Airbnb Showdown At City Hall
The showdown between two competing pieces of legislation to further regulate ‘airbnb-ing’ in San Francisco is about to commence at City Hall. Without additional transparency and reporting from the hosting…
Ballot Measure Would Notify Neighbors Of Airbnb Activity
The proposed ballot measure which would limit the short-term rental of any residential unit in San Francisco to a maximum of 75 days a year would also prohibit any in-law…
Two Competing ‘Airbnb’ Amendments And Their Impact Report
The analysis is thin, but the summary table of major differences between the two competing pieces of legislation to amend San Francisco’s new short-term rental law, as prepared by the…
Ballot Measure To Restrict Airbnb Activity In San Francisco Filed
With the battle over how to regulate short-term rentals and Airbnb activity in San Francisco heating up, the text for the threatened ballot measure to amend the law which legalized…
Analyst’s Airbnb Findings And Recommendations For San Francisco
According to a new Legislative Analyst’s report, an estimated 25 to 50 percent of all Airbnb listings in San Francisco are for “commercially hosted” units, units which are continuously rented…
Short-Term Rental Scofflaws Hit With $276,000 Fine
Two landlords who employed the Ellis Act to evict tenants from the rent-controlled units and then marketed the apartments as short-term rentals on Airbnb, Homeway and VRBO have been hit…
Listings For Over 6,000 Illegal Rentals In S.F. On Airbnb Alone
As of noon today, there are roughly 6,500 listings for illegal short-term rentals in San Francisco on Airbnb alone. For as of February 1, 2015, unless a residential unit in…
Scoop: Short-Term Rental Registration And Requirements To Airbnb
While it has yet be announced or officially publicized, we have the link to the requirements, application and procedure for registering a short-term rental unit in San Francisco in order…
Mayor Lee Signs San Francisco’s Airbnb Legislation Into Law
Mayor Ed Lee has signed San Francisco’s so-called “Airbnb ordinance” into law, officially legalizing but limiting short-term rentals in the city. As approved by San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors by…
SF’s Airbnb Law Approved, Short-Term Rentals Legalized
Supervisor Chiu’s proposed ordinance to legalize, but limit, short-term rentals in San Francisco, a so-called “Airbnb law,” has been approved by San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors by a vote of…