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Hotels & Lodging in Long Beach, CA (2026)

3 verified hotels & lodging rules for Long Beach, California, sourced directly from the municipal code and official government pages.

Verified from official government sources

Transient Occupancy Tax

Long Beach charges a 12% Transient Occupancy Tax on hotel, motel, and short-term lodging stays under 30 days. Operators collect from guests at registration and remit monthly to the city Treasurer.

Long Beach Transient Occupancy Tax (TOT) at 12%

Some Restrictions

Hotel Worker Retention

Measure WW, passed by Long Beach voters in 2018, requires hotels with 50+ rooms to provide panic buttons, daily room-cleaning workload caps, and worker-retention rights when hotels change ownership.

Long Beach Hotel Worker Protections (Measure WW)

Heavy Restrictions

Hotel Living Wage

Long Beach Living Wage Ordinance requires city service contractors and certain airport and convention center employers to pay an hourly living wage above California minimum wage, with annual indexing.

Living Wage Coverage for Long Beach City Contractors

Some Restrictions

California Labor Code § 1182.12 (State Minimum Wage Schedule)

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, on and after July 1, 2014, the minimum wage for all industries shall be not less than nine dollars ($9) per hour, and on and after January 1, 2016, the minimum wage for all industries shall be not less than ten dollars ($10) per hour. (b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), the minimum wage for all industries shall not be less than the amounts ...

Looking for Los Angeles County county-wide rules?

County ordinances apply to unincorporated areas and may supplement Long Beach city rules.

Hotels & Lodging in Los Angeles County