Pismo Beach, CA Property Tax Rate (FY 2025-26)

Pismo Beach's property tax rate is 1.0682% for fiscal year 2025-26 in its primary tax rate area: the 1% Proposition 13 base plus 0.0682% in voter-approved bonds.

First-year property tax by purchase price

Under Proposition 13 the purchase price becomes the assessed value, so the first-year tax at the city rate is the price times 1.0682%. Fixed assessments come on top. Your true tax rate is the two together, the tax at the city rate plus fixed assessments, divided by the purchase price on a newly purchased home.

Estimated first-year property tax in Pismo Beach, CA at 1.0682% (FY 2025-26)
Purchase price	Annual tax	Monthly
$500,000	$5,341.05	$445.09
$750,000	$8,011.58	$667.63
$1,000,000	$10,682.10	$890.18
$1,500,000	$16,023.15	$1,335.26
$2,000,000	$21,364.20	$1,780.35

Property tax calculator

Search for a city, then change the price, rate or fixed assessments to estimate a first-year bill. It uses the same math as Mortgage Blueprint's tax breakdown.

City

Home price$ City tax rate FY 2025-26% Fixed assessments estimate$/yr Primary residence ($7,000 homeowners' exemption)

Fixed assessments are the Mello-Roos, parcel taxes and special assessments on the property's tax bill. We start with an estimate of $1,500 a year. They vary by parcel, so check the actual bill.

Look up your San Luis Obispo County tax bill

Annual property tax$12,107.33$1,008.94 a month

True tax rate1.211%the rate you really pay

Your true tax rate counts the whole bill, not just the city rate. On a newly purchased home: ($10,607.33 at the city rate + $1,500.00 in fixed assessments) ÷ $1,000,000 purchase price.

How that adds up
Home exemption	-$7,000
Taxable value	$993,000
Tax at the city rate	$10,607.33
Fixed assessments	$1,500.00
Annual property tax	$12,107.33

What this rate leaves out

This is the rate for Pismo Beach's primary tax rate area. Other tax rate areas in the same city can have a different rate.
Mello-Roos (Community Facilities District) taxes, flat parcel taxes and fixed special assessments are not included. Check the property's tax bill.
Buyers get a supplemental tax bill after purchase for the change in assessed value.
Under Proposition 13, the assessed value can rise by at most 2% a year while you own the home.

Look up a tax bill

Look up your San Luis Obispo County property tax bill on the San Luis Obispo County Auditor-Controller-Treasurer-Tax Collector-Public Administrator site. San Luis Obispo County property tax rates and due dates.

Loan limits

Pismo Beach is in San Luis Obispo County, where the 2026 conforming loan limit for a one-unit home is $1,000,500. San Luis Obispo County loan limits.

Other cities in San Luis Obispo County

Property tax rates, San Luis Obispo County (FY 2025-26)
City or community	Tax rate (FY 2025-26)
Arroyo Grande	1.0682%
Atascadero	1.1423%
Grover Beach	1.1532%
Morro Bay	1.1022%
Paso Robles	1.1073%
San Luis Obispo	1.1022%
Templeton	1.1342%

Source

Rate from County of San Luis Obispo Property Tax Rates: Bonds Levied, Tax Rates by Fund & TRA 2025-2026. All California city rates.

See Pismo Beach's taxes in your payment in Mortgage Blueprint