Section 4.68.130 Escort permit; renewal application.


   (a)    Any person desiring to obtain a permit, or renewal of an existing permit, to act as an escort, shall make application to the chief of police or his designated representative. Prior to submitting such application for a permit or renewal of a permit, a non-refundable fee, as established by resolution of the city council, shall be paid to the police department to defray, in part, the cost of the investigation and report required by this chapter. The police department shall issue a receipt showing that such permit application or renewal fee has been paid. Permit fees required under this chapter shall be in addition to any license, permit or fee required under any other chapter of this code.
   (b)    Neither the filing of an application for a permit, or renewal thereof, nor the payment of an application or renewal fee, shall authorize a person to act as an escort until such permit has been granted or renewed.
   (c)    Each applicant for an escort permit, or renewal thereof, shall furnish the information required by subsections (c)(1) through (12) of Section 4.68.070 of this chapter, and shall, in addition, furnish the following information:
   (1)    A certificate from a medical doctor licensed to practice in the state of California, stating that the applicant has within thirty days immediately preceding the date of the application been examined and found to be free of any contagious or communicable disease;
   (2)    Satisfactory evidence that the applicant is employed, or has been offered employment, by an escort bureau or introductory service holding a valid permit issued by the city of San Bruno, including the name and address of the employer or prospective employer and the fact that such employment or continued employment is contingent upon the issuance of said permit; and
   (3)    Such other identification and information as the chief of police may require in order to discover the truth of the matters required to be set forth in the application.
   (d)    The chief of police may require the applicant to appear in person at the police department in order to be photographed and fingerprinted.
   (e)    The chief of police shall have a reasonable period of time in which to investigate the application and background of the applicant. The chief of police, or his representative, shall, within sixty days after the date of the filing of the application, render a written determination as to approval or denial of the application for the permit or renewal thereof.
   (f)    Upon rendering of a written determination, the chief of police, shall grant the permit, or renewal thereof, only if he or she finds that all of the requirements of subsections (h)(1) through (4) of Section 4.68.070 of this chapter have been met, and, in addition, if he or she finds that the following additional requirements have been met:
   (1)    The applicant has furnished an acceptable medical certificate in compliance with subsection (c)(1) of this Section 4.68.130.
   (2)    The applicant has not had an escort bureau, introductory service or escort permit or other similar license or permit denied or suspended or revoked for cause by the city of San Bruno or any other city or county located in or out of this state within the five years immediately preceding the date of the filing of the application;
   (3)    The applicant is at least eighteen years of age.
   (4)    The applicant has not been convicted or pleaded nolo contendere or guilty, nor has the applicant engaged in conduct constituting a misdemeanor or felony crime of moral turpitude or a misdemeanor or felony crime involving sexual misconduct including, but not limited to, all offenses listed in Penal Code Section 290, Penal Code Sections 311.2 through 311.7, Penal Code Sections 314 through 318, and subsections (a), (b), (c), (d), or (h) of Section 647 of the Penal Code, or any offenses involving pimping, pandering, prostitution or lewd conduct.
   (g)    If the chief of police does not find that all of the requirements set forth in subsection (f) of this Section 4.68.130 have been met, he or she shall deny the application for the permit or renewal thereof. In the event the application for the permit, or renewal thereof, is denied by the chief of police, written notice of such denial shall be given to the applicant specifying the ground or grounds of such denial. Notice of denial of the application for the permit, or renewal thereof shall be deemed to have been served if it in fact is personally served on the applicant or when deposited in the United States mail and addressed to the applicant at his or her residence address as set forth in the application for the permit or renewal thereof. Any applicant whose application for an escort permit, or renewal thereof, has been denied by the chief of police, may appeal such denial to the city council.
   (h)    When any change occurs regarding the written information required by subsection (c) of Section 4.68.070, the applicant or permit holder, as the case may be, shall give written notification of such change to the chief of police within twenty-four hours after such change.

Here in San Diego We have the following. The Adult Entertainers Permit and, and  The Outcall Permit. If you are a dancer in a strip club you must go down to vice and register with them and pay the fee's for such a permit. If you are going to work for an Escort Agency, they require you to goto vice and register and pay the fee's for that permit.
All these permits are a city to city requiement. There is no State wide permit for escorting. I do not know the laws in every city, so I can't say anything about it where you live.
I do know this though. I am a dancer here in SD, and by registering with the city like that, I have actually signed away alot of liberties that a non dancer/civi woman would have. Not only that they now have my info (finger prints,pictures, ect.) attached to my DL and such. The other possable thing that worries me is the fact, that if I was to get into trouble it could throw me from the offense being a misdemenor ticket to a major felony case?
My advice to you is this, if you stay independent Do nothing! Much better to stay under the radar by any means?

Stay safe girl!
Cheers Kylie

..so they can have all the info they need to entrap you, even if you are licensed!!  Just like here in my state, ya have to get a drug stamp if ya wanna sell drugs!!?? Ya, right, like why dont you just call L.E. and tell them when your next deal is go'in down!

..my advice Kim would be not to do it, as long as escorting is considered a misdemeanor or whatever class in your city, county or state, I'd just take my chances the way things are, but for legal advice on this I would consult you attorney first, don't go by our advice..

..and finally, this reminds me of those stings L.E. likes to use to catch a lot of people at one time with outstanding warrants, they mail out fliers to the last known address with a form letter like "you have won such-and-such a prize" or "your a winner, to claim you prize, etc." and they get these people to come to them!!  This smells like the same thing to me and I wouldn't bite if I was in the business..

I'm not aware of any statewide licensing for escorts.  As indicated in the other responses, this is typically an issue for each city to set its own rules and licensing/permit requirements.