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Diamond Bar council introduces ordinance banning camping on public property, adds service-station language
Summary
Council introduced (first reading) an ordinance that would prohibit camping, sleeping or lodging on public streets, parks and other publicly owned or maintained property; after discussion the council amended the draft to explicitly cover service stations and voted 5-0 to schedule second reading on May 5, 2026.
The Diamond Bar City Council on April 21 introduced an ordinance to prohibit camping, lodging or sleeping on public streets, sidewalks, parks and other publicly owned or maintained property and voted unanimously to amend the draft to explicitly include service stations.
City Manager Fox summarized the proposal, saying the ordinance would make it unlawful to “camp, lodge or sleep on public streets, sidewalks, parks, open space areas” and would repeal an existing code section prohibiting sleeping in vehicles to avoid redundancy. Fox said the city’s 2025 point-in-time count identified 42 unsheltered people in the city and that about 81% were residing in cars, vans or RVs.
City Attorney Sandoval and law…
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