Alhambra, CA Short-Term Rentals: Repeat Violator Strikes (2026)

92 against a property within a 12-month period trigger automatic revocation, no additional hearing on the merits required. A "violation" counts once an administrative citation is issued and either goes unappealed or the appeal fails, or once a misdemeanor conviction is obtained, so a single unresolved complaint does not count until it is adjudicated. The host can appeal the revocation itself to the Planning Commission, but only within ten days of the written revocation notice, and the Commission's decision is final. If the host does not appeal, or appeals and loses, the property becomes permanently ineligible for any future STR permit, a lifetime address-level bar rather than a temporary suspension.

This sits on top of the chapter's escalating fine schedule: administrative fines up to $1,500 for a first citation, $3,000 for a second within 12 months, and $5,000 for a third or later citation, with a flat $5,000 fine for operating without a permit at all, so a property can face rising financial penalties and still lose the permit outright on the third strike.