SEC. 28.02. HAND-BILLS – PERMISSION PREMISES.

No person shall distribute, deposit, throw, place or attach any hand-bill to, in or upon any porch, yard, steps or mail-box located upon any premises not in the possession of or under the control of the person distributing the said hand- bill, which premises has posted thereon in a conspicuous place, a sign of at least twelve inches in area bearing the words, “No Advertising,” unless the person distributing the hand-bills has first received the written permission of the person occupying or having possession of such premises authorizing the person so to do.

Advertising is a lawful occupation and as such is a property right secured by the constitutional guarantees against deprivation of property without due process of law, however such occupation may be regulated by forbidding its distribution in places where it might result in the littering of public places. People v. St. John, 108 Cal. App. 779.

The ordinance may lawfully prohibit the acts described therein. People v. Lockett, CR A 1145.