Pico Rivera levies a 10% Transient Occupancy Tax on stays under thirty days under Municipal Code Chapter 3.36. There is no California statewide TOT, and no separate short-term rental fee exists because the city has no STR ordinance.
Pico Rivera's Uniform Transient Occupancy Tax ordinance (Municipal Code Chapter 3.36) imposes a tax of ten percent of the rent charged to any transient occupant, meaning any guest staying less than thirty consecutive days. The operator collects the tax with the rent, states it separately on the receipt, and remits it to the city Tax Administrator; California has no statewide TOT, so this is a city-only tax. Because the city has adopted no short-term rental ordinance, there is no STR permit fee, application fee, or per-listing fee. A general business license (through the city's HdL portal) is still required to operate any business in the city.
Failing to collect or remit the 10% TOT exposes the operator to penalties and interest under Chapter 3.36; operating without a business license is separately citable.
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