Title 7 — BUSINESS LICENSES›Division 2 — SPECIFIC BUSINESSES›Chapter 7.24 — CHARITABLE SOLICITATIONS
Los Angeles County Municipal Code Part 4 Investigation and Publicity
Los Angeles County Municipal Code · 2026-09 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · Los Angeles County
Cite as: Los Angeles County Municipal Code Part 4 · Text as of 2026-10-04
7.24.330 - Investigation—Commission authority.¶
The commission may:
A.
Investigate all the statements made in an application for an information card;
B.
Have access to and inspect and make copies of all books, records and papers of any applicant for or holder of an information card, either approved by or issued by the commission;
C.
Investigate at any time the methods of making or conducting any charitable solicitation.
(Ord. 9678 § 2 (part), 1968: Ord. 5860 Ch. 18 Art. 4 § 3151, 1951.)
7.24.340 - Survey of activities to determine necessity, detect waste.¶
The commission shall maintain a constant survey of the field of charities with regard to the need and the work being done in connection therewith; to avoid unreasonable, unnecessary or wasteful duplication of services; and to secure intelligent cooperation among all charities in this county to the end that a comprehensive and economical plan in philanthropy may be attained.
(Ord. 9678 § 2 (part), 1968: Ord. 5860 Ch. 18 Art. 4 § 3154, 1951.)
7.24.350 - Investigation—Solicitations for evangelical, missionary or religious purposes.¶
In any case where it shall come to the attention of the commission that any solicitation has been or is being or intended to be made within the county for evangelical, missionary or religious purposes, but in such manner as in the opinion of the commission is calculated to give or may give the impression to the person or persons solicited in any such solicitation or to the public that the purpose of such solicitation is either in whole or in part charitable, then the commission, if in its opinion the public interest will be subserved thereby, shall investigate the matter of such solicitation and give publicity to its findings thereon in such manner as it may deem best to advise the public of the facts of the case.
(Ord. 9678 § 2 (part), 1968: Ord. 5860 Ch. 18 Art. 4 § 3152, 1951.)
7.24.360 - Publicity for results of investigations.¶
The commission may:
A.
Publish the results of any investigation provided for by this Part 4;
B.
Give such publicity to any such results by such means as may be deemed best to reach the general public and persons interested, except in the case of publicizing investigations of misstatements, deceptions and frauds.
(Ord. 9678 § 2 (part), 1968: Ord. 5860 Ch. 18 Art. 4 § 3153, 1951.)
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