Dumpster rental in California
348 dumpster rental companies across 90 cities in California.
Cities
- Albany (1)
- Alhambra (1)
- Anaheim (11)
- Bakersfield (24)
- Belmont (1)
- Berkeley (2)
- Burlingame (1)
- Carmichael (1)
- Carson (1)
- Castro Valley (1)
- Ceres (1)
- Cerritos (1)
- Chatsworth (3)
- Chula Vista (1)
- Clovis (3)
- Cypress (1)
- Danville (1)
- Downey (2)
- Dublin (1)
- El Cerrito (1)
- El Sobrante (1)
- Elk Grove (1)
- Escondido (2)
- Fairfield (1)
- Fremont (1)
- Fresno (19)
- Fullerton (2)
- Garden Grove (3)
- Gardena (2)
- Glendale (1)
- Hayward (1)
- Huntington Beach (2)
- Inglewood (2)
- Irvine (7)
- Jurupa Valley (1)
- La Crescenta-Montrose (1)
- La Habra (1)
- La Mesa (2)
- La Mirada (1)
- La Puente (1)
- Lakeside (2)
- Lemon Grove (2)
- Long Beach (7)
- Los Angeles (28)
- Lynwood (1)
- Manteca (2)
- Milpitas (1)
- Modesto (4)
- Monrovia (1)
- Montebello (1)
- National City (1)
- Newport Beach (1)
- North Hills (1)
- North Hollywood (2)
- Oakland (10)
- Oceanside (1)
- Orange (4)
- Orinda (1)
- Pacoima (1)
- Pasadena (1)
- Pittsburg (1)
- Pomona (1)
- Prunedale (1)
- Rancho Cordova (2)
- Redwood City (1)
- Reseda (1)
- Richmond (2)
- Riverside (9)
- Rosemead (1)
- Roseville (1)
- Sacramento (16)
- San Bernardino (7)
- San Diego (28)
- San Francisco (9)
- San Gabriel (1)
- San Jose (32)
- San Rafael (1)
- Santa Ana (12)
- Santa Clara (3)
- Signal Hill (2)
- South San Francisco (3)
- Spring Valley (3)
- Stockton (14)
- Sun Valley (6)
- Sunnyvale (1)
- Sylmar (1)
- Torrance (2)
- Van Nuys (2)
- Vista (1)
- West Sacramento (1)
Metro areas
- Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim
- San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad
- San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont
- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara
- Bakersfield-Delano
- Fresno
- Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom
- Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario
- Stockton-Lodi
- Modesto
- Salinas
- Vallejo
- El Centro
- Hanford-Corcoran
- Merced
- Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura
- San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles
- Santa Cruz-Watsonville
- Santa Maria-Santa Barbara
- Santa Rosa-Petaluma
- Visalia
- Yuba City
California dumpster permit rules by city
Street and right-of-way rules read on each city's official website, code or fee schedule. A dumpster in your own driveway usually needs no city permit.
| City | Street permit fee (official) | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Bakersfield | Permit required; fee not published | |
| El Centro | $362.01 Standard Processing Fee (renewal = half) | |
| Fresno | Not yet confirmed | |
| Hanford | $365 | |
| Los Angeles | Permit required; fee not published | |
| Madera | Minimum $202.00 per permit (itemized per Master Fee Schedule above minimum) | |
| Merced | Permit required; fee not published | |
| Modesto | Permit required; fee not published | |
| Oxnard | $125.00 General Single Encroachment permit + $155.00 'Construction material in right-of-way (each 5 days of portion)' | |
| Riverside | Not yet confirmed | |
| Sacramento | $150 due at application (DE-500 Rev. 03/26/2025) | |
| Salinas | Permit required; fee not published | |
| San Diego | $176.57 per month dumpster fee + $87.68 flat processing fee; $20 per meter per day if meters are blocked | |
| San Francisco | Temporary Occupancy $115.00 per day per block face; Street Space $209.00 per 20 LF/month; SFMTA parking meter occupancy $21.00 per 25 LF/day; $9.00 Board of Appeal surcharge on all permits (FY2026-27 schedule, effective July 1, 2026). Debris Box line itself refers to SF Environment. | |
| San Jose | Temporary Portable Storage Unit in Right-of-Way: $219 per storage unit (PW fees eff. Aug 11, 2025, Rev 12/12/25). DOT $57 and $8/meter/day not read. | |
| San Luis Obispo | $183.78 fixed fee (2026-27 Comprehensive Fee Schedule: $178.34 + $5.44 surcharge); time extension $183.78 | |
| Santa Barbara | $87 per permit for trash roll-offs (12/22/40 yd); plus on-street parking restriction waiver $27 per 20-ft space, $16 each additional space, $35 base processing fee, $2 sign material (FY2027 PW schedule) | |
| Santa Cruz | Encroachment Permit: Temporary with traffic control review $451; Regular $1,076 (fee schedule revised 1/1/24). No debris-box-specific line. | City-supplied dumpsters only |
| Santa Rosa | no fee published on the debris/storage container page | |
| Stockton | Permit required; fee not published | |
| Tracy | Minor encroachment $873 flat (FY24-25 Master Fee Schedule); no debris-box line | |
| Vallejo | $566.86 per Encroachment Permit (FY 2026-27 Master Fee Schedule, incl. surcharges; base $530.86); working without permit $673.47 | |
| Visalia | $97.00 issuance per permit + $113.00/hr inspection; $38.00 90-day extension | |
| Yuba City | Permit required; fee not published |
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