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Title 13 — PUBLIC PEACE, MORALS AND WELFARE›Division 3 — OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC DECENCY›Chapter 13.18 — ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES

Los Angeles County Municipal Code Part 1 Public Drinking

Los Angeles County Municipal Code · 2026-09 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · Los Angeles County

Cite as: Los Angeles County Municipal Code Part 1 · Text as of 2026-10-04

13.18.010 - Drinking in public deemed misdemeanor—Exceptions.

Every person who consumes any beer, wine or other intoxicating beverage on any public street, sidewalk, alley, highway or parking lot open to the public is guilty of a misdemeanor. This section shall not be deemed to proscribe any act which is positively permitted or prohibited by any law of the state of California.

(Ord. 11212 § 1, 1975.)

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