Hi All,
Last weekend on second saturday The Juggs (an all girl acoustic jug band) got hassled by the police for playing on the sidewalk, they said a permit was required which is not true.
to cover your selves and to keep from getting shut down i suggest that all participants print out a copy of the section of the city code that exempts street performers from the required permit and cary it with them if they plan on playing on public property.
you can find it here: http://www.sacwiki.org/The_Streets_of_Sacramento by clicking through the link labeled Chapter 5.108 ENTERTAINMENT ESTABLISHMENTS in the wiki page. i'd have put a direct link to it here, but "Tom" won't let it happen..., stupid myspace is crap, an html nightmare worse than aol.