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ATTY/ORD.0006/CC ORD ANTI-CAMPING – EXHIBIT A REV: 08-20-25 MI Page 3 of 5 49.4 City Manager authority to promulgate regulations. The City Manager is authorized to establish standard policies, procedures, forms, and/or administrative regulations that are consistent with this Chapter in order to implement this Chapter. 49.5 Penalties for violations. (a) Any Person who is in violation of this Chapter shall be given at least two (2) written warnings prior to enforcement of the violation as a misdemeanor, which shall be punishable by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars ($100.00) or by imprisonment in the county jail for no more than six (6) months, or both. No initial written warning shall be given to a Person without a screening of the person's mental and physical condition. The written warnings may be issued at any time a violation is identified regardless of the duration of time between each warning, subject to the requirements of Subsection (b) below, and regardless of the location of the Encampment. Each written warning shall provide the Person with information about at least one (1) available Shelter Location, as required by Section 49.3(b) and shall include a written offer of placement in such Shelter Location. (b) Each day that an Encampment exists under Section 49.3(a) shall be a separate violation of this Chapter, and each written warning required under this Section 49.5 shall be given no more frequently than once during every 24-hour period. (c) A person who is in violation of this Chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor twenty- four (24) hours after receiving a second written warning as set forth above and failing to vacate the Encampment. (d) If a person who violates this Chapter is subject to arrest, the arresting officer shall be permitted to seize and store the Personal Effects of the Person arrested if necessary to prevent items from being stolen or damaged and/or if deemed necessary to prevent the immediate reestablishment of an Encampment that violates this Chapter. (e) Any person charged with a misdemeanor violation under this Chapter shall be entitled to participate in any appropriate diversion programs offered by the Superior Court. (f) This Chapter may be enforced by the City’s law enforcement agencies, including Code Enforcement and the Police Department, and the County of San Mateo, its officers, employees and agents. 49.6 Removal and storage of personal effects. (a) The establishment of an Encampment that violates this Chapter is declared a public nuisance, and city representatives are authorized to remove any such encampment after providing notice and complying with the Shelter Location requirements set forth in this Chapter. Unless a seizure of Personal Effects or other items of property and arrest occur related to a misdemeanor violation, as set forth above in Section 49.5(d), or unless