- It is illegal to wash your car in the street.  

El Monte  

- Sandboxes may not be used as ashtrays.

  - Pinball machines are outlawed, as well as mock horse racing games.

  - Waitresses are not allowed to consume drinks bought by her customers.

  Eureka  

- Persons may not sleep on a road.

  - One must seek written permission from the Director of Public Works before playing baseball in a city park.  

- Men who wear moustaches are forbidden from kissing women.  

- A man with a moustache may not kiss a woman.  

Fresno  

- No one may annoy a lizard in a city park.

    Skipping rocks in a city park is not allowed.

  It is against the law to hold a private bingo game.

  Permanent markers may not be sold in the city limits

.   It is illegal to sell gasoline to a drunken person.

  Elementary schools may not host poker tournaments.

  Getting drunk on a playground is against the law.  

Glendale  

One may not take his dog on an elevator with him.

  A person must be 18 years old to buy a wax container.  

It is illegal to jump into a passing car.  

Cars may not be driven in reverse.

  Hermosa Beach

  Public restrooms must be supplied with toilet paper.

  No person may show his or her buttocks on a playground.  

It is illegal to pour salt on a highway.  

Hollywood  

It is illegal to drive more than two thousand sheep down Hollywood Boulevard at one time.

  Indian Wells  

It is illegal for a trumpet player to play his instrument with the intention of luring someone to a store.

  Drinking intoxicating cement is prohibited.

  Fortelling the future for donations is illegal.

  Crushing rocks in the city limits is forbidden.  

Lafayette  

You are forbidden to spit on the ground within 5 feet of another person.  

Lodi  

It is illegal to shoot “silly string” at parade participants  

Lompoc  

It is illegal to posses, own or raise roosters.  

Long Beach

  Cars are the only item allowed in a garage.

  It is illegal to curse on a mini-golf course.

  Los Angeles

  It is illegal for a man to beat his wife with a strap wider than 2 inches without her consent.

  You cannot bathe two babies in the same tub at the same time.

  You may not hunt moths under a street light.

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