Regulated by San Luis Obispo County (unincorporated). Cambria is unincorporated and permitted by the County: a Vacation Rental Zoning Clearance, business licence and Transient Occupancy Tax certificate under Coastal Zone Land Use Ordinance 23.08.165. Water supply has historically constrained new building in Cambria, which is a separate question from whether an existing home can be cleared as a vacation rental — worth checking for your specific parcel.
9% county Transient Occupancy Tax plus 1.5% Tourism Marketing District, and a further 2% Tourism Business Improvement District in some areas.
New permits are available in Cambria, so you can start from scratch here — but if you already hold one, switching is the faster route. Your permit stays in your name either way. How switching works.
Cambria is one of the county’s genuine luxury markets — oceanfront and Pine Knolls homes that reward being run properly — and we take on properties here. It is about an hour up the coast from us, so we staff it deliberately rather than casually, and we will tell you exactly what that looks like for your property before you commit to anything.
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Permit rules and tax rates change. Confirm current requirements with San Luis Obispo County (unincorporated).