Alhambra, California: door-to-door solicitor permit

Partly read: the permit answer is sourced, but the fee or the hours could not be read from the city’s own pages. The clerk questions below cover the gap.

• The answer: Yes, going by the city's own fee pages — the Business License Tax Schedule lists Solicitors/Peddlers and Principal Solicitors as special business licenses that require an investigation by the Alhambra Police Department and the U.S. Department of Justice. The solicitor chapter of the municipal code itself could not be read, so the exact permit rule and section are not on this card.
• Where it comes from: The Finance Department's Business License Division (Office of the Revenue Manager, 111 S First Street), with the investigation done by the Alhambra Police Department and the U.S. Department of Justice, per the Business License Tax Schedule page.
• Fee: The Master Fee and Services Schedule (revised 02/23/26) shows the old Peddling & Soliciting fee (S-220E) as removed and points to S-219, Business License-Addl Citywide Rev: $495 - New and $35 - Renewal. The Business License Tax Schedule page adds a $79 application fee for new licenses or a $34 renewal fee. The tax schedule's rate table is posted as an image; it lists Solicitors/Peddlers at $495 per solicitor with a $35 renewal, and Principal Solicitors at $495 a year plus a per-solicitor charge. Whether the company, each rep, or both pay the $495 is for the clerk to confirm.
• Hours you may knock: Not read. The Alhambra Municipal Code is on American Legal, which could not be opened, and the city's business license pages give no hours.
• What the rep carries: Not read; the code could not be opened and the city pages say nothing on it.
• What takes the time: An investigation by the Alhambra Police Department and the U.S. Department of Justice, per the tax schedule page. No processing time is published.
• Code: Alhambra Municipal Code on American Legal Publishing (codelibrary.amlegal.com), linked from the city's homepage. Blocked to automated reading; no chapter or section is cited on this card.
• Read it yourself: City of Alhambra — Business License Tax Schedule · City of Alhambra — Master Fee and Services Schedule, Exhibit A (revised 02/23/26) (PDF) · Alhambra Municipal Code — American Legal (not readable) · checked 22 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down:

• Which code chapter governs door-to-door solicitors, and the hours reps may knock
• Whether a sales company pays the $495 principal solicitor license plus a charge per rep, or each rep pays $495
• What the police and DOJ investigation involves (Live Scan fingerprints?) and how long it takes
• Whether reps must carry or wear a city ID or badge

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