La Quinta Short-Term Rental Reports

A clear view of La Quinta’s STVR permits

Our monthly reports select one verified observation from the City’s weekly register of active and currently suspended short-term vacation rental (STVR) permits. Each unique permit number counts once, including multi-unit lock-off permits. Pending applications and records classified as Bed & Breakfast are excluded.

The breakdown follows the City’s Business Area field: North La Quinta, South La Quinta, Cove, Mid La Quinta and Exempt. Exempt is a publisher reporting bucket related to exemptions from the ban on new permits, so these classifications mix geographic labels and exemption status. They are not neighborhood boundaries or a measure of rental density. Development is a separate field and is not added to area totals.

The complete-register archive begins in October 2024, with gaps between recovered months. Each report shows its actual source date; weekly inventories are never summed or averaged, and a mid-month observation does not stand for month-end. Reviews of 2025 and 2026 compare only their recovered observations. Permit inventory does not establish bookings, occupancy, revenue or investment returns.

The City also publishes quarterly area and development summaries. Explore the historical coverage and City summaries back to January 2021. Those figures describe a separate date and population measure; they do not fill gaps in the monthly archive or establish current permit capacity.