Earlier editions: 2026-09
Title 5 — GENERAL WELFARE AND BUSINESS REGULATIONS›Division 54 — PUBLIC ORDER
Contra Costa County Municipal Code Ch. 54-8 Labor Disputes
Contra Costa County Municipal Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · Contra Costa County
Cite as: Contra Costa County Municipal Code Chapter 54-8 · Text as of 2026-10-04
54-8.002 - Obstruction of public ways.¶
No person shall loiter, stand, or sit in or on any public highway, alley, sidewalk, or crosswalk so as to hinder or obstruct in any manner the free passage of persons or vehicles or to annoy or molest passing persons.
(Prior code § 5430: Ord. 232).
54-8.004 - Intimidation—During picketing prohibited.¶
No person shall picket premises where any person is employed or seeking employment, or any place or approach thereto where an employee or person seeking employment lodges or resides, for the purpose of inducing the employee or person seeking employment, by means of compulsion, coercion, intimidation, threats, acts of violence, or fear, to quit their employment or to refrain from seeking or freely entering employment.
(Ord. No. 2024-23, § III(Exh. A), 12-3-24; Prior code § 5431: Ord. 232).
54-8.006 - Intimidation—During assembly prohibited.¶
No person in association or agreement with one or more other persons shall assemble, congregate, or meet together in the vicinity of any premises where other persons are employed or seek employment, or on the adjacent streets for the purpose of inducing the employees or persons seeking employment, by means of compulsion, coercion, intimidation, threats, acts of violence, or fear to quit their employment or to refrain from seeking or freely entering into contracts of employment.
(Prior code § 5432: Ord. 232).
54-8.008 - Opprobrious language prohibited.¶
No person shall utter to, or within the hearing of, another any derogatory, indecent, opprobrious language or epithets, make any loud or unusual noise or tone, cry out or proclaim, or use any gestures for the purpose of inducing any person by means of compulsion, coercion, intimidation, threats, acts of violence, or fear to quit their employment or to refrain from seeking or freely entering into employment.
(Ord. No. 2024-23, § III(Exh. A), 12-3-24; Prior code § 5433: Ord. 232).
54-8.010 - Peaceable picketing.¶
Nothing contained in this chapter shall be deemed to prohibit peaceable picketing nor to prohibit labor from attempting to accomplish its aims in trade disputes by other peaceable means, including collective bargaining.
(Prior code § 5435: Ord. 232).
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