Residential short-term rental ordinances: health or safety infractions: maximum fines.
Existing law authorizes the legislative body of a city or a county to make, by ordinance, any violation of an ordinance subject to an administrative fine or penalty and limits the maximum fine or penalty amounts for infractions, to $100 for the first violation, $200 for a 2nd violation of the same ordinance within one year of the first violation, and $500 for each additional violation of the same ordinance within one year of the first violation. Existing law also sets specific monetary limits on the fines that may be imposed by city or county authorities for any violation of local building and safety codes that is an infraction, as prescribed. Existing law requires a city or county levying fines pursuant to these provisions to establish a process for granting a hardship waiver in certain cases.
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California Legislature
20212022
SB 60
California SB 60 (20212022)
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Residential short-term rental ordinances: health or safety infractions: maximum fines.
California SB 60 (20212022) — Residential short-term rental ordinances: health or safety infractions: maximum fines.
Existing law authorizes the legislative body of a city or a county to make, by ordinance, any violation of an ordinance subject to an administrative fine or penalty and limits the maximum fine or penalty amounts for infractions, to $100 for the first violation, $200 for a 2nd violation of the same ordinance within one year of the first violation, and $500 for each additional violation of the same ordinance within one year of the first violation. Existing law also sets specific monetary limits on the fines that may be imposed by city or county authorities for any violation of local building and safety codes that is an infraction, as prescribed. Existing law requires a city or county levying fines pursuant to these provisions to establish a process for granting a hardship waiver in certain cases.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2020-12-07 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2020-12-08 From printer. May be acted upon on or after January 7.
2021-01-28 Referred to Com. on GOV. & F. referral-committee
2021-03-02 Set for hearing March 11.
2021-03-04 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2021-03-11 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 479.) (March 11). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2021-03-15 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2021-03-18 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 32. Noes 5. Page 547.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2021-03-18 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2021-05-13 Referred to Com. on L. GOV. referral-committee
2021-06-10 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 9). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2021-06-14 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2021-08-23 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
2021-08-23 Ordered to third reading.
2021-08-30 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 63. Noes 9. Page 2563.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2021-08-31 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2021-09-01 Urgency clause adopted.
2021-09-01 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 34. Noes 4. Page 2279.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2021-09-09 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1 p.m.
2021-09-24 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2021-09-24 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 307, Statutes of 2021. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f18e185e-b0c9-48c1-bc86-0700da339c75. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).