10.12.070 ENFORCEMENT PROCEDURES.

(a) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to preclude minors from being in a public place for the purpose of exercising the rights guaranteed by the First Amendment of the United States Constitution or the California Constitution.

(b) Before taking enforcement action under this chapter, a peace officer shall ask the suspected offender's age and reason for being in a public place.

(c) A peace officer may take enforcement action under this chapter only when the peace officer has cause to believe that neither subsection (a) above nor any other exemption in this chapter applies to the offender.