I'm in my 50s and I've been homeless (long story) in California, where I was born and raised, for 5 years. The police occasionally give out citations for sleeping outside, hoping to get you to pay the $260 fine. But I always say I'll go to court, and the case ALWAYS gets dropped, weeks later, by the DA's office just a day or two before my case gets called in court.
I'm in my 50s and I've been homeless (long story) in California, where I was born and raised, for 5 years. The police occasionally give out citations for sleeping outside, hoping to get you to pay the $260 fine. But I always say I'll go to court, and the case ALWAYS gets dropped, weeks later, by the DA's office just a day or two before my case gets called in court.
Let them ticket you! It's a bluff!