Current City Ordinances. Applicable current Santa Monica City ordinances:
§ 4.08.093 Penalties.
Any persons violating the provisions of Sections 4.08.094 through 4.08.095 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined in an amount not to exceed five hundred dollars or imprisoned for a period not to exceed six months, or both. In the case of a person who is granted probation for repeated violation of any offense under Sections 4.08.094 through
4.08.095, the court may issue, or direct the issuance of, an injunction or "stay away" order to abate and prevent the continuance or recurrence of such violation. § 4.08.095 Prohibition against camping in public places. (a) No person shall camp in a prohibited public place.
(b) For the purpose of this Section:
(1) “Camp” means to erect, maintain, store, or occupy a camp facility for the purpose of living accommodations.
(2) “Camp facility” means the use of, settling, fixing in place, setting up, storing, locating, or leaving behind in a prohibited public place any or a combination of the following: tents, huts, other temporary physical shelters, cots, beds, or hammocks. (3) “Prohibited public place” means any of the following: the public parks listed in Section
4.55.020, public beaches, the Santa Monica Municipal Pier, public streets, public alleyways, public parking lots, public passageways, public rights-of-way, publicly-owned landscaped areas or greenbelts, public educational institutions including properties owned by the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District or Santa Monica College, or other government-owned properties located within the City of Santa Monica.
(c) The City Council may, by majority vote, establish one or more specified camping areas.
Such camping areas, if any, may be located in prohibited public places, except that such camping areas shall not be located within public parks. (d) This Section does not prohibit those who are homeless from using sleeping bags, blankets, pillows, and/or bedrolls while sleeping.
§ 4.08.097 Prohibition against sitting or lying in doorways at night. (a) No person shall sit or lie down in any entrance to a building in the downtown, Main Street, Broadway, Colorado Avenue, Lincoln Boulevard, Pico Boulevard, Santa Monica Boulevard, and Wilshire Boulevard areas between the hours of eleven p.m. and seven a.m. if that entrance is posted with a sign prohibiting such conduct.
(b) As used in this Section, the following items shall have the following meanings:
(1) “Downtown” means the area bounded by and including the west side of Ocean Avenue, the north side of Wilshire Boulevard, the east side of Lincoln Boulevard, and the south side of Pico Boulevard.
(2) “Main Street area” means the area bounded by and including the west side of Neilsen Way, the north side of Pico Boulevard, the east side of Main Street from Pico Boulevard to Strand Street, the north side of Strand Street to Second Street, the east side of Second Street and the City's southern border.
(3) “Broadway” means the area bounded by the west side of Ocean Avenue and the City's eastern border.
(4) “Colorado Avenue” means the area bounded by the west side of Ocean Avenue and the City's eastern border.
(5) “Lincoln Boulevard” means the area bounded by the north side of Wilshire Boulevard and the City's southern border.
(6) “Pico Boulevard” means the area bounded by the west side of Ocean Avenue and the City's eastern border.
(7) “Santa Monica Boulevard” means the area bounded by the west side of Ocean Avenue and the City's eastern border.
(8) “Wilshire Boulevard” means the area bounded by the west side of Ocean Avenue to the City's eastern border.
(9) “Building” means any building, other than a building used for solely residential purposes, located in the areas specified in subsections (b)(1)—(b)(8). (10) “Entrance” means the entire area between the outer edge of any entrance to a building and any exterior door and includes entry ways, doorways, vestibules, alcoves, and areas located under cantilevers.
(c) Any person violating the provisions of this Section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor which shall be punishable by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars per violation, or by imprisonment in the County Jail for a period not exceeding six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
(d) The prohibition contained in this Section shall not apply to any person sitting or lying down in any entrance to a building due to a medical emergency. § 3.12.360 Obstructing, leaving or placing property on, or sitting or lying on public rights-of-way or public property.
(a) Sitting or Lying on Sidewalks or In the Promenade Roadway in the Bayside Conservation District of the Downtown Area.
(1) During the hours between six a.m. and one a.m., no person shall:
(A) Sit or lie down upon a public sidewalk in the Bayside Conservation District or upon the Third Street Promenade;
(B) Sit or lie down upon a blanket, chair, stool, bench or any other object placed or installed on a public sidewalk in the Bayside Conservation District or the Third Street Promenade; or (C) Sit, stand, lie down upon or otherwise be present upon any planting, railing, topiary or statue placed upon or installed on a public sidewalk in the Bayside Conservation District or the Third Street Promenade.
(2) The prohibition contained in this Section shall not apply to any person:
(A) Sitting or lying down on a public sidewalk or the Third Street Promenade due to a medical emergency;
(B) Utilizing a wheelchair, walker or similar device to move about the public sidewalk or the Third Street Promenade as the result of a disability;
(C) Sitting while operating or patronizing a commercial establishment or business conducted on the public sidewalk or Third Street Promenade pursuant to a street use permit, license or other City-issued authorization;
(D) Sitting while participating in or attending a parade, festival, rally, demonstration, meeting or similar special event lawfully conducted pursuant to a City-issued permit or license on the public sidewalk or Third Street Promenade;
(E) Sitting on a bollard, chair or bench located on the public sidewalk or Third Street Promenade and which is supplied by a public agency;
(F) Sitting on a ledge, step or other masonry surface which borders the fountains or topiary planters on the public sidewalk or Third Street Promenade; (G) Sitting on a public sidewalk within a bus stop zone while waiting for public or private transportation; or
(H) Giving a street performance pursuant to a permit issued by the City.