Moorpark, California

Moorpark bans short-term rentals outright. The City of Moorpark prohibits any rental for a period of less than 30 days citywide, across all zones, including accessory dwelling units; only rentals of 30 days or longer are permitted. This is a flat prohibition rather than a permit-and-regulate scheme: there is no STR permit, no license, and no transient occupancy tax framework for stays under 30 days within city limits. Moorpark is a small suburb of about 36,247 people in Ventura County, roughly 50 miles northwest of Los Angeles, and functions primarily as a day-trip destination rather than an overnight tourist market. Its dominant draw is Underwood Family Farms, pulling large seasonal crowds for its spring and fall U-pick harvest, pumpkin patch, and holiday farm events, alongside the historic High Street Arts Center theater and the annual Apricot Festival. Visitors are overwhelmingly Southern California residents making day trips rather than overnight or destination tourists, and the city has minimal lodging infrastructure, reinforcing that day-visitor profile. Despite the citywide ban, StaySTRA’s data provider tracks listings-based occupancy and revenue activity geotagged to Moorpark: in the most recent tracked month (June 2026), that tracked activity shows an average daily rate of $345 and occupancy of 70.0%, with average revenue of $6,267 per listing for the month. Given the ban, this tracked activity most likely reflects a mix of non-compliant, unpermitted short-term listings operating in violation of city code, geocoding that captures addresses just outside strict city limits, or both; it should not be read as evidence of a legal nightly-rental opportunity in Moorpark. Investors seeking legal short-term rental income should look to unincorporated Ventura County or other nearby jurisdictions instead.