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Short-Term Rentals in California (2026)

1005 rules on the books across California, 200 cities and counties. Select a rule to read the full details.

Severity: Few Restrictions · Light Restrictions · Some Restrictions · Significant Restrictions · Heavy Restrictions

Short-Term Rental Permits

Whether you need a license or permit to list your property on Airbnb, VRBO, or similar platforms, and what the application process looks like.

Aliso Viejo

Heavy Restrictions

In the City of Aliso Viejo, California, short-term rental uses such as transient lodging for remuneration are…

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Anaheim

Heavy Restrictions

Anaheim has not accepted a new short-term rental application since its September 15, 2015 moratorium, and Section…

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Arcadia

Heavy Restrictions

The City of Arcadia, California has no short-term rental permit to apply for. Table 2-1 in Municipal Code § 9102.01.020…

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Brentwood

Heavy Restrictions

Brentwood does not issue short-term rental permits because it does not allow short-term rentals at all. Municipal Code…

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Buena Park

Heavy Restrictions

The City of Buena Park requires a short-term rental permit, a passed home inspection, and a city business license…

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Burbank

Heavy Restrictions

Burbank prohibits short-term rentals. The City's Zoning Code defines 'Hotel' and 'Motel' to include short term rentals…

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Corona

Heavy Restrictions

Corona does not issue short-term rental permits: since October 18, 2023, renting any dwelling for 30 days or less is…

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Eastvale

Heavy Restrictions

Eastvale doesn't issue short-term rental permits because it doesn't allow short-term rentals at all. Municipal Code…

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Fountain Valley

Heavy Restrictions

The City of Fountain Valley, California sets up no permit for short-term rentals because Chapter 4.95 prohibits them…

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Irvine

Heavy Restrictions

Irvine issues no short-term rental permits because the use itself is banned. Zoning Ordinance § 3-25-1 declares…

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Jurupa Valley

Heavy Restrictions

Jurupa Valley prohibits short-term rentals outright in every zone. Ordinance No. 2023-10 added Chapter 4.15 to the…

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Lakewood

Heavy Restrictions

Lakewood bans short-term rentals of any dwelling for stays under 31 days. Pre-existing permits issued before March 1…

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Moorpark

Heavy Restrictions

Moorpark's zoning code bars residential short-term rental units outright: Table 17.20.050, Item 12, marks every…

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Napa County

Heavy Restrictions

Short-term rentals are flatly prohibited in unincorporated Napa County. Napa County Code Section 18.104.410 bans…

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Ontario

Heavy Restrictions

Ontario requires a Short-Term Rental Permit and a business license before any dwelling under 30 days is rented. Only…

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Paramount

Heavy Restrictions

In the City of Paramount, California, no dwelling unit in whole or in part can be rented for a term shorter than 30…

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Pismo Beach

Heavy Restrictions

In the City of Pismo Beach, California, no owner can rent, offer or advertise a short-term rental or homestay without a…

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Santa Ana

Heavy Restrictions

Santa Ana bans short-term and home-sharing rentals outright: Municipal Code Section 8-3401 makes it unlawful to rent…

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Temecula

Heavy Restrictions

Temecula bans short-term rentals outright in every residential zoning district. Table 17.06.030 marks 'short-term…

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Tustin

Heavy Restrictions

Tustin does not issue short-term rental permits because Tustin City Code Section 9281 bans the use outright in every…

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Visalia

Heavy Restrictions

Since December 6, 2023, every short-term rental in Visalia must hold a city-issued STR permit, a Business Tax…

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Apple Valley

Significant Restrictions

Short-term rental operators in Apple Valley must hold the same property maintenance certificate required of every…

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Bakersfield

Significant Restrictions

Bakersfield bans advertising, renting, or operating a short-term rental anywhere in the city without a city-issued STR…

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Bellflower

Significant Restrictions

Every operator renting rooms to transients in Bellflower, Los Angeles County, including short-term rental hosts, must…

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Calaveras County

Significant Restrictions

Anyone offering a short term vacation rental in the Lake Tulloch area must first obtain an administrative use permit…

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Cathedral City

Significant Restrictions

In Cathedral City, California, no one can use a qualifying dwelling as a short-term vacation rental without a valid…

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Chula Vista

Significant Restrictions

Chula Vista's Director of Development Services processes Short-Term Rental Permit applications, which must be signed…

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Clovis

Significant Restrictions

Clovis treats short-term rentals as a home occupation requiring city approval before operation. Section 9.58.065(G)…

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Cupertino

Significant Restrictions

No one may advertise or operate a short-term rental in Cupertino without first registering it with the City and…

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El Dorado County

Significant Restrictions

No one may rent a home in unincorporated El Dorado County for 30 days or less without a valid hosted or vacation home…

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Elk Grove

Significant Restrictions

Elk Grove requires a separate short-term rental license for every address rented out, issued only for a fixed…

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Escondido

Significant Restrictions

Escondido hosts need three separate approvals before renting a home short-term: a business license, a short-term rental…

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Fremont

Significant Restrictions

Fremont requires a short-term rental permit from the Community Development Department before anyone rents a dwelling…

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Fresno

Significant Restrictions

Fresno STR operators must register twice with the City: by obtaining a Short Term Rental Permit (after zone clearance)…

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Gardena

Significant Restrictions

A Gardena home sharing permit is capped at one hundred citywide per five-year cycle under Municipal Code Section…

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Glendale

Significant Restrictions

Glendale requires anyone renting a residential dwelling for 30 days or less to first obtain a home-sharing license…

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Hawthorne

Significant Restrictions

Anyone renting out a Hawthorne home for stays of 30 days or less, or even advertising one, must first get a short-term…

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Huntington Beach

Significant Restrictions

Every Huntington Beach short-term rental needs a City permit from the Director of Community Development before it can…

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Inglewood

Significant Restrictions

Anyone hosting a short-term rental in Inglewood, defined as a stay of thirty days or less, must first obtain a City…

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Kern County

Significant Restrictions

Kern County does not require a stand-alone short-term rental permit, but every operator of a hotel, vacation rental, or…

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Lake Elsinore

Significant Restrictions

Operating a short-term rental in the City of Lake Elsinore requires a City-issued short-term rental business license…

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Lake Forest

Significant Restrictions

Lake Forest requires every short-term rental host to register with the City's Tax Administrator within 30 days of…

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Livermore

Significant Restrictions

Livermore requires every short-term rental host to obtain a City permit and a valid business license before renting a…

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Madera County

Significant Restrictions

Before renting to guests, short-term rental operators in unincorporated Madera County must register the lodging with…

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Manteca

Significant Restrictions

Manteca bans advertising or renting a residential unit as a short-term rental, even for a single booking, unless the…

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Marin County

Significant Restrictions

Operating or even advertising a short-term rental in unincorporated Marin County without a valid license is illegal…

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Merced

Significant Restrictions

Merced requires every operator of a 'hotel,' a term broadly defined to include apartment houses, mobile homes, and…

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Merced County

Significant Restrictions

Every short-term rental in unincorporated Merced County needs an Administrative Permit under Section 18.60.270 before…

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Modesto

Significant Restrictions

Every operator of a vacation rental or short-term rental in Modesto must register with the Tax Administrator and obtain…

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Monterey Park

Significant Restrictions

Operating, renting or advertising a Monterey Park short-term rental, defined as a dwelling rented for under 30…

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Mountain View

Significant Restrictions

Every Mountain View short-term rental host must register the dwelling unit and hold a city business license before…

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Murrieta

Significant Restrictions

Murrieta bans renting out a single-family home or condo as a short-term vacation rental without a city permit under…

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National City

Significant Restrictions

In National City, an owner or agent needs three things before renting or advertising a short-term rental: a Chapter…

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Nevada County

Significant Restrictions

The only registration required in unincorporated Nevada County is a Transient Occupancy Tax (TOT) Certificate. Any…

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Newport Beach

Significant Restrictions

Newport Beach caps short term lodging permits citywide at 1,550, with 1,475 allowed in residential districts and 75 in…

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Novato

Significant Restrictions

In the City of Novato, California, a Short Term Rental must hold a city Short Term Rental license as a condition…

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Orange

Significant Restrictions

Orange requires a City permit before operating any short term rental, renewed annually and limited to two per…

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Orange County

Significant Restrictions

Renting out a home for less than 30 days in unincorporated Orange County requires a Short-term Rental Permit from the…

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Oxnard

Significant Restrictions

No Oxnard dwelling may be rented for under 30 consecutive days without a valid city permit. The community development…

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Pacifica

Significant Restrictions

No one may operate a short-term rental in the City of Pacifica without a permit issued under Municipal Code Section…

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Palm Desert

Significant Restrictions

In the City of Palm Desert, California, an owner, host or operator must hold an on-site or off-site short-term rental…

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Palm Springs

Significant Restrictions

Renting a Palm Springs home for 28 days or less without a city registration certificate is prohibited outright…

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Pasadena

Significant Restrictions

Any Pasadena host must obtain a short-term rental permit from the planning and community development department before…

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Petaluma

Significant Restrictions

Operating a short-term vacation rental in Petaluma requires a Short-Term Vacation Rental Permit from the Planning…

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Placentia

Significant Restrictions

In the City of Placentia, California, no one can run a short-term rental without both a city business license and an…

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Pomona

Significant Restrictions

No one may advertise, list, or operate a short-term rental in Pomona without a city-issued STR permit under Sec…

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Rancho Cucamonga

Significant Restrictions

Renting a home in Rancho Cucamonga for stays under 30 days requires a city short-term rental permit before the first…

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Redding

Significant Restrictions

Redding requires every short-term rental to get city approval before operating: hosted homestays need a Letter of…

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Redwood City

Significant Restrictions

Redwood City allows short-term rentals only inside a host's principal residence, and the host must register with the…

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Riverside County

Significant Restrictions

Riverside County requires a short term rental certificate from the Planning Department before any unincorporated-area…

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Rocklin

Significant Restrictions

The City of Rocklin requires a permit before anyone may advertise, maintain, or operate a short-term rental, per…

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Rohnert Park

Significant Restrictions

No one may operate a short-term rental in Rohnert Park without first obtaining an administrative use permit, and the…

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Roseville

Significant Restrictions

It is unlawful to advertise, maintain, or operate a short-term rental in Roseville without a permit from the finance…

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Sacramento County

Significant Restrictions

Any Sacramento County host who rents a unit for 29 days or less must hold a Short-Term Rental Business License from the…

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San Bernardino County

Significant Restrictions

Unincorporated San Bernardino County requires a current STR permit before any dwelling can be rented short-term, capped…

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San Clemente

Significant Restrictions

Operating or advertising a short-term lodging unit in San Clemente requires two approvals: an STLU operating license…

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San Diego

Significant Restrictions

San Diego bars operating a short-term rental without a license on or after May 1, 2023. Hosts pick one of four tiers…

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San Francisco

Significant Restrictions

San Francisco requires the Permanent Resident of a unit to register it on the Short-Term Residential Rental Registry…

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San Ramon

Significant Restrictions

It is unlawful to operate a short-term rental anywhere in a San Ramon residential district without first registering it…

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Santa Monica

Significant Restrictions

Santa Monica only allows home-sharing (hosted stays) and requires both a City home-sharing permit and a business…

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Solano County

Significant Restrictions

Unincorporated Solano County does regulate short-term lodging (stays of 30 consecutive days or less) under Chapter 28…

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Sonoma County

Significant Restrictions

Whole-house vacation rentals in unincorporated Sonoma County require a zoning permit under County Code Sec. 26-88-120…

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Sunnyvale

Significant Restrictions

Sunnyvale bans short-term rentals citywide except for city-approved hosted rentals. Under SMC 19.76.030 and 19.76.050…

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Tehama County

Significant Restrictions

Anyone offering a residential dwelling in unincorporated Tehama County for stays under 30 days must first obtain a…

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Truckee

Significant Restrictions

Truckee requires every short-term rental, meaning a residential unit rented 30 nights or less, to hold an STR Transient…

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Tulare County

Significant Restrictions

Unincorporated Tulare County has NO short-term rental land-use permit. The Board of Supervisors rejected a proposed STR…

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Union City

Significant Restrictions

Union City requires every operator renting lodging to transients, including short-term rental hosts, to register with…

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Upland

Significant Restrictions

Operating a short-term rental anywhere in Upland without an Administrative Use Permit is illegal. Section 17.23.1.020…

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Ventura

Significant Restrictions

A short-term vacation rental or homestay permit is required before anyone rents, offers to rent, or advertises a…

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Ventura County

Significant Restrictions

Renting a home for under 30 days in unincorporated Ventura County requires a County-issued homeshare or short-term…

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Woodland

Significant Restrictions

Woodland requires a Zoning Administrator Permit before any short-term rental can operate, and the permit must be held…

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Yolo County

Significant Restrictions

Unincorporated Yolo County has no general short-term rental permit. Title 8 only authorizes transient lodging as bed…

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Alameda

Some Restrictions

Before renting to a single guest, an Alameda short-term rental host must register with the City Treasurer and obtain a…

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Alhambra

Some Restrictions

The City of Alhambra allows short-term rentals but requires a Short-Term Rental Permit before renting any eligible…

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Antioch

Some Restrictions

Antioch has no dedicated short-term rental ordinance. Hosts must comply with the general Antioch Municipal Code…

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Berkeley

Some Restrictions

Berkeley will not let anyone rent a home for fewer than 14 days without a Zoning Certificate and a city Business…

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Bishop

Some Restrictions

Register by filing a Short-Term Rental application at City Hall with a $150 fee, site plan, proof of primary residency…

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Butte County

Some Restrictions

Every short-term rental in unincorporated Butte County requires an Administrative Permit issued by the Department of…

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Carlsbad

Some Restrictions

Carlsbad requires a short-term vacation rental permit and a business license before any unit can be rented or…

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Ceres

Some Restrictions

Ceres has no separate short-term rental permit: instead every operator renting to transients for 30 days or less…

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Colusa County

Some Restrictions

Unincorporated Colusa County has no ordinance labeled 'short-term rental.' Instead, guest lodging under 30 days runs…

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Concord

Some Restrictions

Concord has no short-term rental-specific ordinance, but Municipal Code Ch. 3.15 requires any operator of transient…

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Contra Costa County

Some Restrictions

Operating a short-term rental in unincorporated Contra Costa County requires a ministerial STR permit issued under…

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Daly City

Some Restrictions

Daly City requires both a Short-Term Rental Permit from the Planning Department and a business license (with a…

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Fullerton

Some Restrictions

Fullerton requires a Short-Term Rental Permit for every dwelling rented for fewer than 30 days under FMC 15.55.020(F)…

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Hayward

Some Restrictions

Hayward has no separate short-term rental ordinance: hosts register under the same rule as hotels. Within 30 days of…

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Hemet

Some Restrictions

No one may advertise or rent out a Hemet lodging unit for less than 30 days without a valid short-term lodging permit…

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Humboldt County

Some Restrictions

Unincorporated Humboldt County requires a Short-Term Rental Permit (Administrative Permit) before operating any…

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Indio

Some Restrictions

Indio STR owners register the rental under Section 37.005 and must list a 24-hour Coachella Valley local contact. Every…

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Lodi

Some Restrictions

Lodi has no zoning permit built specifically for short-term rentals, but its transient occupancy tax chapter reaches…

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Long Beach

Some Restrictions

Long Beach Municipal Code § 5.77.040 makes an STR registration valid for one year, non-transferable, and renewable only…

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Los Angeles

Some Restrictions

Los Angeles home-sharing registrations are valid for one year, non-transferable, limited to the host's primary…

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Los Angeles County

Some Restrictions

Hosts must sign a perjury-certified affidavit confirming primary residency, 24/7 local contact, minimum and maximum…

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Mendocino County

Some Restrictions

In unincorporated Mendocino County, vacation rentals are regulated differently by zone. Coastal-zone rentals need a…

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Menifee

Some Restrictions

Menifee has no separate short-term rental ordinance, but anyone renting a home to transients for 30 days or less…

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Milpitas

Some Restrictions

In the City of Milpitas, an owner must obtain a Short-Term Rental Permit under Municipal Code Section C.10.200.C.1 and…

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Mission Viejo

Some Restrictions

Anyone renting a Mission Viejo property to guests for 30 days or less must register as a hotel operator with the city's…

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Monterey County

Some Restrictions

Unincorporated Monterey County requires a Vacation Rental Operation License for all short-term rentals. Commercial…

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Norwalk

Some Restrictions

Norwalk requires any operator renting lodging to transient guests for 30 days or less, including short-term vacation…

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Oakland

Some Restrictions

Any operator renting overnight lodging to guests for 30 days or less, including short-term rental hosts, must register…

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Perris

Some Restrictions

The City of Perris allows short-term rentals but requires the owner to obtain a short-term rental business license…

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Placer County

Some Restrictions

In unincorporated eastern Placer County (North Lake Tahoe, above 5,000 feet), every short-term vacation rental needs a…

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Porterville

Some Restrictions

Porterville does not issue a separate "short-term rental permit." Instead, Section 22-15 of the Municipal Code requires…

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Rancho Cordova

Some Restrictions

Rancho Cordova's zoning tables list short-term vacation rentals as permitted by right in every base district, so no…

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Rialto

Some Restrictions

Rialto has no short-term-rental-specific permit ordinance, but anyone renting rooms or dwellings on a transient basis…

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Riverside

Some Restrictions

Riverside requires every short-term rental to designate at least two local contacts, one always reachable, and to post…

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Sacramento

Some Restrictions

Every Sacramento short-term rental permittee must keep a written register recording each date lodging was provided, the…

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San Benito County

Some Restrictions

Operators of short-term rentals in unincorporated San Benito County must register with the county Tax Administrator…

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San Diego County

Some Restrictions

Unincorporated San Diego County hosts must register with the Tax Collector within 30 days of starting business and post…

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San Joaquin County

Some Restrictions

Hotel and short-term rental operators in unincorporated San Joaquin County must register with the Tax Administrator…

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San Jose

Some Restrictions

Any operator renting a short-term rental to transients must register with the Director of Finance and post a transient…

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San Leandro

Some Restrictions

San Leandro Municipal Code § 4-40-110 bars anyone from running a short-term rental without a permit issued under…

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San Luis Obispo County

Some Restrictions

Every short-term rental in unincorporated San Luis Obispo County must obtain a Zoning Clearance, a County Business…

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San Mateo County

Some Restrictions

Anyone renting a home or room to guests for 30 days or less in unincorporated San Mateo County must register with the…

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San Rafael

Some Restrictions

Chapter 10.110 of the SRMC, added by Ordinance 1976, requires every short-term rental in San Rafael to be registered…

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Santa Barbara County

Some Restrictions

In unincorporated inland Santa Barbara County a short-term rental or homestay permit is required before advertising or…

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Santa Clara

Some Restrictions

Santa Clara requires every short-term rental host to obtain an Administrative Permit for Short-term Rentals and hold a…

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Santa Clara County

Some Restrictions

Unincorporated Santa Clara County requires every short-term rental operator to register with the County Director of…

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Santa Cruz

Some Restrictions

Every short-term rental in the City of Santa Cruz must hold a short-term rental permit and a Transient Occupancy Tax…

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Santa Cruz County

Some Restrictions

In unincorporated Santa Cruz County, every short-term rental of fewer than 30 days needs a County permit. A Non-Hosted…

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Santa Rosa

Some Restrictions

Santa Rosa requires a Short-Term Rental (STR) Permit for every property rented for less than 30 consecutive days. The…

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Santee

Some Restrictions

Santee has no dedicated short-term rental permit ordinance. Every hotel or transient-lodging operator, including a…

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Shasta County

Some Restrictions

Unincorporated Shasta County regulates short-term rentals under Ordinance SCC 2020-05, codified at County Code Section…

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Simi Valley

Some Restrictions

On May 11, 2026 the Simi Valley City Council voted 5-0 to give initial approval to a new short-term rental ordinance…

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Sonoma

Some Restrictions

The City of Sonoma caps every vacation rental at two complete residential units and 29 consecutive days per stay…

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Stanislaus County

Some Restrictions

Stanislaus County has no dedicated short-term-rental license, but any host renting to transients qualifies as a hotel…

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Sutter County

Some Restrictions

Unincorporated Sutter County has no dedicated short-term rental permit ordinance. Anyone renting a dwelling for 30 days…

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Vista

Some Restrictions

Before renting or advertising a short-term rental in Vista, the owner or agent must hold three things at once: a…

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Santa Maria

Few Restrictions

Santa Maria has not adopted a dedicated short-term rental ordinance, so STR operators are regulated through generally…

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West Sacramento

Few Restrictions

The City of West Sacramento, Yolo County lists short-term rentals as a permitted use in all six residential zones and…

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Noise Rules

Noise restrictions that apply specifically to short-term rental properties, including quiet hours and rules about parties and gatherings.

Contra Costa County

Heavy Restrictions

Unincorporated Contra Costa County regulates short-term rental noise under Ordinance Code Chapter 88-32: no fixed…

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Elk Grove

Heavy Restrictions

Elk Grove bans open-invitation parties at every short-term rental stay and caps individual bookings at two to thirty…

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Monterey County

Heavy Restrictions

Vacation rentals in unincorporated Monterey County may never use outside amplified sound, at any hour. County Code §…

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Anaheim

Significant Restrictions

Anaheim short-term rentals are under mandatory 'quiet time' from 10 p.m. to 9 a.m., when outdoor sound equipment is…

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Berkeley

Significant Restrictions

A Berkeley short-term rental host has to comply with the city's Second Response Ordinance, and a third violation…

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Cathedral City

Significant Restrictions

In Cathedral City, California, no sound equipment can be used outside or be audible from outside a short-term vacation…

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Chula Vista

Significant Restrictions

Chula Vista bars outdoor pool, hot tub, fire pit, and party activity at short-term rentals between 10:00 p.m. and 9:00…

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El Dorado County

Significant Restrictions

El Dorado County Code Section 5.56.120 makes it unlawful for anyone at a hosted or vacation home rental to create loud…

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Fresno

Significant Restrictions

Fresno conditions every short-term rental permit on compliance with the city's noise rules. FMC § 7-1249(d)(6) requires…

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Glendale

Significant Restrictions

Glendale bans home-sharing guests from generating noise or disturbance that unreasonably interferes with a neighbor's…

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Inglewood

Significant Restrictions

Inglewood bans "party house" rentals outright and requires every short-term rental host to comply with the City's noise…

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Lake Elsinore

Significant Restrictions

Lake Elsinore short-term rental guests cannot be outdoors or run amplified sound audible from outside between 10:00…

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Milpitas

Significant Restrictions

In the City of Milpitas, Municipal Code Section C.10.200.C.12 limits short-term rentals to dwelling, lodging, and…

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Mountain View

Significant Restrictions

Mountain View bans weddings, corporate events, commercial functions, large parties and similar gatherings at any…

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Murrieta

Significant Restrictions

Murrieta bans any radio, speaker, karaoke machine or other sound-producing equipment at a short-term rental from being…

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Placer County

Significant Restrictions

Short-term rental guests in eastern Placer County must follow the county's general noise ordinance plus Tahoe Basin…

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Redwood City

Significant Restrictions

Redwood City holds every short-term rental to two noise-related operating standards in Zoning Code § 31.3(D). An…

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Riverside County

Significant Restrictions

Unincorporated Riverside County short-term rentals must observe 10 p.m.-7 a.m. quiet hours, run an exterior noise…

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Roseville

Significant Restrictions

Roseville bars short-term rental hosts from allowing conferences, weddings, fundraisers, or similar gatherings, and…

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Santa Clara

Significant Restrictions

Santa Clara bans weddings, corporate events, commercial functions, large parties, and any other gathering likely to…

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Sonoma

Significant Restrictions

Vacation rentals in the City of Sonoma must follow the citywide noise ordinance and face an extra rule of their own…

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Ventura

Significant Restrictions

Every short-term vacation rental and homestay in the City of Ventura must post a notice inside the unit tying amplified…

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Yolo County

Significant Restrictions

For bed and breakfast and farm stay special events, Yolo County Code Sec. 8-2.306(k)(4)-(5) requires a Minor Use Permit…

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Alhambra

Some Restrictions

Alhambra short-term rentals must observe quiet hours of 10 PM to 7 AM. During quiet hours no sound-producing device may…

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Bakersfield

Some Restrictions

Bakersfield short-term rentals must shut down outdoor pools, spas, and hot tubs between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m., and every…

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Bishop

Some Restrictions

Bishop's STR ordinance does not set STR-specific quiet hours. Hosts must ensure the property does not become a…

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Buena Park

Some Restrictions

Buena Park short-term rental house rules set quiet hours from 10:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. Renters and guests may not create…

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Butte County

Some Restrictions

Butte County STRs must observe quiet hours of 10 p.m. to 7 a.m. on weekdays and 10 p.m. to 9 a.m. on weekends and…

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Carlsbad

Some Restrictions

Carlsbad bans amplified or reproduced sound audible from the property line of a short-term vacation rental between 10…

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Clovis

Some Restrictions

Clovis bars amplified or reproduced sound audible outside a short-term rental unit between 10 p.m. and 9 a.m., and…

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Cupertino

Some Restrictions

Cupertino short-term rentals must observe quiet hours from 9 p.m. to 7 a.m. and cannot be used for commercial events…

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Escondido

Some Restrictions

Escondido bars short-term rentals from generating noise beyond the city's noise ordinance or hosting loud, unruly…

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Fullerton

Some Restrictions

Fullerton's short-term rental ordinance sets fixed quiet hours from 10:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. under the noise standards…

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Gardena

Some Restrictions

Gardena requires every home-share host to give guests a written good neighbor notice disclosing that city noise rules…

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Hawthorne

Some Restrictions

Hawthorne short-term rentals must comply with the city's noise ordinance and observe quiet hours from 10:00 p.m. to…

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Hemet

Some Restrictions

Hemet bars amplified or reproduced sound from being audible outside a short-term lodging unit between 10:00 p.m. and…

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Huntington Beach

Some Restrictions

Huntington Beach bans loud, unnecessary noise from any short-term rental under Section 5.120.040(G), on top of the…

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Indio

Some Restrictions

Indio short-term rentals must observe quiet hours from 9 p.m. to 8 a.m. Sunday-Thursday and 10 p.m. to 8 a.m…

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Kern County

Some Restrictions

Kern County has no STR-specific noise ordinance, but Ordinance Code Chapter 8.36 prohibits loud and raucous noise and…

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Livermore

Some Restrictions

Outdoor noise from a Livermore short-term rental is banned between 10 p.m. and 8 a.m. under the City's noise ordinance…

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Long Beach

Some Restrictions

Long Beach Municipal Code § 5.77.050(Q) makes it unlawful for any STR host, operator, occupant, or guest to make loud…

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Los Angeles

Some Restrictions

Sound amplification equipment is prohibited after 10:00 p.m. during Home-Sharing activities, and outdoor evening…

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Los Angeles County

Some Restrictions

Short-term rentals must not cause nuisance activities including excessive noise, and must not be used to host parties…

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Manteca

Some Restrictions

Manteca bans amplified or reproduced sound audible from the property line of a short-term rental between 9:00 p.m. and…

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Marin County

Some Restrictions

Marin County holds short-term rental owners responsible for keeping their guests within the county's general noise law…

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Mendocino County

Some Restrictions

Coastal and Town vacation rentals must not create noise exceeding the County General Plan's exterior and interior noise…

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Merced County

Some Restrictions

Unincorporated Merced County fixes quiet hours for every short-term rental at 10:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. under Zoning Code…

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Monterey Park

Some Restrictions

Monterey Park requires every short-term rental lease to disclose that amplified sound is subject to the City's noise…

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National City

Some Restrictions

National City bans raucous noise and unruly gatherings at short-term rentals, bars any noise violation under Title 12…

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Newport Beach

Some Restrictions

Newport Beach short term lodging permits require silence for amplified or reproduced sound audible from the property…

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Orange

Some Restrictions

Orange bars outdoor activity that disturbs neighbors at short term rentals between 10:00 p.m. and 9:00 a.m., a…

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Orange County

Some Restrictions

Short-term rental guests in unincorporated Orange County must observe the same exterior noise limits as any other…

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Oxnard

Some Restrictions

Oxnard homeshares and vacation rentals must observe quiet hours from 10:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. and may never create…

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Pacifica

Some Restrictions

In the City of Pacifica, short-term renters may not make excessive or loud noise during quiet hours of 10:00 p.m. to…

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Palm Desert

Some Restrictions

In the City of Palm Desert, California, no sound-producing device can be used outside or be audible beyond the property…

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Palm Springs

Some Restrictions

Palm Springs requires vacation rental sound, radios, speakers and amplified music, to stay inside a fully enclosed unit…

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Pasadena

Some Restrictions

Pasadena requires every short-term rental to avoid noise, vibration, glare, or odors that interfere with neighbors'…

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Perris

Some Restrictions

Perris short-term rental owners must ensure guests do not violate the city's noise rules, and must take corrective…

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Pismo Beach

Some Restrictions

In the City of Pismo Beach, California, renters and visitors at a short-term rental or homestay cannot make noise that…

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Placentia

Some Restrictions

In the City of Placentia, California, short-term rental owners, renters and guests cannot make loud, unnecessary or…

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Redding

Some Restrictions

Redding requires every short-term rental's house policies to enforce outdoor quiet hours between 10:00 p.m. and 7:00…

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Riverside

Some Restrictions

Occupants and guests of a Riverside short-term rental cannot generate loud and unnecessary noise, a standard that ties…

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Rocklin

Some Restrictions

Rocklin's short-term rental code has no decibel limit, but Rocklin Municipal Code Section 5.22.130(B) declares any…

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Sacramento

Some Restrictions

A history of noise violations can cost a Sacramento host their short-term rental permit. City Code § 5.114.120(E) lets…

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Sacramento County

Some Restrictions

County short-term rental permits in the unincorporated area require occupants and guests to avoid unreasonable noise…

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San Bernardino County

Some Restrictions

Loud or disturbing noise from a short-term rental in unincorporated San Bernardino County is unlawful under a…

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San Clemente

Some Restrictions

San Clemente bars short-term rental guests from unreasonable noise, disorderly conduct, or violations of alcohol and…

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San Leandro

Some Restrictions

San Leandro requires every hosted short-term rental to avoid becoming a nuisance and to post a 'good neighbor policy'…

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San Luis Obispo County

Some Restrictions

Vacation rentals in San Luis Obispo County's Adelaida/Willow Creek Area answer to a specific noise trigger, not just…

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San Rafael

Some Restrictions

STR listings must include the notice that quiet hours are observed between 9:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m. and that no outdoor…

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San Ramon

Some Restrictions

San Ramon holds the owner and operator of a short-term rental jointly responsible for the property's compliance with…

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Santa Barbara County

Some Restrictions

Homestays in unincorporated Santa Barbara County must comply with LUDC standards that include noise and…

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Santa Cruz

Some Restrictions

Santa Cruz IZO §24.12.1770 applies the §9.36 noise standards to short-term rentals and bans weddings, parties, and…

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Santa Cruz County

Some Restrictions

Every short-term rental permitted in unincorporated Santa Cruz County must comply with the county's Chapter 8.30 noise…

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Santa Monica

Some Restrictions

Home-share hosts are personally responsible for ensuring guests comply with Santa Monica's noise ordinance (Chapter…

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Santa Rosa

Some Restrictions

Section 20-48.070(A)(2) holds Santa Rosa short-term rental guests to the citywide noise code in Chapter 17-16, then…

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Solano County

Some Restrictions

Guests at a Solano County vacation house rental must observe quiet hours from 9:00 p.m. to 8:00 a.m., and the operator…

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Sonoma County

Some Restrictions

Sec. 26-88-120(f) sets quiet hours from 10:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. and applies General Plan noise standards (for example…

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Truckee

Some Restrictions

Truckee holds short-term rental guests to the town's general noise standard in Chapter 9.20, but enforces it more…

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Upland

Some Restrictions

Upland's Short-Term Rental ordinance sets quiet hours of 10:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. for guests and requires all rental…

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Ventura County

Some Restrictions

Short-term rentals and homeshares in unincorporated Ventura County must observe quiet hours from 10 p.m. to 7 a.m. with…

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Vista

Some Restrictions

Short-term rentals in Vista are held to the same noise ordinance as every other property in the city. Section…

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Woodland

Some Restrictions

Woodland short-term rentals must observe quiet hours from 10:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m., ban outdoor amplified sound…

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Visalia

Light Restrictions

Visalia STRs have mandatory quiet hours: no outdoor activity (pools, hot tubs, courts, play equipment) between 10 PM…

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Taxes & Fees

Transient occupancy taxes, tourism fees, and other charges that hosts must collect from guests or pay to the city.

Lakewood

Heavy Restrictions

Lakewood's zoning code bans short-term rentals of under 31 days citywide as of June 30, 2024, after a one-year…

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Berkeley

Significant Restrictions

Beyond the citywide 12% occupancy tax, Berkeley's short-term rental ordinance layers on a host enforcement fee of 2% of…

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Cathedral City

Significant Restrictions

In Cathedral City, California, the owner of a short-term vacation rental must follow every provision of Chapter 3.24 on…

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Contra Costa County

Significant Restrictions

Short-term rentals in unincorporated Contra Costa County pay a 10% Transient Occupancy Tax on stays of 30 days or less…

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Fresno

Significant Restrictions

Fresno's short-term rental chapter makes TOT collection a condition of the permit itself: owners must collect and remit…

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Hemet

Significant Restrictions

Hemet charges a short-term rental permit fee that the city council sets by resolution and caps at the city's actual…

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Huntington Beach

Significant Restrictions

Every Huntington Beach short-term rental host or operator must hold a City-issued STR permit paid for with a…

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Kern County

Significant Restrictions

Unincorporated Kern County levies a 6% Transient Occupancy Tax under Code Chapter 4.16, authorized by California…

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Monterey County

Significant Restrictions

Every licensed vacation rental in unincorporated Monterey County must register for a Transient Occupancy Tax…

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Monterey Park

Significant Restrictions

Every short-term rental in Monterey Park needs a permit under Chapter 21.09, and every permit application must come…

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Rancho Cucamonga

Significant Restrictions

Every Rancho Cucamonga short-term rental host must collect the city's transient occupancy tax through their booking…

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San Diego

Significant Restrictions

San Diego requires 10.5% Transient Occupancy Tax (TOT) plus a 2% Tourism Marketing District (TMD) assessment on all…

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Alameda

Some Restrictions

Alameda taxes short-term rentals the same as hotels: any home-sharing or vacation-rental host renting a dwelling to a…

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Alameda County

Some Restrictions

Unincorporated Alameda County imposes a Transient Occupancy Tax on short-term lodging of 30 days or fewer; combined TOT…

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Aliso Viejo

Some Restrictions

In the City of Aliso Viejo, California, the 10 percent transient occupancy tax in Chapter 3.06 of the Municipal Code…

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Anaheim

Some Restrictions

Every short-term rental stay in Anaheim carries a 15% transient occupancy tax on the nightly rent, collected under the…

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Apple Valley

Some Restrictions

Apple Valley requires every short-term rental operator to collect and remit the Town's Transient Occupancy Tax under…

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Bakersfield

Some Restrictions

Every Bakersfield short-term rental owes the transient lodging tax (TLT) under Section 17.74.060(E), and the city…

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Bellflower

Some Restrictions

Anyone renting a residential unit in Bellflower, Los Angeles County, including a guest room to a short-term or…

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Bishop

Some Restrictions

Hosts collect and remit Bishop's 12% Transient Occupancy Tax monthly under Municipal Code Chapter 3.20, plus monthly…

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Buena Park

Some Restrictions

Buena Park short-term rental hosts must hold a City business license and pay the Transient Occupancy Tax under Chapter…

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Butte County

Some Restrictions

Short-term rental hosts in unincorporated Butte County must file a Transient Occupancy Tax Questionnaire with the…

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Calaveras County

Some Restrictions

Short-term rentals in unincorporated Calaveras County fall under the county's transient occupancy tax code because…

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Carlsbad

Some Restrictions

Carlsbad requires every short-term vacation rental owner to hold a business license and an annual short-term vacation…

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Ceres

Some Restrictions

Ceres charges a 10 percent transient occupancy tax on rent paid by guests staying 30 days or less, collected by hosts…

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Chico

Some Restrictions

Chico classifies Airbnb-style home-sharing and vacation rentals under 31 days as hotel stays, making hosts subject to…

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Chula Vista

Some Restrictions

Chula Vista charges a 10 percent transient occupancy tax on short-term rental stays, collected by the host or the…

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Clovis

Some Restrictions

Every short-term rental in Clovis owes the city's 12% transient occupancy tax on top of maintaining a valid business…

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Colusa County

Some Restrictions

Every recreational lodging operator in unincorporated Colusa County, from farmstays to bed and breakfasts, is subject…

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Cupertino

Some Restrictions

Cupertino short-term rental hosts must pay a registration fee set by City Council resolution before receiving a permit…

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El Dorado County

Some Restrictions

Short-term rental guests in El Dorado County pay a 10 percent transient occupancy tax countywide, rising to 14 percent…

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El Monte

Some Restrictions

El Monte taxes short-term stays at 10% of rent under the Uniform Transient Occupancy Tax, Chapter 3.16. Any operator…

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Elk Grove

Some Restrictions

Elk Grove short-term rental guests pay a 12% transient occupancy tax on rent, which the licensee must collect and remit…

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Escondido

Some Restrictions

Escondido charges a 10% transient occupancy tax on rent for any stay of 30 consecutive days or less, including…

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Fremont

Some Restrictions

Fremont short-term rental hosts pay the citywide 10 percent transient occupancy tax on rent under Municipal Code…

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Gardena

Some Restrictions

Every Gardena home sharing host must hold a business license and register for the city's transient occupancy tax (TOT)…

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Glendale

Some Restrictions

Glendale folds home-sharing straight into its hotel tax law: Municipal Code Section 5.56.050(J) requires every host to…

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Hawthorne

Some Restrictions

Hawthorne short-term rental hosts must register for a transient occupancy tax certificate and collect a 12% TOT on top…

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Highland

Some Restrictions

In the City of Highland, California, Chapter 3.20 of the Municipal Code taxes occupancy of any structure, or portion of…

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Humboldt County

Some Restrictions

Every Humboldt County STR operator must collect a 12% Transient Occupancy Tax on rent from stays of 30 days or fewer…

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Indio

Some Restrictions

Short-term rental guests in Indio pay a 13% transient occupancy tax on rent, which owners must collect, remit and…

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Inglewood

Some Restrictions

Every Inglewood short-term rental host must collect and remit the City's transient occupancy tax under Chapter 9…

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Kings County

Some Restrictions

Unincorporated Kings County imposes a 10% Transient Occupancy Tax on the rent for stays of 30 days or less (Code Sec…

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Laguna Niguel

Some Restrictions

In the City of Laguna Niguel, a short-term rental counts as a hotel under the municipal code because a single-family…

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Lake County

Some Restrictions

Lake County's transient occupancy tax reaches short-term vacation rentals because its code defines "hotel" broadly to…

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Lake Elsinore

Some Restrictions

A Lake Elsinore short-term rental is treated as a 'hotel' for tax purposes: owners must register for a transient…

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Livermore

Some Restrictions

Livermore short-term rental hosts owe the City's 8 percent Hotel Transient Occupancy Tax on every stay under 30 days…

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Long Beach

Some Restrictions

Every Long Beach short-term rental guest pays a combined 13% transient occupancy tax, 6% under § 3.64.030 plus a…

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Los Angeles

Some Restrictions

Short-term rentals and home-sharing units in Los Angeles are subject to the city's 14% Transient Occupancy Tax under…

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Los Angeles County

Some Restrictions

Short-term rentals of 30 days or less in unincorporated LA County are subject to the county's 12% Transient Occupancy…

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Madera County

Some Restrictions

Short-term rental hosts in unincorporated Madera County owe a 9% transient occupancy tax on rent charged to guests…

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Manteca

Some Restrictions

Manteca requires owners, agents or hosting platforms handling a short-term rental to collect the transient occupancy…

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Marin County

Some Restrictions

Anyone renting out a room, cottage or whole house to guests for less than 30 days in unincorporated Marin County must…

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Mendocino County

Some Restrictions

Every Mendocino County vacation home rental and single unit rental must collect an 8% transient occupancy tax plus a 2%…

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Merced County

Some Restrictions

Short-term rental operators in unincorporated Merced County must collect and remit a 10% Transient Occupancy Tax under…

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Milpitas

Some Restrictions

In the City of Milpitas, Municipal Code Section C.10.200.C.13 requires the short-term rental operator or its hosting…

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Monterey

Some Restrictions

Monterey's Uniform Transient Occupancy Tax expressly reaches Airbnb and VRBO listings: any structure rented for 30 days…

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Moreno Valley

Some Restrictions

Moreno Valley taxes short-term rentals the same as hotels: Municipal Code Section 3.24.020 defines 'hotel' to include…

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Mountain View

Some Restrictions

Mountain View requires every short-term rental host to collect and remit the city's Transient Occupancy Tax under…

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Murrieta

Some Restrictions

Murrieta folds short-term vacation rentals into the same transient occupancy tax as hotels rather than taxing them…

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National City

Some Restrictions

Short-term rentals in National City, California are subject to the transient occupancy tax in Chapter 4.32 of the…

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Nevada County

Some Restrictions

Unincorporated Nevada County levies a 10% Transient Occupancy Tax on rentals of 30 days or less, authorized under…

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Newport Beach

Some Restrictions

Newport Beach charges a 9% transient occupancy tax on every stay of 30 days or less in a hotel, motel, vacation rental…

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Novato

Some Restrictions

In the City of Novato, California, the hotel room tax ordinance names short-term rental of all or part of a dwelling…

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Oceanside

Some Restrictions

Oceanside short-term rental owners must pay the citywide transient occupancy tax and a separate Oceanside Tourism…

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Orange

Some Restrictions

Every short term rental application in Orange requires a Council-set permit fee, and every stay is subject to the…

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Orange County

Some Restrictions

Short-term rental operators in unincorporated Orange County must collect a 10 percent Transient Occupancy Tax on rent…

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Oxnard

Some Restrictions

Every Oxnard homeshare and vacation rental owner must hold a valid city business license, pay annual business taxes…

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Pacifica

Some Restrictions

Every Pacifica short-term rental operator owes two separate City payments on top of the rental permit itself: the…

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Palm Desert

Some Restrictions

In the City of Palm Desert, California, every short-term rental owes transient occupancy tax under Chapter 3.28, and…

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Palm Springs

Some Restrictions

Registering a Palm Springs vacation rental costs a city council-set fee capped at the city's actual administration cost…

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Pasadena

Some Restrictions

Pasadena charges transient occupancy tax of 7% of the rent on any stay of 30 consecutive calendar days or less, and…

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Perris

Some Restrictions

Short-term rentals in the City of Perris must collect a 10% transient occupancy tax (TOT) on the rent under Chapter…

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Petaluma

Some Restrictions

Every Petaluma short-term vacation rental must collect and remit the City's Transient Occupancy Tax under Municipal…

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Pismo Beach

Some Restrictions

In the City of Pismo Beach, California, a licensed short-term rental owner collects and remits transient occupancy tax…

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Placentia

Some Restrictions

In the City of Placentia, California, every short-term residential rental is subject to the transient occupancy tax of…

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Placer County

Some Restrictions

Placer County charges Transient Occupancy Tax of 10% in the eastern slope (North Lake Tahoe) and 8% on the western…

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Pomona

Some Restrictions

Every Pomona short-term rental must collect the city's 10 percent transient occupancy tax on top of the standard…

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Porterville

Some Restrictions

Porterville taxes short-term rental stays the same way it taxes any hotel stay. Under the Uniform Transient Occupancy…

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Redding

Some Restrictions

Redding short-term rental guests pay a 10% transient occupancy tax under Chapter 4.12, and operators must also hold a…

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Redwood City

Some Restrictions

Every short-term rental in Redwood City counts as a 'hotel' under the Uniform Transient Occupancy Tax Ordinance, so…

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Rialto

Some Restrictions

Rialto charges a 9 percent transient occupancy tax on any stay of 30 consecutive days or less, including short-term…

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Riverside

Some Restrictions

Riverside requires every short-term rental owner to hold a business tax certificate before listing a stay, and to…

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Riverside County

Some Restrictions

Unincorporated Riverside County short-term rentals are treated as hotels for transient occupancy tax purposes, and…

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Rocklin

Some Restrictions

Short-term rental operators in the City of Rocklin pay a nonrefundable permit application fee set by council resolution…

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Rohnert Park

Some Restrictions

Rohnert Park charges a twelve percent transient occupancy tax on every short-term rental stay, collected by the host…

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Roseville

Some Restrictions

Every Roseville short-term rental permit application requires a nonrefundable application fee set by city council…

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Sacramento

Some Restrictions

Sacramento short-term rental permittees owe both the business operations tax under Chapter 3.08 and the uniform…

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San Benito County

Some Restrictions

Short-term rental hosts in unincorporated San Benito County must collect a 12% transient occupancy tax on all rent…

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San Bernardino County

Some Restrictions

Short-term rental renters in unincorporated San Bernardino County must pay the county's 7% Uniform Transient Occupancy…

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San Clemente

Some Restrictions

Getting or renewing a short-term lodging unit operating license in San Clemente costs a Council-set filing fee under §…

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San Diego County

Some Restrictions

Short-term rental hosts in unincorporated San Diego County collect an 8% transient occupancy tax on every stay of 30…

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San Francisco

Some Restrictions

San Francisco Short-Term Rental Hosts must file Transient Occupancy Tax and Tourism Improvement District Assessment…

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San Joaquin County

Some Restrictions

Unincorporated San Joaquin County charges an 8% transient occupancy tax on short-term rentals and hotels, collected by…

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San Jose

Some Restrictions

San Jose hosts must collect and remit the transient occupancy tax on every short-term rental, 10% of rent under…

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San Leandro

Some Restrictions

San Leandro requires every hosted short-term rental permittee to hold a current business license and pay Transient…

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San Ramon

Some Restrictions

Short-term rental operators in San Ramon must register with the City to collect and remit Transient Occupancy Tax under…

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Santa Barbara County

Some Restrictions

Every short-term rental operating as a permitted Homestay in unincorporated Santa Barbara County must hold a Transient…

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Santa Clara

Some Restrictions

Santa Clara taxes short-term rental stays at 13.5% of rent under its transient occupancy tax chapter. Any host renting…

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Santa Clarita

Some Restrictions

Santa Clarita STR operators must collect and remit the city's Transient Occupancy Tax (TOT) on all rentals of 30 days…

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Santa Cruz

Some Restrictions

Santa Cruz Municipal Code Ch. 3.28 imposes the Uniform Transient Occupancy Tax on accommodations rented for 30…

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Santa Cruz County

Some Restrictions

Unincorporated Santa Cruz County taxes vacation rental stays at 14% of rent, two points above the 12% hotel rate, under…

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Santa Monica

Some Restrictions

Home-share hosts must collect and remit the City's Transient Occupancy Tax (TOT) on all guest stays. Hosting platforms…

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Santa Rosa

Some Restrictions

Every Santa Rosa short-term rental owner must register for the Transient Occupancy Tax before submitting a new…

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Shasta County

Some Restrictions

Every short-term rental in unincorporated Shasta County must register with the county Tax Collector and pay Transient…

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Sonoma

Some Restrictions

Every vacation rental in the City of Sonoma must register for and pay the transient occupancy tax under Municipal Code…

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Sonoma County

Some Restrictions

Unincorporated Sonoma County levies a 12% Transient Occupancy Tax on vacation rental rent, authorized under County Code…

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Sunnyvale

Some Restrictions

Sunnyvale short-term rental hosts collect and remit a 12.5% transient occupancy tax on every stay under SMC…

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Tehama County

Some Restrictions

Short-term rental hosts in unincorporated Tehama County owe the same 8% transient occupancy tax hotels pay under…

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Truckee

Some Restrictions

Truckee imposes a 10% Transient Occupancy Tax (TOT), an additional 2% Measure K assessment, and a 1.25% Truckee Tourism…

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Union City

Some Restrictions

Union City taxes short-term rentals two ways: an 8.5% transient occupancy tax on the nightly room rate under Chapter…

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Upland

Some Restrictions

Every Upland short-term rental host must collect and remit the city's transient occupancy tax under Chapter 3.12, hold…

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Vacaville

Some Restrictions

Vacaville taxes short-term rentals under the same 8 percent transient occupancy tax that applies to hotels, but the…

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Ventura

Some Restrictions

Ventura charges short-term rental owners the chapter's own permit fees plus the city's transient occupancy tax, and…

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Ventura County

Some Restrictions

Short-term rental and homeshare owners in unincorporated Ventura County must hold a County business license, pay…

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Visalia

Some Restrictions

All short-term rentals in Visalia must collect and remit the city's transient occupancy tax, and owners must hold a…

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Vista

Some Restrictions

Vista requires every short-term rental owner to hold a business license, a Chapter 3.24 transient occupancy…

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Watsonville

Some Restrictions

In the City of Watsonville, California, the Uniform Transient Occupancy Tax Law reaches homes, residences, granny units…

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West Covina

Some Restrictions

West Covina's Uniform Transient Occupancy Tax Ordinance applies to any structure rented to guests staying under 30…

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West Sacramento

Some Restrictions

Short-term rental hosts in the City of West Sacramento, Yolo County must collect and remit a 12% transient occupancy…

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Woodland

Some Restrictions

Woodland short-term rental operators must hold a City business license and collect the City's 10% Transient Occupancy…

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Yucaipa

Some Restrictions

In the City of Yucaipa, California, the Transient Occupancy Tax in Chapter 3.20 of the Yucaipa Municipal Code reaches…

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Sutter County

Light Restrictions

Unincorporated Sutter County imposes a 10% transient lodging surcharge on rentals of 30 days or less under County Code…

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Short-Term Rental Parking Rules

Off-street parking requirements for rental guests, limits on the number of vehicles, and restrictions on street parking near rental properties.

Bakersfield

Heavy Restrictions

Bakersfield requires short-term rentals to provide the same off-street parking as a single-family home, typically two…

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Burbank

Heavy Restrictions

Not applicable. Short-term rentals are banned in Burbank. No STR-specific parking regulations exist.

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Clovis

Heavy Restrictions

STR permits typically require one off-street parking space per bedroom. On-street overflow discouraged; RV/trailer…

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El Monte

Heavy Restrictions

El Monte has no STR-specific parking rule because STRs are prohibited; the underlying dwelling must satisfy the Title…

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Garden Grove

Heavy Restrictions

Garden Grove has no STR-specific parking rules because short-term rentals are prohibited in all residential zones…

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Moorpark

Heavy Restrictions

Moorpark has no STR-specific parking rules because short-term rentals (under 30 days) are prohibited citywide. The…

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San Bernardino County

Heavy Restrictions

Development Code Section 84.28.060(d) requires all renter vehicles to park on the STR property at a ratio of at least…

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San Mateo

Heavy Restrictions

San Mateo requires STR properties with 1–3 bedrooms to have at least 1 off-street parking space, and 4+ bedrooms at…

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Sonora

Heavy Restrictions

Sonora STR properties must not disrupt neighborhood character, which includes parking impacts. General city parking…

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Bishop

Significant Restrictions

Bishop requires adequate on-site parking for all STR lodgers. On-street parking does not count toward the requirement…

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Concord

Significant Restrictions

Concord requires short-term rentals to provide adequate on-site parking meeting the underlying residential zone's…

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Moreno Valley

Significant Restrictions

STR guests must comply with all Moreno Valley parking regulations. Adequate off-street parking should be provided. No…

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Perris

Significant Restrictions

The City of Perris limits short-term rental guest vehicles to one per bedroom for a one-bedroom unit, or a maximum of…

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San Leandro

Significant Restrictions

San Leandro requires that hosted STR guests park only in designated or available parking spaces on the property…

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Santa Clarita

Significant Restrictions

STR guests in Santa Clarita must use available off-street parking. Guest vehicles should park in driveways and garages…

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Temecula

Significant Restrictions

Temecula STRs must provide on-site parking for guests and may not rely on overflow street parking that disturbs…

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Walnut Creek

Significant Restrictions

Walnut Creek STR hosts must provide off-street parking consistent with residential parking requirements, typically 2…

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West Covina

Significant Restrictions

Short-term rentals are prohibited in West Covina. No STR-specific parking rules exist because the use is banned.

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Alameda County

Some Restrictions

STRs in unincorporated Alameda County must provide on-site parking consistent with the residential zoning standard and…

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Alhambra

Some Restrictions

Alhambra requires short-term rental parking to be provided on-site and to comply with Municipal Code Chapter 9.95…

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Altadena

Some Restrictions

STR hosts must make on-site parking required under Sections 22.112.060 and 22.112.070 available to guests, and must…

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Anaheim

Some Restrictions

Anaheim STR operators must provide adequate parking for guests and comply with residential parking regulations. Guest…

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Brentwood

Some Restrictions

Short-term rental guests in Brentwood must follow the same parking rules as any other residents. On-site parking should…

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Buena Park

Some Restrictions

Buena Park requires all short-term rental guest and host parking to be accommodated on-site as shown on the permit…

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Butte County

Some Restrictions

Short-term rental parking in unincorporated Butte County must be shown on the administrative permit's site plan, with…

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Carlsbad

Some Restrictions

Carlsbad requires short-term rental guests to park on-site and avoid nearby residential streets under Municipal Code…

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Cathedral City

Some Restrictions

In Cathedral City, a permitted short-term vacation rental is limited to a maximum of one vehicle per bedroom, counted…

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Chula Vista

Some Restrictions

Short-term rentals in Chula Vista must provide adequate parking for guests per the STR operational requirements of CVMC…

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Compton

Some Restrictions

STR guests in Compton must comply with all city parking regulations. No additional dedicated parking requirements for…

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Contra Costa County

Some Restrictions

STR parking in unincorporated Contra Costa County must comply with the residential zone's parking standards, typically…

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Cupertino

Some Restrictions

Cupertino requires every short-term rental to keep the zoning district's minimum parking spaces on-site and to set one…

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Daly City

Some Restrictions

Daly City STRs must provide off-street parking sufficient to avoid burdening the public right-of-way under Chapter 5.92…

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Downey

Some Restrictions

STR guests must follow Downey's general parking rules. Street parking in business districts limited to 2 hours (7 AM…

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El Dorado County

Some Restrictions

Every hosted or vacation home rental in El Dorado County must provide at least two on-site parking spaces under Section…

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Elk Grove

Some Restrictions

STRs in Elk Grove must provide sufficient on-site parking to avoid displacing guest vehicles onto public streets…

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Escondido

Some Restrictions

Escondido requires STR guests to use only on-site parking spaces associated with the approved rental unit. No…

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Fairfield

Some Restrictions

Because Fairfield's Zoning Ordinance does not separately permit short-term rentals in residential zones, the City has…

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Fillmore

Some Restrictions

Short-term rental properties in Fillmore must provide adequate off-street parking for guests. Hosts should communicate…

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Fontana

Some Restrictions

STR guests in Fontana must park on-site within the driveway or garage where possible. Overflow street parking must…

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Fremont

Some Restrictions

Fremont STR operators must provide on-site parking for guests and cannot rely exclusively on street parking; guests…

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Fresno

Some Restrictions

Fresno STR permits require one off-street parking space per bedroom, with a minimum of two spaces for whole-house…

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Fullerton

Some Restrictions

Fullerton requires STR permit applicants to submit a parking plan showing adequate off-street parking for guests. STR…

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Gardena

Some Restrictions

Gardena home sharing hosts must provide at least two on-site parking spaces per unit under Municipal Code Section…

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Hanford

Some Restrictions

Hanford has no STR-specific parking requirement. Parking standards for the underlying residential use apply under…

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Hawthorne

Some Restrictions

Every Hawthorne short-term rental must provide at least one on-premises, off-street parking space for the host and one…

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Hayward

Some Restrictions

Hayward short-term rental operators must provide adequate off-street parking for guests and ensure guests do not…

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Hemet

Some Restrictions

Hemet's short-term lodging chapter makes on-site parking a standing permit condition, not a suggestion. Owners must…

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Huntington Beach

Some Restrictions

Before the City issues a Huntington Beach short-term rental permit, the host or operator must submit a guest parking…

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Indio

Some Restrictions

Indio limits short-term rental guest vehicles to the number of designated on-site parking spaces and prohibits street…

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Inglewood

Some Restrictions

Inglewood STR guests must comply with all local parking regulations. Hosts are expected to inform guests about street…

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Kern County

Some Restrictions

No Kern County ordinance imposes parking requirements specifically on short-term rentals. The standard residential…

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Lake Elsinore

Some Restrictions

Guests at a Lake Elsinore short-term rental must park only in the property's driveway or garage, never on landscaping…

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Lancaster

Some Restrictions

Lancaster may require designated parking for STR guests. On-street parking limits apply. Parking plan often part of STR…

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Livermore

Some Restrictions

Livermore STRs must provide on-site parking for guests (typically 1 space per bedroom up to the home's capacity)…

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Long Beach

Some Restrictions

STR guests in Long Beach must comply with local parking regulations. Street parking is subject to posted restrictions…

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Los Angeles County

Some Restrictions

STR guests in unincorporated LA County must follow all county parking regulations. Street parking is subject to posted…

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Manteca

Some Restrictions

Manteca requires short-term rental owners to make every on-site space, garage, carport, driveway or tandem, available…

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Marin County

Some Restrictions

Every short-term rental in unincorporated Marin County must provide off-street parking that meets the county's general…

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Merced County

Some Restrictions

Every short-term rental in unincorporated Merced County must provide off-street guest parking under Zoning Code Section…

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Milpitas

Some Restrictions

Milpitas requires every short-term rental to provide one off-street parking space under Municipal Code Section…

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Modesto

Some Restrictions

STR properties in Modesto must provide adequate off-street parking for guests. Guests must follow all city parking…

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Monterey County

Some Restrictions

Monterey County requires vacation rentals in the unincorporated area to document on-site parking before they can be…

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Monterey Park

Some Restrictions

Monterey Park ties the number of vehicles allowed at a short-term rental to the property's own off-street parking…

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Mountain View

Some Restrictions

Short-term rental guests in Mountain View must follow the same residential parking rules as any resident, including no…

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Murrieta

Some Restrictions

Short-term rental guests in Murrieta must park on-site or in permitted on-street spaces, and Good Neighbor notices must…

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National City

Some Restrictions

A short-term rental in National City can have no more vehicles on site than the number of parking spaces designated in…

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Newport Beach

Some Restrictions

Newport Beach requires short term lodging owners to make all on-site parking, including garage, carport, driveway and…

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Norwalk

Some Restrictions

Norwalk may require designated parking for STR guests. On-street parking limits apply. Parking plan often part of STR…

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Oakland

Some Restrictions

Oakland's STR ordinance (Chapter 5.96) requires hosts to disclose available on-site parking, advise guests of…

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Oceanside

Some Restrictions

Oceanside STR operators must provide parking information to guests. Properties governed by HOAs must meet applicable…

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Orange

Some Restrictions

Short-term rental guests in Orange must park in designated on-site parking spaces identified in the STR permit…

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Orange County

Some Restrictions

Zoning Code Section 7-9-93 requires unincorporated Orange County short-term rentals to provide at least two off-street…

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Oxnard

Some Restrictions

Oxnard STR properties must provide adequate off-street parking for guests. On-street parking by STR guests must comply…

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Pacifica

Some Restrictions

In the City of Pacifica, every short-term rental must provide at least one off-street parking space per legally…

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Palm Springs

Some Restrictions

Palm Springs caps vacation rental parking at one automobile per bedroom under Section 5.25.070(c) and bars advertising…

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Palmdale

Some Restrictions

Palmdale may require designated parking for STR guests. On-street parking limits apply. Parking plan often part of STR…

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Pasadena

Some Restrictions

STR operators in Pasadena must provide parking information to guests. Guest vehicles must comply with city parking…

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Petaluma

Some Restrictions

Petaluma requires every Short-Term Vacation Rental application to show on-site parking matching Table 11.1's…

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Pismo Beach

Some Restrictions

In the City of Pismo Beach, California, every short-term rental and homestay must provide on-site parking by bedroom…

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Pittsburg

Some Restrictions

Pittsburg does not impose STR-specific parking requirements, so hosts must rely on the general residential off-street…

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Placentia

Some Restrictions

In the City of Placentia, California, a short-term rental can have a maximum of one vehicle per bedroom for the…

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Placer County

Some Restrictions

Every short-term rental permitted in eastern Placer County must provide on-site parking for guest vehicles, boats and…

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Rancho Cordova

Some Restrictions

Short-term rentals in Rancho Cordova must provide on-site parking consistent with their single-family residential…

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Rancho Cucamonga

Some Restrictions

Rancho Cucamonga STRs must provide sufficient on-site parking for all guests. Street parking for guests is discouraged…

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Redding

Some Restrictions

Redding short-term rental permits must specify on-site parking spaces for tenants, with at least two spaces required in…

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Redwood City

Some Restrictions

Redwood City requires no additional parking for a short-term rental, but the host must make the property's existing…

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Ridgecrest

Some Restrictions

Ridgecrest has no dedicated short-term rental parking ordinance. STR guests use the same on-site parking and on-street…

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Riverside

Some Restrictions

Guests at a Riverside short-term rental must park only in the unit's approved driveway, garage, or carport, and any…

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Riverside County

Some Restrictions

Riverside County requires every short term rental to provide adequate on-site parking that covers its approved maximum…

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Rocklin

Some Restrictions

Short-term rental guests in the City of Rocklin must park onsite or directly on the street in front of the rented…

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Roseville

Some Restrictions

Roseville requires all parking tied to a short-term rental to stay onsite or directly in front of the rental parcel, so…

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Sacramento County

Some Restrictions

Sacramento County's short-term rental ordinance for unincorporated areas requires operators to identify pre-approved…

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Salinas

Some Restrictions

Salinas may require designated parking for STR guests. On-street parking limits apply. Parking plan often part of STR…

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San Clemente

Some Restrictions

San Clemente does not set a fixed parking-space count for short-term lodging units; instead every STLU application must…

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San Diego

Some Restrictions

STRO hosts must provide guests information about available parking. No dedicated off-street parking requirement for…

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San Diego County

Some Restrictions

A Host Home short-term rental in unincorporated San Diego County must provide one off-street parking space for every…

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San Jose

Some Restrictions

San Jose STR hosts must provide on-site parking matching the zoning requirement for the underlying residential use…

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San Luis Obispo County

Some Restrictions

San Luis Obispo County bars vacation-rental guests in the Adelaida/Willow Creek Area from parking on the street at any…

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San Ramon

Some Restrictions

San Ramon requires short-term rental guests to park in the property's own garage and driveway before using the street…

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Santa Barbara County

Some Restrictions

Homestays in unincorporated Santa Barbara County must provide parking on the lot in compliance with County Parking and…

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Santa Clara

Some Restrictions

Santa Clara short-term rental operators must provide off-street parking consistent with residential zoning and ensure…

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Santa Clara County

Some Restrictions

There is no short-term-rental-specific parking requirement in unincorporated Santa Clara County. Parking is governed by…

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Santa Cruz

Some Restrictions

Santa Cruz IZO §24.12.1770(3) caps vehicles at one per one-bedroom unit, two per two- or three-bedroom unit, plus one…

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Santa Cruz County

Some Restrictions

Santa Cruz County requires non-hosted short-term rental permits to provide on-site parking before guests use the…

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Santa Maria

Some Restrictions

STR guests in Santa Maria must comply with city parking regulations. Hosts should provide parking information to guests…

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Santa Monica

Some Restrictions

STR guests in Santa Monica must comply with local parking regulations including permit parking districts and overnight…

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Santa Paula

Some Restrictions

Santa Paula does not currently allow short-term rentals of any kind, so there are no STR-specific parking standards…

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Santa Rosa

Some Restrictions

Santa Rosa caps short-term rental occupancy to whatever its off-street parking can support under Section 20-48.060(C)…

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Sonoma

Some Restrictions

A licensed vacation rental in the City of Sonoma must provide one off-street parking space per bedroom, set in the…

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Sunnyvale

Some Restrictions

Sunnyvale STRs must provide at least one off-street parking space per rented bedroom and cannot use RV parking or…

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Thousand Oaks

Some Restrictions

Short-term rental guests in Thousand Oaks must comply with standard residential parking regulations. Guest vehicles…

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Torrance

Some Restrictions

STR properties must provide adequate parking for guests per permit conditions. Listings must display the city-issued…

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Truckee

Some Restrictions

Every Truckee short-term rental must provide on-site parking that matches the plan approved with its registration…

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Tuolumne County

Some Restrictions

Tuolumne County's short-term rental ordinance (Chapter 8.70) does not impose a specific off-street parking quota on…

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Twain Harte

Some Restrictions

Tuolumne County VHR permits require all guest vehicles to park on-site in defined spaces, prohibiting overflow onto…

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Upland

Some Restrictions

Every Upland short-term rental must provide one additional off-street parking space for each bedroom being rented…

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Vacaville

Some Restrictions

Vacaville has not codified short-term rental parking conditions because STRs are not authorized in residential zones…

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Vallejo

Some Restrictions

Vallejo may require designated parking for STR guests. On-street parking limits apply. Parking plan often part of STR…

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Ventura

Some Restrictions

Ventura ties parking directly to bedroom count for every permitted short-term rental. Municipal Code § 6.455.060…

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Ventura County

Some Restrictions

Homeshares and short-term rentals in unincorporated Ventura County must provide one to three on-site parking spaces…

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Visalia

Some Restrictions

STR guests in Visalia must park only in the property's driveway or garage, and the rental must have at least two…

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Vista

Some Restrictions

Vista limits short-term rental guests to the exact number of on-site parking spaces listed on the permit. Section…

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Woodland

Some Restrictions

Woodland requires every permitted short-term rental to provide at least two on-site parking spaces for its occupants…

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Yolo County

Some Restrictions

Yolo County Code Sec. 8-2.306(l)(2)(iii) and (m)(2)(iii) require bed and breakfasts and farm stays to provide adequate…

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Citrus Heights

Light Restrictions

Short-term rentals must provide adequate off-street parking for all guest vehicles. Citrus Heights typically requires…

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Glendale

Light Restrictions

STR guests in Glendale must use available off-street parking. The home-sharing ordinance requires that rentals not…

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Ojai

Light Restrictions

Ojai STR properties must provide at least one off-street parking space per bedroom rented, up to the maximum allowed by…

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Palm Desert

Light Restrictions

In the City of Palm Desert, California, all parking associated with a short-term rental unit must be entirely on site…

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Pomona

Light Restrictions

STR guests may only use designated legal on-site parking spaces. The number of vehicles cannot exceed the number of…

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San Mateo County

Light Restrictions

Section 6401.3(6)(b) requires each single-family STR to provide at least one on-site parking space (garage, driveway…

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Sonoma County

Light Restrictions

Sec. 26-88-120(e)(5) requires one on-site space for rentals up to two guestrooms, two spaces for three or four…

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San Francisco

Few Restrictions

San Francisco Administrative Code Chapter 41A does not impose dedicated parking requirements on short-term rentals, and…

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Occupancy Limits

Maximum number of guests allowed per rental unit, often based on the number of bedrooms or square footage of the property.

Burbank

Heavy Restrictions

Because short-term rentals are prohibited in Burbank, no enforceable STR occupancy limit exists. A 2021 proposed (but…

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Carlsbad

Heavy Restrictions

Carlsbad STRs are capped at 2 adults per bedroom plus 2 additional (e.g., 8 in a 3BR), subject to a hard ceiling of 12…

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Clovis

Heavy Restrictions

Clovis STR occupancy typically capped at 2 persons per bedroom plus 2, with a hard max set by permit. Events/parties…

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Folsom

Heavy Restrictions

Folsom STR occupancy is typically limited to 2 persons per bedroom plus 2 additional (e.g., a 3-bedroom home caps at 8…

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Jurupa Valley

Heavy Restrictions

Jurupa Valley sets no guest-count or bedroom-based occupancy limits for short-term rentals because the use is banned…

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Los Angeles

Heavy Restrictions

Under LAMC 12.22 A.32(d)(11), no more than 2 overnight guests (not including children) are permitted per habitable…

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Redwood City

Heavy Restrictions

Redwood City Municipal Code Chapter 42A limits short-term rental occupancy to two guests per bedroom plus two…

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San Leandro

Heavy Restrictions

Every hosted STR must have a posted maximum occupancy as part of the Good Neighbor Policy. The host's primary residence…

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San Mateo

Heavy Restrictions

San Mateo limits STR occupancy to two people per bedroom or ten people per property, whichever is less, under Chapter…

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Santa Cruz

Heavy Restrictions

Overnight occupancy at a Santa Cruz short-term rental is capped at two persons per bedroom plus two additional persons…

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Visalia

Heavy Restrictions

Visalia caps overnight STR occupancy at two persons per bedroom plus one. A studio is limited to 3 guests; a 4-bedroom…

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Alhambra

Significant Restrictions

Alhambra caps short-term rental occupancy at two guests per bedroom under Municipal Code Section 5.92.050. Only guests…

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Corona

Significant Restrictions

Corona STR permits cap overnight occupancy based on bedroom count, typically two persons per bedroom plus two…

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Daly City

Significant Restrictions

Daly City caps short-term rental occupancy at two guests per bedroom plus two additional guests at one time, and limits…

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Fairfield

Significant Restrictions

Fairfield does not impose a per-bedroom or per-unit short-term rental occupancy cap because it does not separately…

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Galt

Significant Restrictions

Galt STR occupancy typically follows 2 persons per bedroom plus 2 extra, subject to fire code maximums. Operators must…

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Lancaster

Significant Restrictions

Lancaster limits the number of guests allowed in short-term rental properties. Occupancy caps are typically based on…

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Long Beach

Significant Restrictions

Short-term rentals in Long Beach are subject to occupancy limits based on the number of bedrooms and dwelling size…

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San Joaquin County

Significant Restrictions

Short-term rental occupancy in unincorporated San Joaquin County is limited through the Temporary Use Permit and…

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Santa Rosa

Significant Restrictions

Santa Rosa caps overnight occupancy at two short-term renters per bedroom, not to exceed 10 people total. Daytime…

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Simi Valley

Significant Restrictions

The Simi Valley short-term rental ordinance approved on first reading May 11, 2026 caps overnight occupancy at two…

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Sunnyvale

Significant Restrictions

Sunnyvale STR occupancy is capped at 2 guests per bedroom plus 2 additional, not to exceed the building code maximum…

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Tracy

Significant Restrictions

Tracy does not have a dedicated short-term rental ordinance establishing occupancy caps. The city collects Transient…

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Altadena

Some Restrictions

Guest occupancy is limited to two persons per bedroom plus two additional, with an absolute maximum of 12 guests per…

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Anaheim

Some Restrictions

Anaheim short-term rentals under AMC Chapter 4.05 must comply with occupancy limits based on the number of bedrooms and…

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Antioch

Some Restrictions

Antioch has no city-specific overnight or annual day-count limits on short-term rentals. The zoning code, however…

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Apple Valley

Some Restrictions

Apple Valley caps short-term rental occupancy at two guests per bedroom under Municipal Code § 8.34.080(c), with two…

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Bakersfield

Some Restrictions

Bakersfield caps every short-term rental at two persons per bedroom under Section 17.74.050(D), counting everyone on…

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Berkeley

Some Restrictions

Berkeley does not put a flat headcount on a short-term rental; Section 23.314.050(C) sends the occupant limit to the…

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Bishop

Some Restrictions

Bishop caps STR occupancy at two overnight lodgers per bedroom. Minor children accompanied by an adult are not counted…

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Brentwood

Some Restrictions

Brentwood applies standard residential occupancy limits to short-term rentals. California Building Code and the Uniform…

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Buena Park

Some Restrictions

Buena Park caps short-term rental occupancy at two adults per bedroom plus two additional adults for the whole unit…

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Butte County

Some Restrictions

Butte County caps short-term rentals at five rented bedrooms, two guests per approved bedroom on septic, and a hard…

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Calaveras County

Some Restrictions

In the Lake Tulloch area, Calaveras County caps short term vacation rental occupancy at two overnight guests per…

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Cathedral City

Some Restrictions

In Cathedral City, California, a short-term vacation rental or home share can hold 2 occupants as a studio, 2 with one…

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Chula Vista

Some Restrictions

Chula Vista's STR ordinance (CVMC 5.68) limits occupancy based on the number of bedrooms. The permit specifies the…

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Citrus Heights

Some Restrictions

Citrus Heights limits short-term rental occupancy based on the number of bedrooms, typically two guests per bedroom…

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Colusa County

Some Restrictions

Unincorporated Colusa County caps recreational lodging by guestroom count, not headcount. A lodging facility with five…

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Concord

Some Restrictions

Concord has not enacted occupancy limits, guest counts, or minimum/maximum night-stay rules specific to short-term…

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Contra Costa County

Some Restrictions

Overnight guest occupancy may not exceed two persons per bedroom plus two additional persons, with a hard cap of 20…

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Cupertino

Some Restrictions

Cupertino caps how many overnight guests a short-term rental can host based on unit size. A studio or single-room…

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El Cajon

Some Restrictions

El Cajon regulates short-term rental occupancy through its STR permit conditions. Occupancy limits are typically tied…

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El Dorado County

Some Restrictions

El Dorado County short-term rentals are capped at two overnight occupants per permitted bedroom under Section…

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El Monte

Some Restrictions

Because El Monte prohibits short-term rentals altogether, no STR-specific guest cap exists; long-term residential…

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Encinitas

Some Restrictions

Encinitas Municipal Code Chapter 9.38 limits overnight occupancy in short-term rentals to two persons per bedroom plus…

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Escondido

Some Restrictions

Escondido limits STR occupancy to 2 persons per bedroom plus 2 additional, capped at 10 overnight guests total, with…

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Fontana

Some Restrictions

Fontana applies occupancy limits based on the Uniform Housing Code and local safety requirements. STR operators set…

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Fremont

Some Restrictions

Fremont caps STR occupancy at two guests per bedroom plus two additional, consistent with Uniform Housing Code…

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Fresno

Some Restrictions

The City of Fresno's published STR requirements do not set a specific overnight-guest or per-bedroom cap. Allowable…

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Fullerton

Some Restrictions

Fullerton effectively restricts non-hosted whole-house STRs to a hard cap of 100 citywide permits, and whole-house…

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Gardena

Some Restrictions

Gardena caps home sharing occupancy at four guests per bedroom under Municipal Code Section 5.76.060.D, and only rooms…

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Hawthorne

Some Restrictions

Hawthorne caps short-term rental occupancy at two guests per bedroom plus two more, and allows only one booking or…

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Hayward

Some Restrictions

Hayward short-term rentals must comply with building code occupancy limits, typically calculated as two persons per…

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Hemet

Some Restrictions

Hemet short-term lodging permits cap overnight occupancy at whatever the building code and fire code allow for that…

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Humboldt County

Some Restrictions

Maximum overnight occupancy is two persons per bedroom plus one (children under 12 excluded), and total STRs cannot…

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Huntington Beach

Some Restrictions

Huntington Beach caps short-term rental occupancy at two guests per bedroom plus two more, with an absolute ceiling of…

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Indio

Some Restrictions

Indio caps overnight short-term rental occupancy at four persons plus two per bedroom, topping out at 20 guests for…

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Inglewood

Some Restrictions

Inglewood caps every short-term rental at four people per room, no more than two of them adult guests, under Municipal…

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Kern County

Some Restrictions

Kern County's Transient Occupancy Tax Chapter 4.16 does not set per-bedroom guest caps, overnight occupancy limits, or…

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Lake Elsinore

Some Restrictions

Lake Elsinore caps overnight guests at a short-term rental by bedroom count, from 2 guests for a studio up to 12 for a…

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Lakewood

Some Restrictions

Lakewood limits the number of guests allowed in short-term rental properties. Occupancy caps are typically based on…

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Livermore

Some Restrictions

Livermore's code has no numeric per-bedroom head-count cap for short-term rentals; instead, state law caps occupancy…

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Lodi

Some Restrictions

Lodi has no dedicated short-term rental ordinance and therefore no STR-specific guest cap. Occupancy is limited only by…

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Los Angeles County

Some Restrictions

Short-term rental guests in unincorporated LA County are limited to two persons per bedroom plus two additional people…

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Manteca

Some Restrictions

Manteca caps short-term lodging occupancy at two adults and one child per rented room, with overnight totals also…

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Merced County

Some Restrictions

Merced County caps short-term rentals at five guest rooms under Section 18.60.270, tying real occupancy to the number…

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Milpitas

Some Restrictions

In the City of Milpitas, Municipal Code Section C.10.200.C.7 caps short-term rental occupancy at two persons per…

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Modesto

Some Restrictions

Modesto's code defines a 'transient' as anyone occupying a unit for 27 consecutive days or less, which triggers permit…

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Monterey County

Some Restrictions

Monterey County's vacation rental ordinance limits guest occupancy based on the number of bedrooms, generally about two…

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Monterey Park

Some Restrictions

Monterey Park caps overnight occupancy of a permitted short-term rental at two persons plus two more per bedroom, and…

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Moorpark

Some Restrictions

Moorpark limits STR occupancy to 2 guests per bedroom plus 2, with a maximum of 10 overnight guests. Daytime gatherings…

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Moreno Valley

Some Restrictions

STR occupancy is capped at 2 per bedroom plus 2, with a hard ceiling typically 10-12 overnight. Daytime event caps and…

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Murrieta

Some Restrictions

Short-term rentals in Murrieta are typically limited to two occupants per bedroom plus two additional, not to exceed a…

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National City

Some Restrictions

National City caps overnight occupancy at a Short-Term Rental at two persons per Bedroom or studio plus one additional…

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Nevada County

Some Restrictions

Unincorporated Nevada County does not impose a special short-term-rental occupancy cap. Because there is no STR permit…

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Newport Beach

Some Restrictions

Every Newport Beach short term lodging permit requires a written rental agreement limiting overnight occupancy to the…

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Norwalk

Some Restrictions

Norwalk limits the number of guests allowed in short-term rental properties. Occupancy caps are typically based on…

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Oceanside

Some Restrictions

Oceanside limits STR maximum occupancy to 14 people per dwelling unit with a maximum of 5 bedrooms. Occupancy limits…

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Ojai

Some Restrictions

Ojai limits STR occupancy to 2 guests per bedroom plus 2 additional, with a maximum of 10 overnight guests regardless…

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Ontario

Some Restrictions

Total occupancy at an Ontario STR, including the host and all guests, may not exceed two times the number of bedrooms…

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Orange

Some Restrictions

Orange caps short term rental occupancy at two people per bedroom plus two more, excluding children under two, and…

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Orange County

Some Restrictions

Under Zoning Code Section 7-9-93, overnight occupancy of an unincorporated Orange County short-term rental is capped at…

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Oxnard

Some Restrictions

Oxnard limits short-term rental occupancy based on bedroom count and property size. Maximum overnight occupancy is…

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Pacifica

Some Restrictions

Pacifica caps overnight occupancy at every short-term rental to two renters per legally permitted bedroom. Municipal…

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Palm Desert

Some Restrictions

In the City of Palm Desert, California, overnight guests at a short-term rental cannot exceed two persons per bedroom…

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Palm Springs

Some Restrictions

Palm Springs caps vacation rental overnight occupancy at two persons per bedroom and eight total, plus up to two…

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Palmdale

Some Restrictions

Palmdale limits the number of guests allowed in short-term rental properties. Occupancy caps are typically based on…

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Pasadena

Some Restrictions

Pasadena caps every short-term rental at two guests per bedroom plus two more, regardless of the unit's size. Municipal…

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Perris

Some Restrictions

The City of Perris caps short-term rental occupancy at two persons per bedroom plus two additional persons. The primary…

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Petaluma

Some Restrictions

Petaluma caps overnight guests at a short-term vacation rental at two people per bedroom plus two more, whether the…

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Pismo Beach

Some Restrictions

In the City of Pismo Beach, California, maximum overnight occupancy of a short-term rental or homestay is two people…

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Placentia

Some Restrictions

In the City of Placentia, California, a short-term rental cannot hold more than two persons per bedroom between 11:00…

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Pomona

Some Restrictions

Pomona STR ordinance limits occupancy and prohibits events or assemblies unrelated to lodging. Pool-only rentals and…

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Port Hueneme

Some Restrictions

Port Hueneme STR permits include occupancy limits based on the number of bedrooms and available parking. Maximum…

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Rancho Cordova

Some Restrictions

Rancho Cordova STRs must comply with occupancy standards consistent with the California Building Code and Uniform…

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Redding

Some Restrictions

Redding caps short-term rental occupancy at two persons per rented bedroom under RMC 18.43.180. A vacation rental…

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Rialto

Some Restrictions

No Rialto-specific ordinance directly addresses short-term rental occupancy limits; California state default applies…

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Richmond

Some Restrictions

Richmond applies California Building Code occupancy standards and general nuisance provisions to short-term rentals…

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Riverside

Some Restrictions

Riverside caps overnight guests at any short-term residential rental at two people per bedroom plus one additional…

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Riverside County

Some Restrictions

Unincorporated Riverside County caps short-term rental occupancy at 200 square feet per guest, with a hard ceiling of…

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Rocklin

Some Restrictions

The City of Rocklin caps short-term rental occupancy at six people or two people per bedroom, whichever is greater…

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Rohnert Park

Some Restrictions

Rohnert Park caps a short-term rental at one bedroom of the primary dwelling and fourteen consecutive days per stay…

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Sacramento

Some Restrictions

Sacramento caps every short-term rental at six guests, whether the booking covers a single unit or, for hosts who live…

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Sacramento County

Some Restrictions

Sacramento County limits short-term rental occupancy in unincorporated areas to no more than two adults per bedroom…

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Salinas

Some Restrictions

Salinas limits the number of guests allowed in short-term rental properties. Occupancy caps are typically based on…

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San Bernardino County

Some Restrictions

Under Development Code Section 84.28.060, sleeping occupancy is set by room size (70 sq ft for one person, +50 sq ft…

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San Clemente

Some Restrictions

San Clemente caps overnight occupancy in a licensed Short-Term Lodging Unit at two people per legal bedroom plus two…

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San Diego

Some Restrictions

San Diego's Short-Term Residential Occupancy (STRO) ordinance under SDMC Chapter 5, Article 10, Division 1 establishes…

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San Diego County

Some Restrictions

Unincorporated San Diego County has no short-term-rental-specific occupancy cap, because the County never adopted an…

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San Francisco

Some Restrictions

San Francisco STR occupancy is governed by Housing Code maximum-occupancy rules plus Admin Code Chapter 41A. Generally…

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San Jose

Some Restrictions

San Jose caps short-term rental occupancy at 2 persons per bedroom plus 2 additional, with an absolute ceiling of 10…

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San Luis Obispo County

Some Restrictions

In the Coastal Zone, no residence may host more than four individual tenancies per calendar month, and a new vacation…

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San Mateo County

Some Restrictions

Under Zoning Regulations Section 6401.3(6)(a), the maximum number of short-term tenants is two persons per bedroom…

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San Ramon

Some Restrictions

San Ramon caps short-term rental occupancy at two adults per bedroom whenever any part of the dwelling is rented, under…

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Santa Barbara County

Some Restrictions

A homestay in unincorporated Santa Barbara County may use up to three bedrooms of a legal dwelling, and occupancy is…

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Santa Clara

Some Restrictions

Santa Clara short-term rentals are subject to occupancy caps typically based on bedroom count, plus California building…

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Santa Clarita

Some Restrictions

STR occupancy must comply with building and fire code maximums. ADUs in Santa Clarita are generally restricted to…

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Santa Cruz County

Some Restrictions

Under SCCC 13.10.694, overnight occupancy of a vacation rental may not exceed two guests per legal bedroom plus two…

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Santa Maria

Some Restrictions

The Santa Maria Municipal Code does not set a numeric overnight-guest or persons-per-bedroom limit specifically for…

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Santa Monica

Some Restrictions

Santa Monica STRs are subject to occupancy limits based on the number of bedrooms and building/fire code standards…

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Shasta County

Some Restrictions

Shasta County caps short-term rental occupancy by approved bedroom and time of day. From 6:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. up to…

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Solano County

Some Restrictions

Unincorporated Solano County caps overnight occupancy for a Vacation House Rental at two guests per bedroom plus two…

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Sonoma

Some Restrictions

Sonoma Municipal Code § 19.50.110(A)(3) limits every vacation rental's overnight guest count to two people per sleeping…

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Sonoma County

Some Restrictions

Sec. 26-88-120(e) caps overnight occupancy at two persons per sleeping room plus two more per property, to a maximum of…

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Sonora

Some Restrictions

Sonora's short-term rental ordinance establishes occupancy limits for transient use rentals. Properties rented for less…

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South San Francisco

Some Restrictions

South San Francisco Municipal Code Section 20.350.037 caps short-term vacation rental occupancy by stay type. Hosted…

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Sutter County

Some Restrictions

Sutter County has no short-term-rental-specific occupancy cap. Because no STR ordinance exists, guest numbers are…

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Temecula

Some Restrictions

Temecula caps STR occupancy at 2 persons per bedroom plus 2 additional, with a hard maximum often around 10-12 guests…

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Thousand Oaks

Some Restrictions

Short-term rentals in Thousand Oaks are subject to occupancy limits based on bedroom count. The standard guideline is…

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Torrance

Some Restrictions

STR occupancy is regulated under the permit conditions. Residential zones require host-occupied home-share only…

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Truckee

Some Restrictions

Truckee limits a licensed short-term rental to two guests per bedroom plus two more people, not counting children under…

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Tulare County

Some Restrictions

Unincorporated Tulare County sets no STR-specific occupancy cap. The proposed ordinance that would have limited…

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Twain Harte

Some Restrictions

Tuolumne County caps Vacation Home Rental occupancy at two persons per bedroom plus two additional, with septic…

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Upland

Some Restrictions

Upland caps every short-term rental at two guests per bedroom, counting the host, other residents, and paying guests…

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Vacaville

Some Restrictions

Vacaville has not codified an STR-specific occupancy cap (such as a flat 'two persons per bedroom plus two' rule or a…

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Vallejo

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Vallejo limits the number of guests allowed in short-term rental properties. Occupancy caps are typically based on…

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Ventura

Some Restrictions

Ventura caps overnight occupancy at every permitted short-term vacation rental and homestay under Municipal Code §…

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Ventura County

Some Restrictions

Section 8109-4.6.8.1 caps short-term rental overnight occupancy at two persons per bedroom for up to five bedrooms…

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Vista

Some Restrictions

Vista caps overnight occupancy at short-term rentals strictly by bedroom count. Section 8.34.070.C limits the…

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Woodland

Some Restrictions

Woodland caps every permitted short-term rental at three bedrooms used for paying guests, with total occupancy limited…

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Alameda County

Light Restrictions

Unincorporated Alameda County does not set an STR-specific occupancy cap but enforces building code, fire code, and…

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Fillmore

Light Restrictions

Fillmore may limit occupancy in short-term rentals based on the number of bedrooms and property size. Standard…

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Marin County

Light Restrictions

Marin County requires short-term rental owners to notify occupants of neighboring properties before obtaining or…

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Napa County

Light Restrictions

Napa County does not publish guest-count, bedroom, or night caps for short-term rentals because the underlying use is…

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Palo Alto

Light Restrictions

Short-term rental occupancy in Palo Alto follows state building and fire code, generally two persons per bedroom plus…

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Placer County

Light Restrictions

Placer County Code Article 9.42 sets maximum STR occupancy at two people per bedroom plus two additional people…

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Rancho Cucamonga

Light Restrictions

Rancho Cucamonga STR occupancy is capped based on bedrooms with a typical formula of 2 persons per bedroom plus 2…

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Roseville

Light Restrictions

Roseville limits the number of guests allowed in short-term rental properties. Occupancy caps are typically based on…

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Santa Paula

Light Restrictions

Santa Paula limits short-term rental occupancy based on the number of bedrooms: two guests per bedroom plus two…

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Tuolumne County

Light Restrictions

Tuolumne County's short-term rental ordinance (Chapter 8.70) is a fire-and-life-safety inspection program and does not…

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Yolo County

Light Restrictions

Yolo County Code Sec. 8-2.306(m) caps farm stays at six guest rooms or 15 guests, and Sec. 8-2.306(l) and Sec. 8-1.201…

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Hanford

Few Restrictions

Hanford has not adopted a short-term rental ordinance and does not impose a city-specific guest cap on STRs. Occupancy…

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Ridgecrest

Few Restrictions

Ridgecrest has not adopted a dedicated short-term rental ordinance, so STRs are not subject to a city-specific guest…

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Stockton

Few Restrictions

Stockton has not adopted a short-term-rental-specific occupancy cap. Maximum occupancy of any STR dwelling is governed…

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Insurance Requirements

Liability insurance minimums and other coverage that hosts must carry when renting their property to short-term guests.

California: statewide

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California requires hosting platforms to warn hosts to check their lease and insurance before listing (Business and…

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Buena Park

Significant Restrictions

Buena Park short-term rental hosts must maintain liability insurance of not less than $1,000,000 covering the rental…

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Bakersfield

Some Restrictions

Bakersfield short-term rental operators must carry at least $500,000 in liability insurance naming the city as an…

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Berkeley

Some Restrictions

Every short-term rental in Berkeley has to carry at least $1 million in liability insurance. Section 23.314.050(F) lets…

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Cathedral City

Some Restrictions

In Cathedral City, California, an STVR owner must give the city proof of short-term vacation rental insurance at both…

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Chula Vista

Some Restrictions

Every Chula Vista Short-Term Rental Permittee must carry at least $1,000,000 in aggregate liability insurance for the…

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Contra Costa County

Some Restrictions

Unincorporated Contra Costa County does not set a minimum liability-insurance requirement for short-term rental hosts…

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Escondido

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Escondido short-term rental hosts must sign an acknowledgment that they carry valid insurance explicitly covering…

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Fremont

Some Restrictions

Fremont requires every short-term rental host to carry at least $1,000,000 in liability insurance, or rely on…

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Gardena

Some Restrictions

Gardena requires every home sharing host to carry one million dollars in general liability insurance under Municipal…

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Hawthorne

Some Restrictions

Every Hawthorne short-term rental applicant must show proof of at least $1,000,000 in general liability insurance…

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Huntington Beach

Some Restrictions

Huntington Beach requires every STR host or operator to carry and prove liability insurance appropriate to cover the…

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Indio

Some Restrictions

Indio requires every short-term rental owner to carry general liability insurance covering the rental in an aggregate…

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Inglewood

Some Restrictions

Inglewood requires every short-term rental host to carry at least $500,000 in liability insurance covering the rental…

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Long Beach

Some Restrictions

Long Beach Municipal Code § 5.77.060(D) requires every STR operator to maintain proof of liability insurance covering…

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Milpitas

Some Restrictions

In the City of Milpitas, Municipal Code Section C.10.200.C.11 requires an STR operator, or the hosting platform on the…

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Monterey Park

Some Restrictions

In the City of Monterey Park, every short-term rental permit application must include proof of homeowner's or renter's…

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Orange

Some Restrictions

Orange requires every short term rental owner to carry liability insurance of at least $1,000,000 general aggregate…

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Oxnard

Some Restrictions

Oxnard requires every homeshare and vacation rental owner to carry a commercial general liability policy of at least…

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Pacifica

Some Restrictions

A Pacifica short-term rental permit application is not complete without proof of insurance. Municipal Code Section…

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Palm Springs

Some Restrictions

Palm Springs vacation rental owners must carry commercial insurance covering the short-term use of their property…

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Placentia

Some Restrictions

In the City of Placentia, California, proof of insurance is the sixteenth item an owner or managing agent must give the…

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Rocklin

Some Restrictions

In the City of Rocklin, a short-term rental permit application must include proof of insurance along with a floor plan…

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Rohnert Park

Some Restrictions

Rohnert Park requires every short-term rental host to carry a liability insurance policy covering the rental use before…

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Roseville

Some Restrictions

Roseville requires every short-term rental permit applicant to submit proof of insurance along with a floor plan…

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San Clemente

Some Restrictions

Every San Clemente short-term lodging unit owner must carry vacation rental property insurance covering the commercial…

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San Francisco

Some Restrictions

San Francisco hosts must carry at least $500,000 in liability insurance for their short-term rental, or book only…

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San Ramon

Some Restrictions

San Ramon requires every short-term rental registration to include proof that the property is insured for short-term…

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Santa Monica

Some Restrictions

Every home-share host must maintain a minimum of $500,000 in liability insurance covering home-sharing, or use a…

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Solano County

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Solano County requires every permitted vacation house rental to be covered by commercial property insurance for the…

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Ventura

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Ventura requires proof of insurance before it will issue a short-term rental permit and requires that coverage to…

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Ventura County

Some Restrictions

Unincorporated Ventura County will not issue a homeshare or short-term rental permit unless the owner carries a…

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Shasta County

Light Restrictions

Shasta County requires liability insurance for whole-house vacation rentals. Under Section 17.88.230(H)(2), before a…

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Bishop

Few Restrictions

The City of Bishop's STR ordinance does not require hosts to carry a specific liability-insurance policy. It does…

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Night Caps

Limits on how many nights per year a property can be rented as a short-term rental, sometimes called annual caps or night limits.

Pismo Beach

Heavy Restrictions

In the City of Pismo Beach, California, a short-term rental operated without the owner concurrently on site is limited…

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Santa Monica

Heavy Restrictions

Santa Monica prohibits all unhosted vacation rentals entirely: the host must live in the dwelling and be physically…

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Bakersfield

Significant Restrictions

Bakersfield does not impose an annual cap on the number of nights a short-term rental can operate, allowing year-round…

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Buena Park

Significant Restrictions

Buena Park sets no maximum number of bookings or nights per year for a permitted STR. Instead it limits supply: no STR…

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El Dorado County

Significant Restrictions

El Dorado County caps vacation home rental permits at 900 within the unincorporated Lake Tahoe Basin under Section…

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Lake Forest

Significant Restrictions

Lake Forest, in Orange County, caps a homeowner's 'limited home rental' of their own domicile to three periods of fewer…

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Long Beach

Significant Restrictions

Long Beach Municipal Code § 5.77.050(C) limits un-hosted stays in a primary residence short-term rental to a maximum of…

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Mendocino County

Significant Restrictions

Within the Town of Mendocino, County Code caps licensed Vacation Home Rentals at 10 and Single Unit Rentals at 20…

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Merced County

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Vacation rentals in unincorporated Merced County cannot operate more than 180 cumulative days in a calendar year under…

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National City

Significant Restrictions

National City lets hosted short-term rentals run an unlimited number of days a year but holds Non-Hosted Units to no…

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Newport Beach

Significant Restrictions

Newport Beach limits the total number of short term lodging permits citywide to 1,550. Residential districts are…

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Oxnard

Significant Restrictions

Oxnard vacation rentals are capped at 100 rental days per calendar year, with partial arrival and departure days…

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Perris

Significant Restrictions

Perris does NOT impose an annual night cap limiting how many nights per year a property may be rented. The only stay…

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Placer County

Significant Restrictions

Once Placer County's short-term rental program hits its hard cap of 3,900 permits in the Eastern Placer County STR…

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Redding

Significant Restrictions

Redding caps hosted homestay rentals at one hundred eighty days per calendar year per property, and separately limits…

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Sacramento

Significant Restrictions

Non-primary-residence short-term rentals in Sacramento are capped at 90 aggregate rented days per permit term. City…

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Santa Cruz County

Significant Restrictions

Santa Cruz County caps the total number of short-term rental permits by area. SCCC § 13.10.694(D)(4) limits the Live…

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Santa Rosa

Significant Restrictions

Santa Rosa has hard-capped Non-Hosted Short-Term Rental permits at 182 citywide, and the cap is closed: City Code…

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Ventura

Significant Restrictions

Ventura does not cap nights per year; instead it caps the total number of short-term vacation rental permits allowed in…

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Berkeley

Some Restrictions

When the host is not on site, Berkeley caps a short-term rental at 90 days per calendar year. Section 23.314.050(B)(2)…

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Butte County

Some Restrictions

Un-hosted short-term rental stays in unincorporated Butte County are capped at ninety nights per calendar year under…

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Chula Vista

Some Restrictions

A Whole-Home Short-Term Rental of a Primary Residence in Chula Vista may operate no more than 90 days per calendar year…

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Contra Costa County

Some Restrictions

Contra Costa County caps how many nights a short-term rental in the unincorporated area can operate each calendar year…

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Cupertino

Some Restrictions

Cupertino caps un-hosted short-term rental stays, where the host is not present, at sixty nights per calendar year…

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Daly City

Some Restrictions

Daly City caps un-hosted short-term rental stays (host off-site) at 100 days per year. Hosted stays, where the host…

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Hawthorne

Some Restrictions

Hawthorne limits a vacation rental, a short-term rental that is not the owner's primary residence, to no more than…

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Inglewood

Some Restrictions

Renting out an entire Inglewood home while the host is away is capped at 90 nights per calendar year, in blocks of 30…

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Los Angeles

Some Restrictions

A Los Angeles host may not conduct home-sharing for more than 120 days per calendar year without an Extended…

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Los Angeles County

Some Restrictions

Un-Hosted Stays are capped at 90 nights per calendar year and must be booked for a minimum of 2 consecutive nights…

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Monterey County

Some Restrictions

A non-hosted 'limited vacation rental' in unincorporated Monterey County can be rented no more than three times in any…

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Mountain View

Some Restrictions

An unhosted short-term rental in Mountain View cannot operate more than 60 days per calendar year under City Code Sec…

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Pacifica

Some Restrictions

In the City of Pacifica, an unhosted short-term rental, one with no host present, may operate no more than 60 nights…

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Palm Springs

Some Restrictions

Palm Springs Municipal Code Section 5.25.070(b) limits how many rental contracts a vacation rental may sign in a…

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Pasadena

Some Restrictions

Un-hosted short-term rentals in Pasadena, where the host is off-site for the whole stay, are capped at 90 days per…

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Petaluma

Some Restrictions

Petaluma caps non-hosted short-term vacation rentals, where the owner is not on site, at 90 nights of paid stays per…

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Rancho Cucamonga

Some Restrictions

Rancho Cucamonga caps un-hosted short-term rentals at 90 days a year per home. Section 8.34.090(K) limits an un-hosted…

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Rocklin

Some Restrictions

In the City of Rocklin, a permitted short-term rental may not be rented more than ninety days in a calendar year…

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Roseville

Some Restrictions

Roseville caps short-term rentals at 182 days per calendar year, and only allows them on a parcel where the permittee's…

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San Diego

Some Restrictions

San Diego Municipal Code Chapter 5, Article 10, Division 1 (STRO Ordinance, effective May 1, 2023) sets a 20-day annual…

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San Francisco

Some Restrictions

San Francisco caps unhosted short-term rental days indirectly: a Permanent Resident must occupy the unit at least 275…

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San Jose

Some Restrictions

San Jose limits incidental transient occupancy, renting rooms in an occupied home, to 180 days a year when the host is…

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San Leandro

Some Restrictions

San Leandro Municipal Code § 4-40-130(a) limits every hosted short-term rental to 'a total of 180 calendar days per…

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Santa Clara

Some Restrictions

An unhosted short-term rental in Santa Clara, meaning no host is present in the unit during the stay, is capped at 90…

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Upland

Some Restrictions

Upland limits un-hosted short-term rentals to 120 days per calendar year at the same dwelling unit under its Short-Term…

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Fremont

Few Restrictions

Fremont sets no cap on the number of nights a permitted short-term rental can operate each year. Section 5.100.040(d)…

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Host Presence Rule

Whether your city allows only home-sharing (host on-site during the rental) versus whole-home unhosted rentals, and the enforcement process for violations.

Glendale

Heavy Restrictions

Glendale only licenses home-sharing where at least one host lives on site for the guest's entire stay. Any short-term…

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Jurupa Valley

Heavy Restrictions

Even hosted home-sharing - renting a spare room while the owner lives on site - is prohibited in Jurupa Valley…

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Pomona

Heavy Restrictions

Pomona allows only hosted short-term rentals: Sec. 30-591(c) states plainly that only hosted stays are permitted and…

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San Leandro

Heavy Restrictions

San Leandro only allows short-term rentals where the primary occupant stays in the home for the entire rental period…

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Chula Vista

Significant Restrictions

Chula Vista requires a Permittee, Agent, or designated Local Contact Person to be reachable by phone around the clock…

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Clovis

Significant Restrictions

Clovis short-term rental owners or a designated local contact must be reachable by phone 24/7 while the unit is rented…

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El Dorado County

Significant Restrictions

El Dorado County Code Section 5.56.130(C) requires every hosted home rental to have a designated host who lives in the…

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Gardena

Significant Restrictions

Gardena requires the host to physically live in the home during every guest stay. Municipal Code Section 5.76.060.A…

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Huntington Beach

Significant Restrictions

Huntington Beach bans unhosted short-term rentals citywide except in Sunset Beach (Zone 2). Everywhere else, the owner…

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Milpitas

Significant Restrictions

In the City of Milpitas, Municipal Code Section C.10.200.C.6 allows only hosted short-term rentals: the owner or…

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Murrieta

Significant Restrictions

Murrieta's code splits short-term rentals into 'hosted' and 'non-hosted' units. A hosted unit only qualifies if the…

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Palm Desert

Significant Restrictions

In the City of Palm Desert, California, an on-site short-term rental permit is conditioned on the host proving regular…

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Pismo Beach

Significant Restrictions

In the City of Pismo Beach, California, a homestay is an owner-occupied home with no yearly cap on rental days…

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San Clemente

Significant Restrictions

A Short-term Apartment Rental in San Clemente must have its owner or a trained property manager sleep on the property…

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San Diego

Significant Restrictions

Tier Two home-share hosts in San Diego must personally occupy their primary residence at least 275 days of the year in…

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San Diego County

Significant Restrictions

In unincorporated San Diego County, a Host Home permit that rents up to two bedrooms on a nightly basis requires the…

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Sunnyvale

Significant Restrictions

Sunnyvale only permits hosted short-term rentals, meaning the host must physically reside on site throughout every…

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Alhambra

Some Restrictions

Alhambra does not require the host to be physically present during a stay, but the host or a designated Local Contact…

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Anaheim

Some Restrictions

Every occupied Anaheim short-term rental must have the owner, the owner's agent, or a designated local contact person…

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Berkeley

Some Restrictions

Berkeley defines 'host present' as the host actually living in the host residence during the rental period, and that…

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Bishop

Some Restrictions

Bishop ties STRs to the owner's primary residence and requires the application to name the owner, host, and a 24-hour…

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Buena Park

Some Restrictions

Buena Park requires the host to live on-site, and the host or an authorized agent must be reachable by phone 24 hours a…

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Butte County

Some Restrictions

When a Butte County parcel hosts two short-term rentals, such as a primary residence plus an approved accessory…

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Contra Costa County

Some Restrictions

A 'hosted' short-term rental in unincorporated Contra Costa County requires the host to be physically present at their…

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Cupertino

Some Restrictions

Cupertino requires every short-term rental to have a 'Local Contact,' either the host or someone the host designates…

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Fremont

Some Restrictions

Fremont does not require the host to live on site during a stay, but every short-term rental must have a local contact…

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Hawthorne

Some Restrictions

Hawthorne does not require the host to physically stay on site, but the host or owner must be reachable by phone around…

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Hemet

Some Restrictions

To count as home-sharing rather than a standard vacation rental in Hemet, the owner must actually live on site in the…

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Indio

Some Restrictions

Indio does not require the owner on site, but Section 37.012(F) requires the responsible person who signs the contract…

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Inglewood

Some Restrictions

Inglewood lets a short-term rental host rent a room for unlimited nights per year only if the host stays in the unit…

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Long Beach

Some Restrictions

Long Beach Municipal Code § 5.77.020(G) and (V) draw the line the whole STR chapter turns on: a 'hosted stay' requires…

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Manteca

Some Restrictions

Manteca's home-sharing option requires the owner to live in the unit and stay on-site throughout the guest's entire…

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Marin County

Some Restrictions

Marin County splits short-term rentals into 'hosted' units, the primary residence of the owner or a designated host…

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Merced County

Some Restrictions

A hosted short-term rental in unincorporated Merced County must keep the owner or operator on site for the whole stay…

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Monterey County

Some Restrictions

Monterey County doesn't require the owner personally on site, but every vacation rental in the unincorporated area must…

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Mountain View

Some Restrictions

A Mountain View short-term rental only counts as 'hosted', and escapes the 60-day annual cap, if the host physically…

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National City

Some Restrictions

National City sorts every short-term rental into a Hosted unit, where the owner stays on site or on an immediately…

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Newport Beach

Some Restrictions

Newport Beach only counts a rental as 'home-sharing,' rather than a regular short term lodging, if the owner lives on…

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Orange

Some Restrictions

Orange does not require the owner to live on-site, but every short term rental must have a designated property manager…

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Oxnard

Some Restrictions

Oxnard requires a homeshare owner to be onsite between 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. whenever the unit is rented, and within…

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Pacifica

Some Restrictions

In the City of Pacifica, a hosted short-term rental operator must physically be on-site between 11:00 p.m. and 6:00…

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Palm Springs

Some Restrictions

A Palm Springs homeshare owner must either live on-site or be able to respond to complaints within 30 minutes under…

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Pasadena

Some Restrictions

Pasadena's short-term rental ordinance splits stays into two categories based on whether the host is on-site: a 'hosted…

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Perris

Some Restrictions

Perris does not require the host to be present during stays, but Section 5.38.080 requires a 24-hour emergency contact…

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Petaluma

Some Restrictions

Petaluma's zoning ordinance splits short-term vacation rentals into two tracks: hosted, where the permittee lives on…

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Redding

Some Restrictions

Redding's hosted homestay rules require the property owner to be the permit applicant and to actually occupy the home…

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Riverside

Some Restrictions

Riverside does not require the owner to stay on-site, but a designated local contact must be reachable and able to…

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Riverside County

Some Restrictions

Riverside County requires short-term rental operators to be available around the clock, responding to guest conduct and…

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Rocklin

Some Restrictions

Rocklin does not require a live-in host, but Rocklin Municipal Code § 5.22.080(E) requires the permittee or a…

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Roseville

Some Restrictions

Roseville requires every short-term rental's permittee or their designated secondary contact to be able to reach the…

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San Bernardino County

Some Restrictions

STR owners in unincorporated San Bernardino County must answer complaint calls within 30 minutes and reach the property…

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San Jose

Some Restrictions

San Jose's incidental transient occupancy ordinance defines 'host present' as the host being on-site every night…

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San Luis Obispo County

Some Restrictions

In the Adelaida/Willow Creek Area, San Luis Obispo County requires every residential vacation rental to name a local…

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San Ramon

Some Restrictions

San Ramon's short-term rental ordinance draws a hard line between hosted rentals, where the owner-operator lives onsite…

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Santa Barbara County

Some Restrictions

A Santa Barbara County homestay requires the host - the owner or long-term tenant - to be on the property at the same…

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Santa Clara

Some Restrictions

Santa Clara defines who counts as a host for short-term rental purposes and backs that presence with round-the-clock…

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Santa Cruz County

Some Restrictions

A Santa Cruz County hosted rental requires the host to actually live in the home. SCCC § 13.10.694(C)(5) defines a…

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Santa Rosa

Some Restrictions

A Hosted Short-Term Rental in Santa Rosa only qualifies if the owner actually lives there. City Code Section 20-48.030…

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Solano County

Some Restrictions

While a Solano County vacation house rental is occupied, the owner or a property manager must be reachable 24 hours a…

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Sonoma

Some Restrictions

The City of Sonoma does not require an on-site host. Instead, Municipal Code § 19.50.110(A)(5) requires every vacation…

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Sonoma County

Some Restrictions

Whole-house vacation rentals do not require an on-site host, but Sec. 26-88-120(f)(8) requires a certified 24-hour…

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Upland

Some Restrictions

Upland requires every short-term rental host, or a designated agent, to stay reachable by phone around the clock while…

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Ventura

Some Restrictions

Ventura requires every short-term rental owner or agent to stay close enough to respond. Municipal Code § 6.455.140(A)…

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Ventura County

Some Restrictions

In unincorporated Ventura County, a homeshare rental requires the owner to be physically present; a short-term rental…

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Los Angeles County

Light Restrictions

A 'Hosted Stay' requires the host to remain on the property throughout the guest's occupancy except during daytime or…

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Rancho Cucamonga

Light Restrictions

Rancho Cucamonga does not require a host to stay on site during every short-term rental. Municipal Code Section…

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Sacramento

Light Restrictions

Sacramento does not force every short-term rental host to stay on-site. Instead, City Code § 5.114.300(B)(1) lets the…

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Primary-Residence-Only Rule

Rules limiting short-term rentals to a host's primary residence, including documentation required to prove residency and rules against operating multiple listings.

Buena Park

Heavy Restrictions

Buena Park allows short-term rentals only in the host's primary residence. The owner must reside on the property…

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Daly City

Heavy Restrictions

Daly City allows short-term rentals only in the host's primary residence, where the host lives at least 265 days per…

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Monterey

Heavy Restrictions

Monterey bans short-term residential rentals in every residential district unless established before August 6, 1991…

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Pasadena

Heavy Restrictions

Pasadena outlaws 'vacation rentals,' meaning any dwelling that isn't the operator's primary residence rented out for…

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Pomona

Heavy Restrictions

Every Pomona short-term rental must be occupied by a qualifying Host as defined in Sec. 30-590, and Sec. 30-591(e)…

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Anaheim

Significant Restrictions

Anaheim only recognizes 'home share' status among a narrow band of Pre-Moratorium Short-Term Rentals, and Section…

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Berkeley

Significant Restrictions

Berkeley bans short-term rentals everywhere except the host's own principal residence. Section 23.314.040(A) states it…

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Bishop

Significant Restrictions

Yes. Bishop allows STRs only at the property owner's primary residence, and applicants must submit proof of residency…

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Cathedral City

Significant Restrictions

In Cathedral City, California, the short-term rental that remains available to most owners is home sharing: renting…

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Cupertino

Significant Restrictions

Cupertino only allows short-term rental activity as a home occupation inside a host's primary residence. Municipal Code…

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Fremont

Significant Restrictions

Fremont only allows short-term rentals in a host's primary dwelling unit. Accessory dwelling units, granny flats, guest…

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Hawthorne

Significant Restrictions

Hawthorne's short-term rental program is built around home-sharing from a host's primary residence: Hawthorne Municipal…

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Huntington Beach

Significant Restrictions

Outside Sunset Beach, Huntington Beach only allows short-term rentals in owner-occupied homes: the host must live on…

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Lake Forest

Significant Restrictions

Lake Forest, California, allows short-term rentals only through its narrow "Limited Home Rental" exception: renting a…

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Los Angeles

Significant Restrictions

Home-sharing in Los Angeles is limited to a host's single primary residence where the host lives more than 6 months per…

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Los Angeles County

Significant Restrictions

Only a host's primary residence may be registered; the host must live there at least 275 days per year, must document…

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Manteca

Significant Restrictions

Manteca will only issue a short-term rental permit for a home that is the owner's primary residence: defined as living…

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Merced County

Significant Restrictions

Unincorporated Merced County requires every short-term rental to be the primary residence of its owner, verified by two…

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Milpitas

Significant Restrictions

Milpitas confines short-term rentals to the primary dwelling unit on a property under Municipal Code Section…

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National City

Significant Restrictions

A National City short-term rental applicant must live in the city, or within a quarter-mile of the rental if it sits…

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Nevada County

Significant Restrictions

Unincorporated Nevada County does NOT limit short-term rentals to primary residences. The County's FAQs confirm there…

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Pacifica

Significant Restrictions

Every short-term rental permit in the City of Pacifica requires the operator to actually live at the rental property as…

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Palm Desert

Significant Restrictions

In the City of Palm Desert, California, an on-site short-term rental must be at the host's primary residence, which the…

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Pismo Beach

Significant Restrictions

In the City of Pismo Beach, California, short-term rentals and homestays are permitted only at single-family properties…

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Rancho Cucamonga

Significant Restrictions

A Rancho Cucamonga short-term rental can only operate out of the host's own home. Section 8.34.090(B) requires the…

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Redding

Significant Restrictions

Redding limits its 'hosted homestay' permit to an owner-occupied home where the property owner both applies and lives…

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Redwood City

Significant Restrictions

Redwood City allows short-term rentals only inside a host's primary residence, defined by physical presence and one per…

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Rohnert Park

Significant Restrictions

Rohnert Park confines short-term rentals to a single bedroom of the host's primary dwelling and bars them from…

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Roseville

Significant Restrictions

Roseville only issues short-term rental permits for a permittee's primary residence. Municipal Code Section 4.25.080(C)…

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Sacramento

Significant Restrictions

Sacramento bars a host from operating short-term rentals in more than one dwelling unit on the same lot unless that…

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San Diego

Significant Restrictions

San Diego's home-share licenses, Tier One (20 days or less) and Tier Two (over 20 days), are only issued for the host's…

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San Francisco

Significant Restrictions

San Francisco law only lets a Permanent Resident short-term rent the home that is their actual Primary Residence…

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Upland

Significant Restrictions

Only a homeowner (or their spouse, parent, or adult child) or a qualifying tenant may host a short-term rental in…

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Ventura County

Significant Restrictions

In unincorporated Ventura County, a rental qualifies as a homeshare only if the dwelling is the primary residence of an…

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Butte County

Some Restrictions

Butte County's short-term rental ordinance requires the rental to be the owner's primary residence, defined as the…

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Chula Vista

Some Restrictions

Chula Vista defines a host's Primary Residence as the home where they actually live at least 275 days a year, proven…

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El Dorado County

Some Restrictions

A hosted home rental in El Dorado County is legal only if the operator's home is genuinely their primary residence…

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Gardena

Some Restrictions

Gardena's home sharing ordinance only lets a host rent out bedrooms in the dwelling that is genuinely their primary…

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Inglewood

Some Restrictions

Inglewood only issues a short-term rental permit to an owner who has lived at the property as their primary residence…

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Long Beach

Some Restrictions

Long Beach Municipal Code § 5.77.020(K) defines a primary residence as the home where a person lives at least 275 days…

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Monterey County

Some Restrictions

In unincorporated Monterey County, a homestay-type vacation rental must be the owner's primary residence. County Code §…

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Oxnard

Some Restrictions

An Oxnard homeshare must be the owner's primary residence: the owner needs at least a 20% ownership interest and must…

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Sacramento County

Some Restrictions

Unincorporated Sacramento County only issues a Short-Term Rental Permit if the dwelling stays a permanent residence for…

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San Jose

Some Restrictions

San Jose requires hosts of Chapter 17.23 rent-stabilized dwellings to occupy the unit as their primary residence for at…

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San Leandro

Some Restrictions

San Leandro Municipal Code § 4-40-130(b) requires that 'the dwelling unit that includes the hosted short-term rental…

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Santa Barbara County

Some Restrictions

In unincorporated inland Santa Barbara County, residential-zone short-term rentals must be homestays - the owner or a…

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Santa Clara

Some Restrictions

Santa Clara does not require every short-term rental to be the host's primary residence, but the Zoning Code ties…

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Santa Rosa

Some Restrictions

A Santa Rosa Hosted Short-Term Rental has to sit on the parcel the owner actually lives on. City Code Section 20-48.030…

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Sonoma County

Some Restrictions

Sonoma County's hosted rental and bed-and-breakfast permit only applies to homes where a household or person keeps…

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Ventura

Some Restrictions

A Ventura homestay permit, unlike a whole-unit short-term vacation rental, is only available for a dwelling that is the…

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Extended Home Share

Cities like Los Angeles offer an extended permit allowing year-round whole-home rentals beyond the standard cap, eligibility criteria, fees, and review process.

Bakersfield

Significant Restrictions

Home-share rentals exceeding 30 consecutive days in Bakersfield generally fall outside the city's short-term rental…

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Inglewood

Significant Restrictions

Inglewood's vacation rental category lets a host rent a second, vacant unit near their primary residence, but only…

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Oakland

Significant Restrictions

Oakland allows extended home-share arrangements at a primary residence beyond the standard short-term rental cap when…

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Orange County

Significant Restrictions

Orange County does not impose a separate extended home-share category for partial-unit rentals exceeding hosted-only…

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Petaluma

Significant Restrictions

Petaluma requires a Short-Term Vacation Rental Permit from the Planning Director before any home is rented for a stay…

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Stockton

Significant Restrictions

Stockton imposes no cap on the number of nights a host may rent rooms in their dwelling. After 30 consecutive days of…

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Anaheim

Some Restrictions

Anaheim does not permit extended whole-home stays as a workaround to the short-term rental ban; rentals shorter than…

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Berkeley

Some Restrictions

Berkeley permits unlimited extended home-share nights when the host stays onsite and rents only a portion of the…

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Escondido

Some Restrictions

Escondido lets a short-term rental host lease part of a home short-term while renting the remaining area of the same…

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Fresno

Some Restrictions

Fresno generally treats stays of 30 days or more as long-term tenancies rather than short-term rentals. Hosts shifting…

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Hawthorne

Some Restrictions

Hawthorne lets a resident rent a room or unit in their own primary residence as "home-sharing" under a city short-term…

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Hemet

Some Restrictions

Hemet treats home-sharing, renting a room while the owner stays on site, as a form of short-term rental, requiring the…

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Lakewood

Some Restrictions

Lakewood's zoning code allows a resident to rent out rooms in a single-family home only as a long-term home-share: no…

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Long Beach

Some Restrictions

Stays of 31 or more consecutive nights fall outside Long Beach STR rules and statewide TOT, operating instead as…

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Los Angeles

Some Restrictions

Los Angeles offers an Extended Home-Share permit under LAMC §12.22 A.32(d) that lifts the standard 120-night annual…

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Monterey County

Some Restrictions

Monterey County lets an owner-occupied 'homestay' operate on an ongoing basis, unlike a limited vacation rental capped…

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Mountain View

Some Restrictions

Mountain View lets a resident host rent part of their home for an unlimited number of days per year, so long as the…

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Oceanside

Some Restrictions

Oceanside defines a hosted short-term rental as a unit where the owner lives on-site as their principal residence and…

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Oxnard

Some Restrictions

Oxnard homeshares can run every day of the year. City Code Sec. 16-667.1 caps only vacation rental units at 100 rented…

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Palm Springs

Some Restrictions

Palm Springs authorizes homesharing, renting a room while the owner remains on the property, under Section 5.25.078(a)…

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Riverside

Some Restrictions

Riverside Municipal Code Chapter 5.55 does not establish an 'extended home share' category. Any rental of 30…

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Riverside County

Some Restrictions

Riverside County Ordinance 927 defines short-term rentals as stays of fewer than thirty consecutive days. Bookings of…

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San Bernardino County

Some Restrictions

Bookings of thirty-one consecutive days or longer fall outside the SBC short-term rental program and are treated as…

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San Diego

Some Restrictions

Home-sharing more than 20 days a year in San Diego requires a Tier Two License, which must still be in the host's…

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San Jose

Some Restrictions

Unlike Los Angeles, San Jose does not offer an Extended Home-Share permit allowing more than 180 hosted nights per…

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Santa Clara

Some Restrictions

When a Santa Clara host lives on site during the stay, the City places no annual cap on how many days the unit can…

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Solano County

Some Restrictions

Solano County treats an owner-occupied short-term rental of a single guest room, called a "hosted rental," as a…

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Sonoma County

Some Restrictions

Renting out a single bedroom while you live in the home is a 'hosted rental' under Sonoma County's zoning code: capped…

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Upland

Some Restrictions

Upland caps un-hosted short-term rentals, where the host is off-site during the guest's stay, at 120 days per calendar…

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Sacramento

Light Restrictions

Stays longer than 30 consecutive days fall outside Sacramento's STR ordinance and into landlord-tenant law, including…

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San Luis Obispo County

Light Restrictions

San Luis Obispo County's Homestay ordinance, which caps home-based room rentals at two guest bedrooms, only reaches…

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Indio

Few Restrictions

Indio's short-term rental law only covers stays of 30 consecutive days or fewer; rentals of 31 days or more sit outside…

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San Francisco

Few Restrictions

San Francisco's Short-Term Rental law only covers stays booked for under 30 days; a 30-day-or-longer booking is an…

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San Ramon

Few Restrictions

San Ramon places no calendar limit on hosted short-term rentals under Municipal Code section D4-27.D.12: a homeowner…

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Repeat Violator Strikes

Three-strike or escalating-penalty systems for hosts with repeated noise, occupancy, or registration violations, including permit revocation thresholds.

Anaheim

Heavy Restrictions

Anaheim revokes short-term rental permits on a strike system: Section 4.05.140.030 lets the Planning Director suspend…

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Chula Vista

Heavy Restrictions

Chula Vista can suspend or revoke a short-term rental permit after three major violations in 12 months at the same…

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Elk Grove

Heavy Restrictions

Elk Grove runs a three-strike system for short-term rental licenses: a first violation within a year draws a fine or…

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Fountain Valley

Heavy Restrictions

In the City of Fountain Valley, California, short-term rentals are banned outright, and repeat offenders face…

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Gardena

Heavy Restrictions

A Gardena home-share permit is automatically revoked once its property racks up three final violations of Chapter 5.76…

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Irvine

Heavy Restrictions

Irvine bans short-term rentals outright in every residential zone under Zoning Ordinance Sec. 3-25-3, so any stay under…

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Livermore

Heavy Restrictions

Livermore runs its short-term rental enforcement on a warning-suspend-revoke ladder: a first violation draws a warning…

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Riverside County

Heavy Restrictions

Riverside County permanently revokes a short-term rental certificate after three verified violations in 12 months or…

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San Leandro

Heavy Restrictions

San Leandro runs a one-strike system for hosted short-term rentals: once the Finance Director revokes a permit under…

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Ventura

Heavy Restrictions

Two violations of a Ventura short-term rental permit's conditions in any 12-month period can suspend the permit for up…

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Alhambra

Significant Restrictions

Alhambra pulls a short-term rental permit automatically after three violations against the same property within any…

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Bakersfield

Significant Restrictions

Bakersfield's short-term rental chapter uses a strike system: two citations in a permit's 12-month term make it…

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Berkeley

Significant Restrictions

A Berkeley short-term rental host loses the right to operate for a full year after a third violation affidavit is…

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Butte County

Significant Restrictions

Three verifiable citations, violations, or hearing-officer determinations against a Butte County short-term rental…

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Carlsbad

Significant Restrictions

Three or more administrative citations, verified code violations, or hearing officer determinations against a Carlsbad…

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Cathedral City

Significant Restrictions

Cathedral City counts violations at each short-term vacation rental over a twelve-month period. A third notice of…

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Contra Costa County

Significant Restrictions

Unincorporated Contra Costa County escalates fines every time a short-term rental host repeats a Chapter 88-32…

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Corona

Significant Restrictions

A short-term rental owner, agent, or renter tied to a loud or unruly event faces an escalating administrative fine for…

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El Dorado County

Significant Restrictions

El Dorado County Code Section 5.56.140 escalates penalties for short-term rental violations: fines climb from up to…

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Escondido

Significant Restrictions

Escondido revokes a short-term rental permit after three documented lower-level violations within one year under the…

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Fresno

Significant Restrictions

Fresno's short-term rental ordinance runs on a strike system: FMC § 7-1249(g) requires a written warning for a permit…

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Hawthorne

Significant Restrictions

A Hawthorne property loses its shot at a short-term rental permit if it's under an active compliance order, has racked…

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Hemet

Significant Restrictions

Hemet can suspend a short-term lodging permit for six months when anyone commits two or more violations tied to the…

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Huntington Beach

Significant Restrictions

Three fines against a Huntington Beach STR host within any 12-month period trigger mandatory permit revocation…

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Indio

Significant Restrictions

Indio can revoke a short-term rental permit after a third violation involving permitting or noise, and a single serious…

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Inglewood

Significant Restrictions

A property whose Inglewood short-term rental permit was revoked in the previous twelve months cannot get a new permit…

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Lake Elsinore

Significant Restrictions

Lake Elsinore fines a short-term rental up to $1,500 for a first infraction violation, $3,000 for a second within one…

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Long Beach

Significant Restrictions

Three citations against a Long Beach short-term rental within an 18-month period puts the registration on the line: the…

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Los Angeles

Significant Restrictions

Two citations suspend a Los Angeles home-sharing registration for 30 days; three citations sustained within a…

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Manteca

Significant Restrictions

Manteca suspends a short-term lodging permit for six months after two rule violations in twelve months, and can revoke…

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Marin County

Significant Restrictions

Marin County will not renew a short-term rental license once code enforcement has verified more than three substantial…

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Monterey

Significant Restrictions

Monterey has banned new short-term residential rentals in every residential district since August 6, 1991; only rentals…

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Mountain View

Significant Restrictions

A Mountain View short-term rental property gets locked out of registration for 12 months after an active citation…

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National City

Significant Restrictions

In National City, administrative citations for short-term rental violations escalate with each repeat within one year…

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Newport Beach

Significant Restrictions

Newport Beach suspends a short term lodging permit for six months after two violations of any permit condition, Code…

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Orange

Significant Restrictions

Orange revokes a short term rental permit after three major offenses within any 12-month period, following a tiered…

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Orange County

Significant Restrictions

Two strikes and a short-term rental in unincorporated Orange County goes dark for up to a year. Section 7-9-93(e)(3)…

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Oxnard

Significant Restrictions

Three verified, valid complaints against an Oxnard homeshare or vacation rental within any 12-month span are grounds…

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Pacifica

Significant Restrictions

In the City of Pacifica, a short-term rental permit is revoked once the site accrues two violations of Article 49…

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Palm Desert

Significant Restrictions

In the City of Palm Desert, California, short-term rental violations climb a three-strike ladder inside a twelve-month…

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Palm Springs

Significant Restrictions

A third Chapter 5.25 violation within any 12-month period forces the Palm Springs city manager to suspend a vacation…

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Pasadena

Significant Restrictions

Pasadena tracks violations against short-term rental properties, not just hosts. Rack up three violations at the same…

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Perris

Significant Restrictions

Perris can suspend or revoke a short-term rental license for any single failure to comply, unauthorized ownership…

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Petaluma

Significant Restrictions

Petaluma treats three or more verified violations of its short-term rental section as grounds to deny permit renewal…

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Pismo Beach

Significant Restrictions

In the City of Pismo Beach, California, a short-term rental license faces revocation on a third violation of the same…

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Placentia

Significant Restrictions

In the City of Placentia, California, short-term rental violations escalate fast. A first violation draws a warning…

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Placer County

Significant Restrictions

A Placer County short-term rental permit can be revoked once its owner racks up three citations within any 24-month…

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Pomona

Significant Restrictions

Three violations against a Pomona STR operator within 12 months trigger revocation, suspension, or added conditions on…

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Rancho Cucamonga

Significant Restrictions

Rancho Cucamonga gives short-term rental hosts a three-strikes cushion before pulling their permit. Section 8.34.060…

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Redwood City

Significant Restrictions

Redwood City does not count numbered strikes against short-term rental hosts. Any violation of the short-term rental…

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Rocklin

Significant Restrictions

Rocklin has no numbered three-strikes short-term rental law, but Rocklin Municipal Code Section 5.22.090 lets the…

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Roseville

Significant Restrictions

A Roseville short-term rental permit that was ever revoked or suspended is itself a permanent ground for denying a…

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Sacramento

Significant Restrictions

A Sacramento short-term rental permit that was denied or revoked can lock the property out of the program for two…

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Sacramento County

Significant Restrictions

A Sacramento County STR license can be denied if the applicant had a license revoked or suspended in the past 12…

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San Bernardino County

Significant Restrictions

A San Bernardino County short-term rental permit can be revoked outright once it has been suspended twice within a…

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San Clemente

Significant Restrictions

San Clemente can revoke a short-term lodging unit's operating license after three conclusively established code…

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San Diego

Significant Restrictions

A San Diego short-term rental license can be revoked if a hearing officer finds a third violation of the property's…

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San Francisco

Significant Restrictions

A second short-term rental violation by the same owner triggers double the fine of a first offense, plus a one-year…

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San Luis Obispo County

Significant Restrictions

San Luis Obispo County runs a three-strikes rule for vacation rentals in the Adelaida/Willow Creek Area. Sec…

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San Ramon

Significant Restrictions

San Ramon can revoke a short-term rental registration for violating its standards or creating a public nuisance, and…

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Santa Clara

Significant Restrictions

A Santa Clara property loses its shot at short-term rental registration for a full year after trouble: Section…

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Santa Cruz County

Significant Restrictions

Santa Cruz County tracks short-term rental compliance on a strike system: more than two significant violations on one…

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Santa Rosa

Significant Restrictions

Santa Rosa treats three verified code violations in twelve months as a Short-Term Rental death sentence. City Code…

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Tehama County

Significant Restrictions

Three or more verified violations of any local, state, or federal law tied to a short-term rental in unincorporated…

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Upland

Significant Restrictions

Upland runs a strike system for short-term rental hosts: the Development Services Director can revoke a host's…

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Ventura County

Significant Restrictions

A short-term rental permit in unincorporated Ventura County lasts one year and can be revoked outright for any…

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Vista

Significant Restrictions

Vista fines repeat short-term rental violations on a rising scale under Municipal Code Chapter 8.34: up to $500 for a…

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Cupertino

Some Restrictions

Cupertino bars a short-term rental from registering, and revokes an active registration, once two Municipal Code…

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Los Angeles County

Some Restrictions

Hosts face fines up to $2,000 per day per violation or twice the nightly rate (whichever is greater) for enumerated…

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Monterey County

Some Restrictions

Monterey County escalates civil penalties for repeat vacation rental violations under Chapter 7.120. A first violation…

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Nevada County

Some Restrictions

Nevada County has no three-strikes STR permit system, but TOT enforcement escalates sharply: 10% penalty for late…

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San Mateo County

Some Restrictions

San Mateo County treats short-term rental violations as strikes: once a permitted unit racks up more than two…

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Sonoma County

Light Restrictions

Repeat vacation rental violations in unincorporated Sonoma County trigger an escalating enforcement ladder, from a…

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Host Platform Liability

When platforms (Airbnb, VRBO) are liable for unpermitted listings, registration-number display rules and platform takedown obligations.

Corona

Heavy Restrictions

Corona bars hosting platforms like Airbnb or Vrbo from completing bookings or collecting any compensation for…

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Fountain Valley

Heavy Restrictions

In the City of Fountain Valley, California, a hosting platform is covered by the same ban that applies to property…

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Irvine

Heavy Restrictions

Irvine bars hosting platforms, not just hosts, from short-term rental transactions. Zoning Ordinance § 3-25-7(A)…

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Tustin

Heavy Restrictions

Tustin doesn't stop at banning short-term rental hosts; Tustin City Code Section 9281(F) reaches the booking platforms…

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Westminster

Heavy Restrictions

Westminster Code § 9.74.030 bars hosting platforms from completing a booking transaction for a residential property…

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Aliso Viejo

Significant Restrictions

In the City of Aliso Viejo, California, AVMC 15.14.165(B) makes liable any property owner, tenant, occupant, agent…

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Anaheim

Significant Restrictions

Booking platforms that list Anaheim short-term rentals share legal exposure with the host. Section 4.05.120 bars a…

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Arcadia

Significant Restrictions

Section 9104.02.300 of the Arcadia Municipal Code makes it unlawful for an owner, tenant, property manager, agent or…

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Cathedral City

Significant Restrictions

In Cathedral City, hosting platforms are prohibited from facilitating, advertising or processing transactions for any…

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Chula Vista

Significant Restrictions

Booking platforms like Airbnb and Vrbo must pull unpermitted Chula Vista listings within 10 days of city notice…

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Cupertino

Significant Restrictions

Cupertino requires short-term rental hosting platforms to collect and remit transient occupancy tax, prompt hosts to…

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Fullerton

Significant Restrictions

Fullerton's short-term rental ordinance holds hosting platforms directly liable: a platform that violates its…

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Gardena

Significant Restrictions

Gardena's Section 5.76.110 makes hosting platforms like Airbnb responsible for collecting and remitting transient…

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Hemet

Significant Restrictions

Hemet City Code § 18-711 puts direct duties on Airbnb, Vrbo and every other hosting platform or short-term rental…

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Huntington Beach

Significant Restrictions

Huntington Beach bars hosting platforms like Airbnb from completing any booking for a listing without a valid City STR…

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Long Beach

Significant Restrictions

Long Beach makes hosting platforms like Airbnb and Vrbo directly liable for what they publish: they must block bookings…

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Los Angeles

Significant Restrictions

Airbnb, VRBO and every other home-sharing platform operating in Los Angeles must block bookings for listings without a…

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Los Angeles County

Significant Restrictions

In unincorporated LA County, hosting platforms must block Short-Term Rental bookings unless the host holds a valid…

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Manteca

Significant Restrictions

Manteca requires Airbnb, Vrbo and other hosting platforms to block bookings for unregistered listings, refuse ancillary…

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Monterey County

Significant Restrictions

Booking platforms like Airbnb and Vrbo must police Monterey County vacation rental listings or face fines. County Code…

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Newport Beach

Significant Restrictions

Newport Beach can direct hosting platforms like Airbnb to collect and remit transient occupancy tax, and platforms must…

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Orange

Significant Restrictions

Any platform that lists Orange short-term rentals, such as Airbnb or Vrbo, must require every host to display a City…

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Placentia

Significant Restrictions

In the City of Placentia, California, hosting platforms are prohibited from facilitating the short-term rental of…

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Rancho Cucamonga

Significant Restrictions

Rancho Cucamonga makes hosting platforms like Airbnb and Vrbo legally responsible for tax collection and listing…

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Riverside County

Significant Restrictions

Riverside County requires every short term rental to hold a county certificate before a hosting platform lists it, and…

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Rocklin

Significant Restrictions

In the City of Rocklin, a short-term rental facilitator, the platform that lists and books the rental, must display the…

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San Diego

Significant Restrictions

Airbnb, Vrbo and similar hosting platforms operating in San Diego must verify a host's STRO license before processing…

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San Francisco

Significant Restrictions

San Francisco holds Hosting Platforms like Airbnb legally responsible for confirming a listing's Registry status, and a…

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Santa Clarita

Significant Restrictions

Santa Clarita's public nuisance ordinance names hosting platforms right alongside property owners. Municipal Code…

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Santa Cruz County

Significant Restrictions

Santa Cruz County makes booking platforms like Airbnb and Vrbo directly accountable for illegal short-term rental…

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Alameda

Some Restrictions

Alameda makes hosting platforms like Airbnb legally responsible for collecting and remitting the City's 14 percent…

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Bakersfield

Some Restrictions

Under Bakersfield Municipal Code Section 17.74.060(E), any hosting platform that processes short-term rental bookings…

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Berkeley

Some Restrictions

Berkeley lets a hosting platform like Airbnb stand in for the host on money obligations: it can pay the host's…

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Buena Park

Some Restrictions

Hosting platforms may remit Buena Park's Transient Occupancy Tax on a host's behalf, but the host alone carries the…

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Carlsbad

Some Restrictions

When a broker like Airbnb or Vrbo collects the rent for a Carlsbad short-term vacation rental, Municipal Code Section…

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Fremont

Some Restrictions

Fremont's short-term rental ordinance holds hosts and owners personally responsible for compliance, but allows a…

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Indio

Some Restrictions

Indio requires hosting platforms like Airbnb and Vrbo to collect transient occupancy tax, disclose listings to the…

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Inglewood

Some Restrictions

Inglewood makes short-term rental hosting platforms like Airbnb and Vrbo legally responsible for collecting and…

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Jurupa Valley

Some Restrictions

JVMC 4.15.025 requires hosting platforms like Airbnb and VRBO to disclose every Jurupa Valley listing to the city and…

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National City

Some Restrictions

In National City it is unlawful for any person or entity to advertise a short-term rental without a valid permit. Every…

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Nevada County

Some Restrictions

Since May 1, 2017, Airbnb has collected and remitted Nevada County's 10% TOT on all Airbnb bookings, with no host…

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Pacifica

Some Restrictions

In the City of Pacifica, advertising platforms listing short-term rentals must disclose listing details to the City and…

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Palm Desert

Some Restrictions

In the City of Palm Desert, California, the short-term rental code puts hosting platform duties on the host or…

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Pomona

Some Restrictions

A hosting platform can be held directly liable in Pomona: Sec. 30-592(f) orders any person, hosting platform, or STR…

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Redwood City

Some Restrictions

Under Redwood City Code § 32.80, a hosting platform and its hosts share one compliance record: compliance by either…

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Riverside

Some Restrictions

Booking platforms that collect payment for a Riverside short-term rental carry primary responsibility for collecting…

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Sacramento

Some Restrictions

Sacramento's short-term rental code reaches booking platforms directly. City Code § 5.114.400 bars a hosting platform…

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San Bernardino County

Some Restrictions

Airbnb, Vrbo and similar hosting platforms must collect and remit transient occupancy tax, disclose listing data to the…

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San Ramon

Some Restrictions

Short-term rental operators in San Ramon owe Transient Occupancy Tax on every booking, but Municipal Code section…

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Sonoma County

Some Restrictions

Sonoma County vacation rental licensees must disclose if a booking platform is registered as an online host and remain…

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Sunnyvale

Some Restrictions

Hosting platforms listing Sunnyvale short-term rentals must disclose tax and chapter requirements to hosts, notify…

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Tehama County

Some Restrictions

In unincorporated Tehama County, California, a hosting platform that collects payment for a short-term rental must…

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Upland

Some Restrictions

Upland's Short-Term Rental ordinance makes hosting platforms like Airbnb or Vrbo act as the host's tax agent: they must…

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Vacaville

Some Restrictions

When Airbnb, Vrbo, or another booking platform collects a guest's rent in Vacaville, Vacaville Municipal Code Section…

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Ventura

Some Restrictions

Before a guest ever checks in, the owner or the hosting platform handling the booking must collect that guest's name…

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Vista

Some Restrictions

Vista's short-term rental ordinance puts tax collection squarely on the hosting platform, not just the owner. Under…

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Hawthorne

Light Restrictions

Hawthorne requires hosting platforms like Airbnb to disclose each Hawthorne listing, the responsible person, the…

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Monterey

Light Restrictions

Monterey City Code § 22-19.5 makes it unlawful for a 'responsible party' to advertise a short-term residential rental…

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Santa Clara

Light Restrictions

Transient Occupancy Tax on a Santa Clara short-term rental is the host's responsibility to collect and remit, not the…

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