Hotels & Lodging in Pacifica, CA (2026)
1 verified hotels & lodging rules for Pacifica, California, sourced directly from the municipal code and official government pages.
Verified from official government sources
Transient Occupancy Tax
Guests staying fewer than 30 consecutive days in a Pacifica "hotel," a term covering everything from motels to mobile homes at a fixed location, pay a 15 percent transient occupancy tax on their rent under Municipal Code § 3-7.03. Operators collect, register, and remit the tax quarterly to the Tax Administrator, with steep penalties for late or fraudulent remittance.
Pacifica Transient Occupancy Tax Rate
Some RestrictionsPacifica Municipal Code §§ 3-7.02, 3-7.03
"Hotel" shall mean any structure, or any portion of any structure, which is occupied, or intended or designed for occupancy, by transients for dwelling, lodging, or sleeping purposes and shall include any hotel, inn, tourist home or house, motel, studio hotel, bachelor hotel, lodging house, rooming house, apartment house, dormitory, public or private club, mobile home or house trailer at a fixe...
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