Expanded Sacramento County ordinance extends enforcement to private property
The Sacramento County Board of Supervisors has approved a significant expansion of its unlawful camping ordinance, extending enforcement authority to most private property in unincorporated areas as part of an effort to address unmanaged encampments that have increasingly shifted beyond public land.
The revised ordinance, expected to take effect in approximately 30 days, authorizes deputies with the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office to intervene when camps are established on private parcels where property owners cannot be reached. County officials have said earlier regulations limited enforcement largely to public property, creating gaps that allowed encampments to relocate onto private land, including commercial sites, creek corridors and undeveloped parcels…