Crazy Laws in California
February 1st, 2007 categories: Real Estate News
Here are some CRAZY Laws in California…take a peek & get a laugh for the day. Some of them are funny and others I would love to see someone actually enforce…such as the Christmas lights…and pretty smart of San Francisco, don’t you think!
- A city ordinance states that a $500 fine will be given to anyone who detonates a nuclear device within city limits.
- Alhambra: You cannot leave your car on the street overnight without the proper permit.
- Animals are banned from mating publicly within 1,500 feet of a tavern, school, or place of worship.
- A regulation in San Francisco makes it unlawful to use used underwear to wipe off cars in a car wash.
- Baldwin Park: Nobody is allowed to ride a bicycle in a swimming pool.
- Bath houses are against the law.
- Blythe: You are not permitted to wear cowboy boots unless you already own at least two cows.
- Burlingame: It is illegal to spit, except on baseball diamonds; Carmel Ice cream may not be eaten while standing on the sidewalk. (Repealed when Clint Eastwood was mayor); Women may not wear high heels while in the city limits.
- Hollywood: It is illegal to drive more than two thousand sheep down Hollywood Boulevard at one time.
- In Los Angeles courts it is illegal to cry on the witness stand.
- In California it is illegal to have caller ID
- In California it’s against regulations to let phones ring more than nine times in state offices.
- In Los Angeles a man is legally entitled to beat his wife with a leather belt or strap, but the belt can’t be wider than 2 inches, unless he has his wife’s consent to beat her with a wider strap. Consent should be given prior to the event, as is carefully stipulated.
- In Los Angeles, you cannot bathe two babies in the same tub at the same time.
- In Riverside, California, kissing on the lips, unless both parties wipe their lips with carbonized rose water, is against the local health ordinance. (Someone needed to be kissed!)
- In San Francisco it’s illegal to play poker in public or gamble in a barricaded room.
- In Ventura County, California, cats and dogs are not allowed to have sex without a permit.
- It is a misdemeanor to shoot at any kind of game from a moving vehicle, unless the target is a whale.
- It is illegal for a secretary to be alone in a room with her boss.
- It is illegal to eat an orange in your bath tub
- It is illegal to pile horse manure more than six feet high on a street corner.
- Lodi: It is illegal to own or sell “Silly String”.
- Lompoc: It is illegal to posses, own or raise roosters. This is considered disturbing the peace.
- Long Beach: Cars are the only item allowed in a garage; It is illegal to curse on a mini-golf course.
- Molesting butterflies can result in a $500 fine.
- No alcohol beverages can be displayed within five feet of a cash register of any store in California that sells both alcohol and motor fuel.
- No vehicle without a driver may exceed 60 miles per hour.
- Prunedale: Two bathtubs may not be installed in the same house.
- Riverside: One may not carry a lunch down the street between 11 and 1 o’clock.
- San Diego: It is illegal to shoot jack rabbits from the back of a streetcar; The owners of houses with Christmas lights on them past February second may be fined up to $250.
- San Francisco bans any “mechanical device that reproduces obscene language.”
- San Jose: It is illegal to have more than two cats or dogs. -Ord. 7.08.595
- Santa Monica: You may not play percussion instruments on the beach.
- Sunshine is guaranteed to the masses.
- The city of San Francisco holds a copyright on the name “San Francisco.” It is illegal to manufacture any item with the name without first getting permission from the city. Since the Supreme Court upheld the copyright, San Francisco has had an annual $300 million surplus every year.
Take a peek at some crazy laws in other states.
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the no caller id does that mean cell phones as well?
Adam,
Many of us have caller ID so that law appears to be obsolete. They just need to get it off the books.
You wouldn’t happen to know an ordinance number on that Riverside piece? If there’s any truth to that one…please pass on any info you have.
Lidia in Riverside
Lidia,
No I don’t. Just saw an article last year listing several crazy laws that are still on the books and thought I’d share them with everyone…crazy, hugh?
I’ve been involved in taxes for longer then I care to admit, both on the individualized side (all my working life-time!!) and from a legal stand since satisfying the bar and following tax law. I’ve offered a lot of advice and redressed a lot of wrongs, and I must say that what you’ve posted makes impeccable sense. Please carry on the good work – the more individuals know the better they’ll be equipped to cope with the tax man, and that’s what it’s all about.
Thank you. I hope it helps the home buyers to understand but it’s always a good idea to ask the expert when it comes to taxes.
I look forward to reading your posts. Thanks for all the work!
The information presented is top notch. I’ve been doing some research on the topic and this post answered several questions.
Why is it illegal to eat an orange in your bathtub?
Pretty funny, hugh?
Glad to hear it.
Your most welcome
You cannot copyright ‘San Francisco.’
You might be able to trademark it, though.
I really like the fresh perpective you did on the issue. Really was not expecting that when I started off studying. Your concepts were easy to understand that I wondered why I never looked at it before. Glad to know that there’s an individual out there that definitely understands what she’s discussing. Great job!
Hi there,, i was talking with some friends about the cowboy boots’ law in blythe.. I’ve heard it before.. but the just laughed at my comment.. and well i wanted to know if you had information about it.. a website of the government where i can find it.. so.. if you have it please let me know =) i made a bet. and I’d really hate to lose
Andrea,
You are right, you can’t wear cowboy boots in Blythe unless you own at least 2 cows. Here’s the website Hope you won something fun!
It’s illegal to cry on the witness in California ? ?? ????
WHAT THE F%$@!
THAT’S STUPID !
Great post! Thanks!