As a general rule of thumb, and in accordance with the law from the FAA, you may not fly within a 5 mile radius of any airport. In 2012 the FAA enacted the Modernization and Reauthorization Act which requires hobbyist drone operators, meaning residential, to contact air traffic control and/or airport management if they are operating within a 5 mile radius of a local airport.
This is enacted nationwide, not only in California, under Part 101 of the Act, being Special Rule for Model Aircraft, to ensure that drone operations under unsafe conditions are disapproved before the drone can be launched.
Civil Code 1708.8.
(a) An individual is fully liable for any physical invasion of privacy if/when they knowingly enter owned land or airspace that is above another individual without permission or permit and has committed a trespass for the purpose of capturing any type of sound recording, physical impression, or visual image of another engaging in family, personal, or private activity and deemed offensive to the plaintiff.(b) An individual is fully liable in the case of constructive invasion of privacy when an individual attempts to offensively capture, to a reasonable degree, any type of sound recording, physical impression, or visual image of another individual even if no physical trespass has occurred, regardless whether or not the information taken was unable to be done without the device
(c) False imprisonment or an assault has been committed with the clear intent to capture a sound recording, physical impression or visual image take of the plaintiff is subject to the subdivisions of (d), (e), and (h).
Requires FAA registration if the drone weight over half a pound.
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