SANTA ANA SHORT TERM RENTAL ALLIANCE
Advocating for Regulation, Permitting and Enforcement.
SANTA ANA SHORT TERM RENTAL ALLIANCE
Advocating for Regulation, Permitting and Enforcement.
UPDATE APRIL 20, 2026
CITY OF Santa Ana ORDERED TO CANCEL non-legal ordinance
The Judge ruled in SASTRA's favor, regarding our petitions for a writ of mandate, based on Santa Ana's failure to comply with CEQA (The California Environmental Quality Act). The City of Santa Ana was ordered to set-aside (cancel) Ordinance No. NS-3072, thereby lifting the Short-Term Rental Ordinance Ban.
THE BENEFITS OF SHORT-TERM RENTALS
Funding Affordable Housing
Initial projections, suggest permitting our current short-term rentals would generate $15M+ in Annual Income for the city of Santa Ana. The STR revenue provides millions of dollars annually, to help fund affordable housing for lower income residents of Santa Ana.
Fostering Local Employment
Short-term rentals provide employment and support for local businesses, tradesmen and domestic maintenance services. The majority of STR Hosts in Santa Ana employee local property cleaners teams, gardeners, handyman, pool cleaners, plumbers, electricians, and subcontracts on a daily or weekly basis. STRs are a critical lifeline to the economic wellness of our community.
Nurturing Neighborhood Wellbeing
STR operators are invested in the preservation of their properties, and by extension, the neighborhoods in which their homes reside. Moreover, STR platforms like AirBNB and VRBO are able to attract billions of bookings each year because safeguards are in place to ensure that Hosts, their properties, and their guests, are of high quality.
DRIVING TOURISM DOLLARS
Short-term rentals provide dynamic tourism spending throughout the City of Santa Ana. Our guests visit popular destinations like Bowers Museum, Discovery Cube OC and American Ninja Warrior Adventure Park, as they shop, eat, and spend through our community.
Helping residents pay mortgage
Short-term rentals provide an additional source of income to Santa Ana residents during challenging economic times. The ability for homeowners to home-share provides a financial lifeline to struggling families, single parents and retirees of our community.
SANTA ANA SHORT-TERM RENTAL TRACK RECORD
We are a Community of Dedicated Hosts, Residents, and Families
STRs have been operating in the city of Santa Ana with close to a 99% positive track record for 10+ years. Home sharing has already opened a swath of opportunity for the community, generating a domino effect of economic benefits and employment throughout the city. It is now time to bring our diverse, hard-working community together to create policies that work for all – while generating invaluable revenue for the city from STR taxes and permitting. A proper STR program for Santa Ana can have an enormously positive effect on affordable housing, neighborhood safety, and economic prosperity, while empowering the city to regulate against bad actors.
