Extended Home Share: Carson vs Long Beach
How do extended home share rules compare between Carson, CA and Long Beach, CA?
Carson and Long Beach have similar restriction levels.
Carson, CA
Los Angeles County
Carson has no tiered Extended Home-Sharing permit (the way Los Angeles offers an Extended Home-Sharing tier under LAMC §12.22 A.32 to exceed the 120-night cap). Because Carson does not impose any night cap on short-term rentals in the first place, there is also no need for an extended-stay tier. The 30-day transient threshold in CMC §6400 is the only stay-length rule — at exactly 30 consecutive days the rental ceases to be 'transient' and falls outside the TOT and outside any landlord-tenant carve-outs for under-30-day lodging.
View full Carson rules →Long Beach, CA
Los Angeles County
Stays of 31 or more consecutive nights fall outside Long Beach STR rules and statewide TOT, operating instead as residential tenancies subject to landlord-tenant law including AB 1482 once the tenant accrues sufficient occupancy.
View full Long Beach rules →Key Facts Comparison
| Fact | Carson | Long Beach |
|---|---|---|
| Transient threshold | Under 30 consecutive days (CMC §6400) | - |
| Extended-share permit tier | None — not needed (no night cap to exceed) | - |
| 30+ day stays | Convert to tenancy; AB 1482 / Civ. Code §1946.2 attaches after 12 months | - |
| Security deposit cap | Civil Code §1950.5 (up to 1 month for unfurnished, 2 months for furnished as of AB 12 effective 7/1/2024) | - |
| STR threshold | - | Under 31 nights |
| Long stay | - | 31+ nights = tenancy |
| AB 1482 | - | After 12 months |
| TOT | - | Not collected |
Highlighted rows indicate differences between cities.
Carson FAQ
Can I host a 60-day stay in Carson?
Yes — but at 30+ consecutive days the guest becomes a tenant under California law. The TOT no longer applies, and you must follow landlord-tenant rules including Civil Code §1950.5 security-deposit limits and (after 12 months) AB 1482 just-cause termination rules under Civil Code §1946.2.
Does Carson have an 'Extended Home-Sharing' permit like Los Angeles?
No. Carson has no two-tier STR permit system. Los Angeles' Extended Home-Sharing tier (LAMC §12.22 A.32) exists to let hosts exceed LA's 120-night annual cap — Carson has no such cap, so no extended tier is needed.
What changes at the 30-day mark?
The 9% TOT (CMC §6400) stops applying because the guest is no longer a 'transient.' California landlord-tenant law begins to govern, including written-agreement best practices, security-deposit limits (Civ. Code §1950.5), habitability obligations, and eventual AB 1482 coverage.
Long Beach FAQ
Do I owe TOT on a 35-night stay?
No, California and Long Beach transient occupancy tax apply only to stays under thirty-one nights, so a continuous thirty-five-night booking is exempt from the lodging tax.
When do tenant protections kick in?
Just-cause eviction and AB 1482 rent caps apply after twelve months of continuous occupancy at a covered unit, even if the stay began as an extended home-share booking.
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