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Los Angeles Municipal Code Ch. IV Public Welfare

Los Angeles Municipal Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-19 · Los Angeles

Cite as: Los Angeles Municipal Code Chapter IV · Text as of 2026-10-19

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  • 1 Disorderly Conduct Places and Publications

  • 2 Soliciting – Sales

  • 3 Gambling, Fraud and Deceit

  • 4 Philanthropy

  • 4.5 Bingo

  • 5 Minors

  • 5.2 Cannabis Regulation and Enforcement

  • 5.2.5 Restrictions on Signs Advertising Tobacco Products

  • 5.3 Tenant Anti-Harassment Ordinance

  • 5.4 Prohibition Against Harassment and Retaliation in Housing Based on Immigration or Citizenship Status

  • 5.5 Prohibition Against Discrimination in Housing Based on Age

  • 5.6 Prohibition Against Discrimination Based on Student Status

5.6.1 Protecting Affordable Housing Opportunities for Persons Using Rental Assistance or Other Sources of Income as Payment

5.7 Prohibition of Discrimination in Mobilehome Parks Against Owners of Mobilehomes Based on the Age of Their Mobilehomes

5.8 Prohibition Against Discrimination Based on a Person Suffering From the Medical Condition AIDS, or Any Medical Signs or Symptoms Related Thereto, or Any Perception That a Person Is Suffering from the Medical Condition AIDS Whether Real or Imaginary

  • 5.9 Prohibition Against Discrimination by Clubs or Organizations Which Are Not Distinctly Private

  • 5.10 Prohibition Against Harassment of Bicyclists

  • 6 Preservation of Protected Trees

  • 6.4 Restrictions on Butane Sales

  • 6.5 Regulation of Over-the-Counter Drugs

  • 6.6 Bath Salts – Sale and Use Prohibited

  • 6.7 Large-Capacity Magazines – Possession Prohibited

  • 6.7.1 Suicide Prevention Signs

  • 6.8 Alcoholic Beverages – Warning Signs

  • 6.9 Tobacco Retailer’s Permit

  • 7 Miscellaneous

  • 7.1 Residential Hotel Unit Conversion and Demolition

  • 7.2 Mortgage Modification Consultants

  • 8 Municipal Lobbying

  • 9.5 Municipal Ethics and Conflicts of Interest

  • 9.7 Campaign Financing

  • 11 Municipal Mass Mailings

  • 12 Discrimination on the Basis of Sexual Orientation

  • 13 Prohibition on the Manufacture, Sale, and Distribution of Polystyrene Plastics Products

  • 14 Graffiti Removal and Recovery

  • 14.6 Temporary Protection of Tenants During COVID-19 Pandemic

  • 15 Urgent Repair Program

  • 16 Civil and Human Rights Law

  • 17 Pet Ownership in Publicly-Financed Housing Developments

  • 19 Replacement Obligations and Occupant Protections Required for New Housing Development Projects

  • 20 Hotel Development Replacement Housing

  • 21 Voluntary Housing Program

22 Eviction and Rent Protections for Tenants Housing Persons or Pets Displaced by the January 2025 Los Angeles Wildfires

Article 5.1 — MEDICAL MARIJUANA

(Repealed by Ord. No. 185,343, Eff. 1/1/18.)

[Editor's note: For current cannabis procedures, see Chapter X, Article 4. For commercial cannabis activity, see Chapter X, Article 5.]

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Article 5.2.6 — RESTRICTIONS ON SIGNS ADVERTISING ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES

(Repealed by Ord. No. 174,413, Eff. 3/1/02.)

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Article 9 — STATEMENTS OF CITY RELATED BUSINESS

(Repealed by Ord. No. 177,190, Eff. 1/23/06.)

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Article 14.05 — TEMPORARY PROTECTION OF OCCUPANTS OF SELF-SERVICE STORAGE FACILITIES…

(Repealed by Ord. No. 187,487, Eff. 6/23/22.)

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Article 14.1 — EVICTION OF TENANTS FROM FORECLOSED RESIDENTIAL RENTAL PROPERTIES

(Repealed by Ord. No. 187,737, Eff. 1/27/23.)

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Article 14.5 — TEMPORARY PROHIBITION OF NO-FAULT EVICTIONS

(Repealed by Ord. No. 187,737, Eff. 1/27/23.)

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Article 18 — EVICTIONS BASED ON INTENT TO SUBSTANTIALLY REMODEL RESIDENTIAL RENTAL…

(Repealed by Ord. No. 187,737, Eff. 1/27/23.)

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Article 19 — REPLACEMENT OBLIGATIONS AND OCCUPANT PROTECTIONS REQUIRED FOR NEW HOUSING…

See Los Angeles Municipal Code Section 16.60 (Demolition of Housing Units).

(Amended in Entirety by Ord. No. 188,481, Eff. 2/11/25, Oper. 2/11/25.)

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