Pomona, 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 — every peddler or solicitor needs a City of Pomona business license. "All individuals and companies doing business in the City of Pomona are required by the City Code (Section 50-331, et. seq.) to obtain a City of Pomona Business License," and the license tax schedule has its own "Peddlers or solicitors" category, billed per person (50-412(19)).
• Where it comes from: The Business License Unit, Revenue Management Division, City Hall, City of Pomona.
• Fee: $37.50 per day or $149.00 per quarter for a peddler or solicitor working on foot (50-412(19)(a)); $61.50 per day or $327.25 per quarter by vehicle, plus $19.50 per day or $74.00 per quarter for each helper working with a vehicle-based peddler (50-412(19)(b)) — per the city's 2026-27 Business Tax Schedule.
• Hours you may knock: Not published. No permitted-hours or curfew provision for peddling or soliciting was found in Chapter 50 (Taxation) or in the part of Chapter 30 (Licenses, Permits and Miscellaneous Regulations) that could be read.
• What the rep carries: Not published in the sections read.
• What takes the time: Not published — Chapter 50, Article VIII is a tax schedule; it does not describe a background check, fingerprinting, or processing period for a peddler/solicitor license.
• Code: Pomona City Code Chapter 50, Taxation, Article VIII — Business License Tax, § 50-412(19) (Peddlers or solicitors), referencing the city's own Business License Tax Schedule.
• Worth knowing: Chapter 30 of the City Code is titled "Licenses, Permits and Miscellaneous Regulations" and likely holds Pomona's regulatory (as opposed to tax) rules for peddlers or solicitors — sign posting, hours, background checks — but its Municode table of contents would not render section links for the reader tool used this session, and the specific article could not be located within the time budget. Worth checking directly with the clerk or Municode's site search.
• Read it yourself: City of Pomona Business License page (cites City Code § 50-331 et seq.) · Pomona City Code § 50-412, Article VIII Business License Tax schedule categories · City of Pomona 2026-27 Business Tax Schedule (PDF) · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: Is there a separate regulatory solicitor/peddler permit (background check, badge) in Chapter 30, apart from the Chapter 50 business license tax? What hours are door-to-door solicitors allowed to knock in Pomona? Is a badge or photo ID required to be worn while soliciting? Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________