California: Sales Tax Handbook
2021 California Sales Tax Changes
Over the past year, there have been 125 local sales tax rate changes in California. This table lists each changed tax jurisdiction, the amount of the change, and the towns and cities in which the modified tax rates apply. This page will be updated monthly as new sales tax rates are released. For other states, see our list of nationwide sales tax rate changes.
| Change Date | Tax Jurisdiction | Sales Tax Change | Cities Affected |
|---|---|---|---|
| February 2021 | Albany |
Raised
from 9.75% to 10.75%
|
Albany |
| February 2021 | Carson |
Raised
from 9.5% to 10.25%
|
Carson |
| February 2021 | Corona |
Raised
from 7.75% to 8.75%
|
Corona |
| February 2021 | Cotati |
Raised
from 9.25% to 9.5%
|
Cotati and Rohnert Park |
| February 2021 | Dublin |
Raised
from 9.25% to 10.25%
|
Dublin |
| February 2021 | Eureka |
Raised
from 8.5% to 9.25%
|
Eureka |
| February 2021 | Exeter |
Raised
from 7.75% to 8.75%
|
Exeter |
| February 2021 | Fresno |
Raised
from 7.975% to 8.35%
|
Fresno |
| February 2021 | Lomita |
Raised
from 9.5% to 10.25%
|
Lomita |
| February 2021 | Merced | Lowered from 8.25% to 7.75% | Merced |
| February 2021 | Moraga |
Raised
from 9.25% to 9.75%
|
Moraga |
| February 2021 | Newark |
Raised
from 9.75% to 10.75%
|
Newark |
| February 2021 | Oakley |
Raised
from 8.25% to 8.75%
|
Oakley |
| February 2021 | Orinda |
Raised
from 8.75% to 9.75%
|
Orinda |
| February 2021 | Oxnard |
Raised
from 7.75% to 9.25%
|
Oxnard |
| February 2021 | Pinole |
Raised
from 9.25% to 9.75%
|
Pinole |
| February 2021 | Alameda |
Raised
from 9.75% to 10.75%
|
Alameda |
| February 2021 | Antioch |
Raised
from 9.25% to 9.75%
|
Antioch |
| February 2021 | Belmont |
Raised
from 9.75% to 9.875%
|
Belmont |
| February 2021 | Clayton |
Raised
from 8.25% to 8.75%
|
Clayton |
| February 2021 | Concord |
Raised
from 8.75% to 9.75%
|
Concord |
| February 2021 | Fremont |
Raised
from 9.25% to 10.25%
|
Fremont |
| February 2021 | Hayward |
Raised
from 9.75% to 10.75%
|
Hayward |
| February 2021 | Oakland |
Raised
from 9.25% to 10.25%
|
Oakland and Piedmont |
| February 2021 | Soledad |
Raised
from 8.75% to 9.25%
|
Soledad |
| February 2021 | Turlock |
Raised
from 7.875% to 8.625%
|
Turlock |
| February 2021 | Windsor |
Raised
from 8.25% to 8.5%
|
Windsor |
| February 2021 | Brisbane |
Raised
from 9.25% to 9.375%
|
Brisbane |
| February 2021 | Campbell |
Raised
from 9.25% to 9.375%
|
Campbell |
| February 2021 | Commerce |
Raised
from 10% to 10.25%
|
Los Angeles |
| February 2021 | Danville |
Raised
from 8.25% to 8.75%
|
Danville |
| February 2021 | Gonzales |
Raised
from 8.25% to 8.75%
|
Gonzales |
| February 2021 | Hercules |
Raised
from 8.75% to 9.25%
|
Hercules |
| February 2021 | Martinez |
Raised
from 9.25% to 9.75%
|
Martinez |
| February 2021 | Millbrae |
Raised
from 9.25% to 9.375%
|
Millbrae |
| February 2021 | Milpitas |
Raised
from 9% to 9.375%
|
Milpitas |
| February 2021 | Pacifica |
Raised
from 9.25% to 9.375%
|
Pacifica |
| February 2021 | Palmdale |
Raised
from 9.5% to 10.25%
|
Palmdale |
| February 2021 | Petaluma |
Raised
from 8.25% to 9.5%
|
Petaluma |
| February 2021 | Redlands |
Raised
from 7.75% to 8.75%
|
Redlands and San Bernardino |
| February 2021 | Richmond |
Raised
from 9.25% to 9.75%
|
Richmond |
| February 2021 | Saratoga |
Raised
from 9% to 9.125%
|
Saratoga |
| February 2021 | Brentwood |
Raised
from 8.25% to 8.75%
|
Brentwood |
| February 2021 | Cupertino |
Raised
from 9% to 9.125%
|
Cupertino |
| February 2021 | Daly City |
Raised
from 9.25% to 9.875%
|
Daly City |
| February 2021 | Guadalupe |
Raised
from 8% to 8.75%
|
Guadalupe |
| February 2021 | Lafayette |
Raised
from 8.25% to 8.75%
|
Lafayette |
| February 2021 | Livermore |
Raised
from 9.25% to 10.25%
|
Livermore |
| February 2021 | Los Altos |
Raised
from 9% to 9.125%
|
Los Altos |
| February 2021 | Los Gatos |
Raised
from 9.125% to 9.25%
|
Los Gatos |
| February 2021 | Montclair |
Raised
from 8% to 9%
|
Montclair |
| February 2021 | Palo Alto |
Raised
from 9% to 9.125%
|
Palo Alto |
| February 2021 | Pittsburg |
Raised
from 8.75% to 9.25%
|
Pittsburg |
| February 2021 | San Bruno |
Raised
from 9.75% to 9.875%
|
San Bruno |
| February 2021 | San Mateo |
Raised
from 9.5% to 9.625%
|
San Mateo |
| February 2021 | San Pablo |
Raised
from 8.75% to 9.25%
|
San Pablo |
| February 2021 | San Ramon |
Raised
from 8.25% to 8.75%
|
San Ramon |
| February 2021 | Sunnyvale |
Raised
from 9% to 9.125%
|
Sunnyvale |
| February 2021 | Bellflower |
Raised
from 9.5% to 10.25%
|
Bellflower |
| February 2021 | Cloverdale |
Raised
from 8.25% to 8.5%
|
Cloverdale |
| February 2021 | El Cerrito |
Raised
from 9.75% to 10.25%
|
El Cerrito |
| February 2021 | Emeryville |
Raised
from 9.5% to 10.5%
|
Emeryville |
| February 2021 | Healdsburg |
Raised
from 8.75% to 9%
|
Healdsburg |
| February 2021 | Menlo Park |
Raised
from 9.25% to 9.375%
|
Menlo Park |
| February 2021 | Pleasanton |
Raised
from 9.25% to 10.25%
|
Pleasanton |
| February 2021 | San Carlos |
Raised
from 9.25% to 9.375%
|
San Carlos |
| February 2021 | San Rafael |
Raised
from 9% to 9.25%
|
San Rafael |
| February 2021 | Sebastopol |
Raised
from 9% to 9.25%
|
Sebastopol |
| February 2021 | Union City |
Raised
from 9.75% to 10.75%
|
Union City |
| February 2021 | Foster City |
Raised
from 9.25% to 9.375%
|
San Mateo |
| February 2021 | San Jacinto |
Raised
from 7.75% to 8.75%
|
San Jacinto |
| February 2021 | San Leandro |
Raised
from 9.75% to 10.75%
|
San Leandro |
| February 2021 | Santa Clara |
Raised
from 9% to 9.125%
|
Santa Clara |
| February 2021 | Signal Hill |
Raised
from 9.5% to 10.25%
|
Signal Hill |
| February 2021 | Victorville |
Raised
from 7.75% to 8.75%
|
Victorville |
| February 2021 | Bell Gardens |
Raised
from 9.5% to 10.25%
|
Bell Gardens and Bell |
| February 2021 | Grover Beach |
Raised
from 7.75% to 8.75%
|
Grover Beach |
| February 2021 | Los Alamitos |
Raised
from 7.75% to 9.25%
|
Los Alamitos |
| February 2021 | Redwood City |
Raised
from 9.75% to 9.875%
|
Redwood City |
| February 2021 | Rohnert Park |
Raised
from 8.75% to 9%
|
Rohnert Park |
| February 2021 | San Fernando |
Raised
from 10% to 10.25%
|
San Fernando |
| February 2021 | Walnut Creek |
Raised
from 8.25% to 8.75%
|
Walnut Creek |
| February 2021 | Crescent City |
Raised
from 7.5% to 8.5%
|
Crescent City |
| February 2021 | Half Moon Bay |
Raised
from 9.25% to 9.375%
|
Half Moon Bay |
| February 2021 | Lake Elsinore |
Raised
from 7.75% to 8.75%
|
Lake Elsinore |
| February 2021 | Mountain View |
Raised
from 9% to 9.125%
|
Mountain View |
| February 2021 | Pleasant Hill |
Raised
from 8.75% to 9.25%
|
Pleasant Hill |
| February 2021 | The Sea Ranch |
Raised
from 8.25% to 8.5%
|
The Sea Ranch and Stewarts Point |
| February 2021 | Alameda County |
Raised
from 9.25% to 10.25%
|
Castro Valley and San Lorenzo |
| February 2021 | Imperial Beach |
Raised
from 7.75% to 8.75%
|
Imperial Beach |
| February 2021 | San Bernardino |
Raised
from 8% to 8.75%
|
San Bernardino and Patton |
| February 2021 | South El Monte |
Raised
from 10% to 10.25%
|
South El Monte |
| February 2021 | Del Norte County |
Raised
from 7.5% to 8.5%
|
Crescent City, Smith River, Klamath and Gasquet |
| February 2021 | Morgan Hill Tbid |
Raised
from 9% to 9.125%
|
Morgan Hill |
| February 2021 | San Mateo County |
Raised
from 9.25% to 9.375%
|
Redwood City, Portola Valley, Atherton, El Granada, Montara, Moss Beach, Pescadero, La Honda, San Gregorio and Loma Mar |
| February 2021 | Santa Clara County |
Raised
from 9% to 9.125%
|
San Martin, Stanford, Redwood Estates, Mount Hamilton, Mountain View and Holy City |
| February 2021 | Contra Costa County |
Raised
from 8.25% to 8.75%
|
El Sobrante, Discovery Bay, Rodeo, Crockett, Byron, Bethel Island, Diablo, Knightsen, Port Costa and Canyon |
| February 2021 | South San Francisco |
Raised
from 9.75% to 9.875%
|
South San Francisco |
| February 2021 | Siskiyou Co Local Tax Sl |
Raised
from 7.25% to 7.75%
|
Weed, Montague, Fort Jones, Etna, Mccloud, Dorris, Happy Camp, Hornbrook, Grenada, Macdoel, Forks Of Salmon, Klamath River, Seiad Valley, Somes Bar, Scott Bar, Greenview, Callahan and Gazelle |
| February 2021 | San Mateo Co Local Tax Sl |
Raised
from 9.25% to 9.375%
|
San Francisco |
| February 2021 | San Mateo County District Tax Sp |
Raised
from 9.5% to 9.625%
|
Burlingame |
| February 2021 | Moscone Expansion District Zone 1 |
Raised
from 8.5% to 8.625%
|
San Francisco |
| February 2021 | Bishop Tourism Improvement District |
Raised
from 7.75% to 8.75%
|
Bishop |
| February 2021 | Tri Valley Tourism Marketing District |
Raised
from 8.25% to 10.25%
|
Danville and Alamo |
| February 2021 | South Lake Tahoe Non Redevelopment Area |
Raised
from 7.75% to 8.75%
|
South Lake Tahoe |
| February 2021 | West Hollywood Business Improvement Area |
Raised
from 9.5% to 10.25%
|
West Hollywood |
| February 2021 | San Francisco Tourism Improvement District |
Raised
from 8.5% to 8.625%
|
San Francisco |
| February 2021 | Gilroy Tourism Business Improvement District |
Raised
from 9% to 9.125%
|
Gilroy |
| February 2021 | Santa Rosa Tourism Business Improvement Area |
Raised
from 9% to 9.25%
|
Santa Rosa |
| February 2021 | Santa Clara Community Facilities District Stj |
Raised
from 9% to 9.125%
|
Santa Clara |
| February 2021 | Berkeley Tourism Business Improvement District |
Raised
from 9.25% to 10.25%
|
Berkeley |
| February 2021 | Lancaster Tourism Business Improvement District |
Raised
from 9.5% to 10.25%
|
Lancaster |
| February 2021 | Morro Bay Tourism Business Improvement District |
Raised
from 7.75% to 8.75%
|
Morro Bay |
| February 2021 | Sonoma County Tourism Business Improvement Area |
Raised
from 8.25% to 8.5%
|
Sonoma, Sebastopol, Forestville, Penngrove, Guerneville, Glen Ellen, Boyes Hot Springs, Geyserville, Occidental, Kenwood, Bodega Bay, Graton, Cazadero, El Verano, Fulton, Monte Rio, Vineburg, Duncans Mills, Villa Grande, Valley Ford, Camp Meeker, Annapolis, Rio Nido, Eldridge, Jenner and Bodega |
| February 2021 | Atascadero Tourism Business Improvement District |
Raised
from 7.75% to 8.75%
|
Atascadero |
| February 2021 | Paso Robles Tourism Business Improvement District |
Raised
from 7.75% to 8.75%
|
Paso Robles |
| February 2021 | San Francisco Tourism Improvement District (Zone 2) |
Raised
from 8.5% to 8.625%
|
San Francisco |
| February 2021 | San Jose Convention Center Facility District Zone 1 |
Raised
from 9.25% to 9.375%
|
San Jose |
| February 2021 | San Jose Convention Center Facility District Zone 2 |
Raised
from 9.25% to 9.375%
|
Alviso and Coyote |
| February 2021 | Rancho Cordova Tourism Business Improvement District |
Raised
from 8.25% to 8.75%
|
Rancho Cordova and Sacramento |
| February 2021 | San Jose Hotel Business Improvement District (Zone A) |
Raised
from 9.25% to 9.375%
|
San Jose |
| February 2021 | San Luis Obispo City Tourism Business Improvement District |
Raised
from 7.75% to 8.75%
|
San Luis Obispo |
| September 2020 | Blythe |
Raised
from 7.75% to 8.75%
|
Blythe |
| September 2020 | Vernon |
Raised
from 9.5% to 10.25%
|
Los Angeles |
| September 2020 | Hawaiian Gardens |
Raised
from 9.5% to 10.25%
|
Hawaiian Gardens |
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