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Cal. Penal Code § 647a (2026)
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(a)Any peace officer, as defined in subdivision (a) of Section 830.1 or Section 830.31, 830.32, or 830.33, may transport any person, as quickly as is feasible, to the nearest homeless shelter, or any runaway youth or youth in crisis to the nearest runaway shelter, if the officer inquires whether the person desires the transportation, and the person does not object to the transportation. Any officer exercising due care and precaution shall not be liable for any damages or injury incurred during transportation.
(b)Notwithstanding any other provision of law, this section shall become operative in a county only if the board of supervisors adopts the provisions of this section by ordinance. The ordinance shall include a provision requiring peace officers to determine the availability of space at the nearest homeless or runaway shelter prior to transporting any person.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 41
cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1951–2022 · leading case: People v. La Fontaine, 79 Cal. App. 3d 176 (Cal. Ct. App. 1978).
People v. La Fontaine, 79 Cal. App. 3d 176 (Cal. Ct. App. 1978). “The judgment of guilt is affirmed with respect to count I (Pen. Code, § 647a) with instructions to the trial court to conduct further probation and sentence proceedings on this count and pronounce a misdemeanor sentence as provided by Penal Code section 647a.”
People v. Atchison, 583 P.2d 735 (Cal. 1978). “Defendant appeals from a municipal court judgment [1] that he was guilty of (1) annoying or molesting a child under age 18 (Pen. Code, § 647a), and (2) contributing to the delinquency of a child under age 18 (§ 272).”
People v. Deletto, 147 Cal. App. 3d 458 (Cal. Ct. App. 1983). “) In the instant case, only one witness, the minor, testified about the acts in question; no real evidence was admitted.”
People v. Gordon, 165 Cal. App. 3d 839 (Cal. Ct. App. 1985). “01 required reversal where defendant, convicted of one count of child molesting (Pen. Code, § 647a), had various explanations for different acts of alleged molestation]; People v.”
People v. Moore, 185 Cal. App. 3d 1005 (Cal. Ct. App. 1986). “Defendant Peter Clement Moore was convicted by a jury of five counts of misdemeanor child annoyance or molestation (Pen. Code, § 647a), and acquitted of one misdemeanor and four child-related felony counts (Pen.”
Nino v. Gladys R., 464 P.2d 127 (Cal. 1970). “A child may be declared a ward of the juvenile court under section 602 for conduct proscribed by Penal Code section 647a. (9) Penal Code section 647a provides: " Every person who annoys or molests any child under the age of 18 is a vagrant.”
People v. Diaz, 195 Cal. App. 3d 1375 (Cal. Ct. App. 1987). “After a jury trial, defendant was found guilty of three counts of annoying or molesting a minor (Pen. Code, § 647a), four counts of lewd or lascivious conduct against a child less than 14 years old (Pen.”
In Re Johnson, 398 P.2d 420 (Cal. 1965). “2d 365, 369 , defendants charged with four counts of annoying or molesting children (Pen. Code, § 647a, subd. (1), a misdemeanor) were informed by the court that even if they expressly waived counsel “the Court will then consider the nature of the charge, the facts and…”
People v. Terry, 454 P.2d 36 (Cal. 1969). “a police investigation of the incident, a complaint was filed charging defendant with molesting minors (Pen. Code, § 647a, subd. .(!)), furnishing narcotics to a minor (Health & Saf.”
People v. Poon, 125 Cal. App. 3d 55 (Cal. Ct. App. 1981). “For that reason, appellant argues, his conviction of the lewd act charge must be reversed, as the evidence of sexual intent relating to that charge—required to establish a violation of section 647a, but not to prove the offense of child molestation—was uncertain and ambiguous.”
People v. Gunn, 197 Cal. App. 3d 408 (Cal. Ct. App. 1987). “01 because defendant was charged with only one count of annoying or molesting (Pen. Code, § 647a) but the evidence showed defendant annoyed or molested the victim on three separate occasions.”
People v. Kusumoto, 169 Cal. App. 3d 487 (Cal. Ct. App. 1985). “(a)), and one count of child molestation (Pen. Code, § 647a). 1 He was sentenced to a term of 12 years in prison on the section 289(a) counts.”
— Cal. Penal Code § 647a(l) — 1 case
In Re Morehead, 237 P.2d 335 (Cal. Ct. App. 1951).
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