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Short-Term Residential Occupancy (STRO)
(Updated on April 16, 2021)
City Council approved regulations governing short-term residential occupancy (STRO) on February 23, 2021 and at a second reading on April 6, 2021. The Mayor signed the 
ordinance on April 14, 2021 and the 30-day referendum period began.
The regulations require a license to operate a STRO unit, establish limits on the number of licenses a host may obtain, create reasonable caps on the total number of whole home STRO units, and create a licensing process in order to track, manage and enforce all aspects of the STRO. Licenses will be required to operate a STRO in the City of San Diego beginning July 1, 2022.
A host may obtain a maximum of one license at a time in one of the following four (4) STRO license tiers:
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Tier 1 |
Tier 2 Home Sharing |
Tier 3 Whole Home (excluding Mission Beach) |
Tier 4 Mission Beach Whole Home |
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Rented for an aggregate of 20 days or less per year The owner or permanent resident does not need to reside onsite during the STRO |
Renting a room or rooms in the home for more than 20 days per year so long as the owner or permanent resident resides onsite The owner or permanent resident may be absent from the permanent residence during the STRO for up to 90 days per calendar year Home sharing includes duplex properties and eligible accessory dwelling units and granny flats when the host resides onsite |
Rentals for more than 20 days per year where the owner or permanent resident does not reside onsite | |
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The number of licenses issued will not exceed 1% of San Diego’s total housing units outside the Mission Beach Community Planning Area* Guest two-night minimum stay required |
The number of licenses issued will not exceed 30% of the Mission Beach Community Planning Area* Guest two-night minimum stay required |
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*Based on the most recent Demographic and Socioeconomic Housing estimates issued by the San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG) rounded up to the nearest whole number
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