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City council directs staff to study state bill and begin steps to collect STR lodging tax
Summary
After public testimony about neighborhood impacts, the Simi Valley City Council directed staff to analyze pending state legislation on short‑term rentals and to start adding short‑term rentals to the city's Chapter 5 rules for transient occupancy tax collection, while leaving further regulatory choices for later.
Simi Valley — The City Council on Aug. 4 directed staff to study pending state legislation and to prepare code changes so the city can collect transient occupancy tax (TOT) on short‑term rentals while the council considers broader regulation.
Deputy Environmental Services Director Sean Gibson told the council that recent staff research and third‑party listings identified “a little over a 100 short‑term rentals in the city,” and that the city’s options included maintaining the status quo, adopting an ordinance to allow and regulate STRs, or adopting an ordinance to ban them outright.
Public commenters who live near short‑term rentals described…
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