Livermore does have an ordinance for unlawful camping. Here is an excerpt. View the entire ordinance here.
12.65.030 Unlawful camping.
It is unlawful and a public nuisance for any person to camp, establish, maintain, operate or occupy camping facilities, or use camp paraphernalia in the following areas:
- Any public property, improved or unimproved, including but not limited to public streets and sidewalks, open space, and other property, not including a space or stall in an off-street parking facility owned or operated by the City; or
- Any private property where the public has right of access.
This prohibition does not apply to:
- Overnight camping on private residential property with the consent of the property owner or a person in lawful possession of the property, provided the camping does not pose a threat to the public’s health, safety, and welfare or otherwise create a public nuisance or private nuisance;
- Mobile home parks and special occupancy parks;
- Camping on public or private property in connection with a special event, when authorized pursuant to LMC 12.65.040; and
- Day use for lawful activities on public property where authorized. (Ord. 2065 § 1(A), 2018; Ord. 1993 § 1 (Exh. A), 2014)
However:
In Martin V. City of Boise the Ninth Circuit Court ruled that such laws violate the constitution when there is no shelter available. That being said, the City can still issue citations and make arrests for activities other than sleeping on public property that violate law.
We consider whether the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment bars a city from prosecuting people criminally for sleeping outside on public property when those people have no home or other shelter to go to. We conclude that it does.