IT'S POSITIVELY CRIMINAL!

IT'S ILLEGAL TO DUMP WASTE ON PUBLIC PROPERTY

CALIFORNIA PENAL CODE 374.3 et seq. (redacted)

374.3. (a) It is unlawful to dump or cause to be dumped waste matter . . . 

on or in . . .public property . . .

   (c) A person violating this section is guilty of an infraction. Each day that waste placed, 

deposited, or dumped in violation of subdivision (a). . . remains is a separate violation.

  (e) A person convicted of a violation of this section shall be punished by a mandatory fine of not less than $250 nor more than $1,000 upon a first conviction, by a mandatory fine of not less than $500 nor more than $1,500 upon a second conviction, and by a mandatory fine of not less than $750 nor more than $3,000 upon a third or subsequent conviction. . .

 (g) Except when the court requires the convicted person to remove waste matter 

which he or she is responsible for dumping as a condition of probation, the court may,  

in addition to the fine imposed upon a conviction, require as a condition of probation, in

addition to any other condition of probation, that a person convicted of a violation 

of this section pick up waste matter at a time and place within the jurisdiction of the 

court for not less than 12 hours.

   (h) (1) A person who places, deposits, or dumps, or causes to be placed, deposited, 

or dumped, waste matter in violation of this section in commercial quantities shall be 

guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment in a county jail for not more than 

six months and by a fine. The fine is mandatory and shall amount to not less than one 

thousand dollars ($1,000) nor more than three thousand dollars ($3,000) upon a first 

conviction, not less than three thousand dollars ($3,000) nor more than six thousand 

dollars ($6,000) upon a second conviction, and not less than six thousand dollars

($6,000) nor more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000) upon a third or

subsequent conviction.

   (2) "Commercial quantities" means an amount of waste matter generated in the course 

of a trade, business, profession, or occupation, or an amount equal to or in excess of 

one cubic yard. . .