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Foreclosure and auctions in Pittsburg

Pittsburg requires a boarded building to be rehabilitated for occupancy within 90 days and fines vacant buildings in escalating steps, capped at $4,500 per building per calendar year. A quarterly monitoring fee applies to buildings vacant more than 30 days.

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Key points

Rehabilitation: A boarded building, whether boarded voluntarily or through city enforcement, must be rehabilitated for occupancy within 90 days after boarding.
Penalties: Penalties start at $500.00 per building, then $1,000, $1,500 and $2,000 for each next 90-calendar-day period, capped at $4,500 per calendar year.
Monitoring fee: Owners of buildings boarded or vacant more than 30 days pay a quarterly monitoring fee set by city council; it may be waived.
Maintenance penalty: A legal owner who fails to maintain the property after the period to remedy expires faces up to $1,000 per day.
State timeline: State law: notice of sale comes at least 3 months after notice of default is recorded and at least 20 days before the sale.
State sale window: Under state law, a 1–4 unit trustee's sale is not final for 15 days; eligible bidders who give notice may bid within 45 days.

Each rule below is marked Pittsburg code or CA state law and links to the section it comes from (checked October 2026). General information, not legal advice.

Registering vacant and foreclosed homes

Pittsburg code What Pittsburg's code adds
Upkeep duties	Maintain landscaping and plant material, the exterior and code compliance. Promptly and regularly remove exterior trash, debris and graffiti. Prevent criminal activity. Applies: A building allowed to remain vacant because it is actively maintained and monitored and does not contribute, or is not likely to contribute, to blight. § 15.14.040 · code text Active maintenance and monitoring shall include: Rehabilitate the boarded building for occupancy within 90 days after boarding, and comply with the vacant-building requirements. Applies: Applies to any boarded building, whether boarded voluntarily or through city enforcement. § 15.14.040 · code text The owner of any boarded building, whether boarded by voluntary action of the owner or as a result of enforcement activity by the city, shall cause the boarded building to be rehabilitated for occupancy within 90 days after the building is boarded and shall comply with subsection (A) of this section.
Penalty	$500.00 per building Applies: A boarded building remaining boarded in violation of the 90-day rehabilitation requirement, or a building remaining vacant in violation of the vacant-building requirements. § 15.14.130 · code text Any owner of a boarded building that remains boarded in violation of PMC § 15.14.040(B) or any owner of a building that remains vacant in violation of PMC § 15.14.040(A) shall be liable for an administrative penalty in an amount of $500.00 per building. $1,000 for the next 90-calendar-day period. Applies: The building continues to meet the definition of vacant building beyond the initial 30 calendar days and no exception applies. § 15.14.130 · code text $1,000 for the next 90-calendar-day period each building continues to constitute a vacant building; $1,500 for the next 90-calendar-day period. Applies: The building continues to meet the definition of vacant building beyond the initial 30 calendar days and no exception applies, after the preceding 90-calendar-day period. § 15.14.130 · code text $1,500 for the next 90-calendar-day period for each building that continues to constitute a vacant building; $2,000 for the next 90-calendar-day period. Applies: The building is still vacant beyond the initial 30 days and no exception applies, after the $1,000 and $1,500 periods. § 15.14.130 · code text $2,000 for the next 90-calendar-day period that each building continues to meet the definition of a vacant building. $4,500 per building in a calendar year. Applies: The maximum cumulative administrative penalty. § 15.14.130 · code text At no time may the amount of the penalty exceed $4,500 per building in a calendar year. Up to $1,000 per day for each day the owner fails to maintain the property. Applies: Applies to a legal owner who fails to maintain the property after the period to remedy expires. The city may not also fine under its boarded and vacant building ordinance. § 1.26.040 · code text The city may impose a civil fine of up to $1,000 per day for each day that the owner fails to maintain the property, commencing on the day following the expiration of the period to remedy the violation.
Deadline to register	Within 30 days of notice that the building is vacant in violation of this chapter. Applies: Applies to the quarterly monitoring fee and enrollment in the vacant building monitoring program. § 15.14.050 · code text The quarterly monitoring fee is due within 30 days of notice that the building is vacant in violation of this chapter.
Registration fee	A quarterly monitoring fee, set by city council resolution and not more than the estimated reasonable cost of monitoring. Applies: Owner of any vacant building, residential or not, boarded up or vacant more than 30 days. The fee may be waived. § 15.14.050 · code text There is imposed upon every owner of a vacant building a quarterly monitoring fee in an amount to be set by city council resolution; provided, that the fee shall not exceed the estimated reasonable cost of monitoring vacant buildings in the city.
Registration	Automatic. The owner is enrolled in the vacant building monitoring program when billed with a notice of violation. Applies: Applies to a vacant building boarded up or vacant for more than 30 days. § 15.14.050 · code text An owner is sent a bill with the notice stating a violation of this chapter exists, and that notice shall constitute enrollment in the vacant building monitoring program.

Foreclosure steps and deadlines

CA state law California law sets this statewide. Time between notice of default and sale: At least three months after the notice of default is recorded before notice of sale; the sale itself no earlier than three months and 20 days after the notice of default (Civ. Code § 2924(a)(2), (a)(4)). Notice of trustee's sale: Posted, published and recorded at least 20 days before the sale (Civ. Code § 2924f(b)). California foreclosure rules — the full state rule →

Homeowner protections

CA state law California law sets this statewide. No foreclosure while a loan modification is pending: If a complete first-lien modification application is submitted at least five business days before a sale, the servicer may not record a notice of default or sale, or hold the sale, while it is pending (Civ. Code § 2923.6(c)). California foreclosure rules — the full state rule →

The trustee's sale (auction)

CA state law California law sets this statewide. When and where sales are held: At public auction in the county where the property is, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. on a business day (Civ. Code § 2924g(a)(1)). Tenant and owner-occupant priority after a sale (SB 1079): On 1–4 unit property, a trustee's sale is not final for 15 days; eligible tenant buyers and eligible bidders who give notice of intent may bid within 45 days (Civ. Code § 2924m(c)). California foreclosure rules — the full state rule →

Tenants in a foreclosed home

CA state law California law sets this statewide. Tenants in a foreclosed property: A month-to-month tenant must get at least 90 days' written notice to quit; a tenant with a fixed-term lease signed before the sale may stay to the end of the lease (Code Civ. Proc. § 1161b(a), (b)). California foreclosure rules — the full state rule →

Debt after the sale

CA state law California law sets this statewide. No deficiency after a trustee's sale: After a nonjudicial trustee's sale, the lender cannot collect any shortfall from the borrower (Code Civ. Proc. § 580d(a)). California foreclosure rules — the full state rule →

Who this affects

Homeowners behind on a loanBuyers of bank-owned homesLenders and servicers

Frequently asked questions

Must a lender or owner register a vacant or foreclosed home in Pittsburg?

A boarded building, whether boarded voluntarily or through city enforcement, must be rehabilitated for occupancy within 90 days after boarding. Penalties start at $500.00 per building, then $1,000, $1,500 and $2,000 for each next 90-calendar-day period, capped at $4,500 per calendar year. Owners of buildings boarded or vacant more than 30 days pay a quarterly monitoring fee set by city council; it may be waived. A legal owner who fails to maintain the property after the period to remedy expires faces up to $1,000 per day.

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