CHAPTER 5. Enforcement, Actions, and Proceedings [18866. - 18866.6.]

Cal. Health and Safety Code - HSC 5.

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Cal. Health and Safety Code - HSC § 18866. Section 18866.

(a) The department shall enforce this part and the rules and regulations adopted pursuant to this part, except as provided in Section 18865. (b) The officers or agents of the enforcement agency may do either of the following: (1) Enter public or private property to determine whether there exists any park to which this part applies. (2) Enter and inspect all parks, wherever situated, and inspect all accommodations, equipment, or paraphernalia used in connection therewith, including the right to examine any registers of occupants maintained therein in order to secure the enforcement of this part and the regulations adopted pursuant to this part.

Cal. Health and Safety Code - HSC § 18866.1. Section 18866.1.

Enforcement agencies responsible for the enforcement of this part and the regulations adopted pursuant to this part shall maintain all records on file of special occupancy park inspections.

Cal. Health and Safety Code - HSC § 18866.2. Section 18866.2.

Any notice of violation of this part, or any rule or regulation adopted pursuant thereto, issued by the enforcement agency shall be issued to the appropriate persons designated in Section 18867 and shall include a statement that any willful violation is a misdemeanor under Section 18874.

Cal. Health and Safety Code - HSC § 18866.3. Section 18866.3.

The owner or operator of a park shall abate any nuisance in the park within five days, or within such longer period of time as may be allowed by the enforcement agency, after he or she has been given written notice to remove the nuisance. If he or she fails to do so within that time, the district attorney of the county in which the park, or the greater portion of the park, is situated shall bring a civil action to abate the nuisance in the superior court of the county in the name of the people of the State of California.

Cal. Health and Safety Code - HSC § 18866.4. Section 18866.4.

In any action or proceeding to abate a nuisance in a park, proof of any one of the following facts is sufficient for a judgment or order for the abatement of the nuisance, violation, or operation of the park: (a) A previous conviction of the owner or operator of a violation of this part or Part 2.1 (commencing with Section 18200) or a regulation adopted pursuant to this part or Part 2.1 (commencing with Section 18200) that constitutes a nuisance or failure on the part of the owner or operator to correct the violation after the conviction. (b) The violation is the basis for the proceeding.

Cal. Health and Safety Code - HSC § 18866.5. Section 18866.5.

(a) If any park or portion thereof governed by this part is constructed, altered, converted, used, occupied, or maintained in violation of this part, the regulations adopted pursuant to this part, or any order or notice issued by the enforcement agency that allows a reasonable time to correct the violation, the enforcement agency may institute any appropriate action or proceeding to prevent, restrain, correct, or abate the violation. (b) The superior court may make any order for which application is made pursuant to this part.

Cal. Health and Safety Code - HSC § 18866.6. Section 18866.6.

(a) No enforcement agency shall approve any park fronting upon any coastline, shoreline, river, or waterway or upon any lake or reservoir owned in whole or part by any public agency, including the state, unless the city, county, or city and county having jurisdiction over the property has determined that reasonable public access by fee or easement from public highways exists to the coastline, shoreline, river, waterway, lake or reservoir. (b) Any public access route or routes required to be provided by the owner shall be expressly designated on a map filed with the county recorder of the county in which the park lies, and the map shall specify the name of the owner of, and particularly describe the property involved, and designate the governmental entity to which the route or routes are dedicated. A governmental entity shall accept the dedication within three years after the recordation or the dedication shall be deemed abandoned. (c) Any public access required pursuant to this section need not be provided through or across the park if the city, county, or city and county having jurisdiction has made a finding that reasonable public access is otherwise available within a reasonable distance from the park. Any such findings shall be set forth on the recorded map required by this section. (d) Nothing in this section shall be construed as requiring a park owner to improve any access route or routes that are primarily for the benefit of nontenants, nonoccupants, or nonresidents of the park.

Source: CA Legislative Counsel Bulk DataURL: https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zipFetched: 6/27/2026