Work with a mental health professional licensed in California to get an ESA letter that follows AB 468 and holds up with California landlords — from Los Angeles to San Francisco.
Take the 3-minute screening
Three minutes: your symptoms, your housing situation, and your animal. We confirm you're a California resident.
A professional holding an active California license establishes a client relationship and completes a clinical evaluation, as AB 468 requires.
Approved? Your letter arrives by email with California license details your landlord can verify.
California housing providers verify licenses. Every California letter we facilitate is written and signed by a mental health professional holding an active California license — LMFT, LCSW, LPCC, psychologist, or physician — with their license type, number, and issuing state printed on the letter.
If a landlord or property manager calls to verify, there is a real, checkable clinician on the other end.
AB 468 took effect in 2022 and tightened how emotional support animal documentation is sold in California. Under the law, the clinician must:
Sellers must also disclose in writing that ESA documentation is not the equivalent of a service-dog certification and does not grant service-animal public-access rights. Any California site promising a same-hour "certified" ESA is not following the law.
Californians are protected by both the federal Fair Housing Act and the state Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA). A documented emotional support animal is treated as a reasonable accommodation rather than a pet, which generally means:
You remain responsible for any damage your animal causes, and accommodation can be denied if the animal poses a genuine safety threat or undue burden.
A letter from a California-licensed clinician is valid across the entire state, including Los Angeles, San Diego, San Jose, San Francisco, Fresno, Sacramento, Long Beach, Oakland, Bakersfield, and Anaheim. There is no city-level ESA registry in California — the letter is the document that matters.
It's a letter signed by a mental health professional licensed in California confirming you have a condition that your emotional support animal helps ease. It's the document landlords can actually verify — no registry or ID card is required.
AB 468 sets rules for anyone selling ESA documentation in California. The clinician must hold an active California license, have established a client relationship at least 30 days before writing the letter, and complete a clinical evaluation. Sellers must also disclose that ESA documentation is not a service-dog certification.
It means your California clinician establishes a relationship first and issues the letter once the required period and evaluation are complete. We tell you the timeline up front during screening — no surprises.
Housing providers in California must reasonably accommodate a documented emotional support animal under the Fair Housing Act and FEHA, including in no-pet buildings, and generally without pet rent or pet deposits.
Yes. A letter from a California-licensed clinician applies statewide — Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco, Sacramento, San Jose and everywhere in between.
You get a full refund. Approval is always the clinician's independent clinical decision.