Long Beach, CA Short-Term Rentals: Host Platform Liability (2026)

070 puts hosting platforms on the hook alongside operators. Subsection A bars a platform from processing or completing any booking transaction for a short-term rental if the City has notified the platform that no valid, current STR registration number has been issued, and platforms must display that registration number and its expiration date on the listing. 070(B)). Subsection C requires monthly reporting, in a format the City specifies, of each listing's registration number, the responsible person's name, the listing address, days booked in the period, and total price paid.

Subsection F requires platforms to pull any listing from the prohibited buildings list when the City notifies them. Where a platform has signed a formal 'platform agreement' to collect and remit transient occupancy tax on an operator's behalf, subsection D makes the platform and operator share the same duties and liabilities for TOT collection and remittance. Subsection H is the enforcement backstop: it is unlawful to be a hosting platform operating in the City unless every one of these responsibilities is fully complied with, independent of whether the individual operator is also cited.