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

120 lists eight separate grounds the city manager can use to deny a short-term rental permit application, and subsection G targets repeat offenders directly: within two years of the date of application, a short-term rental permit for the dwelling was denied for any of the reasons in subsections B through F, or revoked. That folds the earlier denial grounds, an incomplete or false application, an active code enforcement action, a dwelling found more than once in violation of the Dangerous Buildings or Housing Codes, repeat violations of the Social Nuisance or Noise Control chapters, or delinquency on fees, penalties, or taxes owed the city, into a single two-year lockout tied to the property.

The bar runs from the property, so a new owner or a different applicant for the same dwelling unit still faces the two-year window if the prior permit was denied or revoked during that period. 120 ground in the first place, meaning a revocation for, say, repeat noise violations under subsection E does not just end that permit, it creates the two-year bar in subsection G that blocks a fresh application for the same unit until the window closes. 114 denial.