in front of the property of the owner((https://www.rgj.com/story/news/questions/ask-the-rgj/2023/08/23/will-pickup-truck-owners-run-afoul-of-new-sparks-homeless-ordinance/70652399007/)) |
