South Gate, CA Short-Term Rentals: Extended Home Share (2026)

South Gate's STR framework — Ordinance No. 2021-01-CC plus SGMC Chapter 2.74 (TOT) and Chapter 2.08 (Business License) — does not contain an annual night cap, day-limit, or season restriction like the 120-day caps imposed by Los Angeles or San Francisco. A host may legally rent year-round provided each rental is properly licensed and TOT is collected. The 'extended home share' question turns instead on the 30-day transient threshold in SGMC §2.74: any stay of 31 consecutive days or more (a) is exempt from the 8% TOT for the period after day 30 and (b) creates a tenancy under California Civil Code §1940 et seq. (landlord-tenant law). Once a tenancy exceeds 12 months of continuous occupancy of an STR unit that qualifies under Cal. Civ. Code §1947.12 (AB 1482 Tenant Protection Act), the unit becomes subject to the statewide 5% + CPI annual rent-increase cap and just-cause eviction protections (unless it is a single-family home not owned by a corporation/REIT with proper notice — see §1947.12(d)(5)). Hosts running 'extended stays' or 'mid-term rentals' (30+ days but under 12 months) sit in a gap: the unit is no longer an STR for TOT purposes but is also not yet under AB 1482 — California security-deposit limits (Cal. Civ. Code §1950.5, capped at one month's rent for unfurnished, two for furnished under AB 12 effective 2026) apply. ADUs may not be rented for periods shorter than 30 days under Cal. Gov. Code §65852.2(a)(6), regardless of any city silence.