Post by High Priestess on Aug 8, 2018 16:41:03 GMT
Airbnb backs a move to overturn San Diego's tough new short term rental law:
www.sandiegouniontribune.com/business/tourism/sd-fi-short-term-rental-referendum-20180807-story.html
One San Diego councilman agrees that the new city law could be ruled as an illegal taking of people's property.
www.sandiegouniontribune.com/business/tourism/sd-fi-short-term-rental-referendum-20180807-story.html
One San Diego councilman agrees that the new city law could be ruled as an illegal taking of people's property.
"The referendum petition’s “statement of reasons,” is signed by Councilman Scott Sherman, who voted against the new regulations last week and has been particularly vocal in his opposition, going so far as to call on Mission Beach rental hosts to sue the city.
“The main reason I wanted to sign this is I feel the city is in a terrible legal bind with the decision we made,” Sherman said. “The city has been allowing short-term rentals for quite a long time and collecting transient occupancy fees, and with a stroke of the pen we’re saying that they’re now no longer allowed. If this were to go to court, we could end up having to come up with a whole bunch of money for taking people’s property, so it’s a property rights issue.”
“The main reason I wanted to sign this is I feel the city is in a terrible legal bind with the decision we made,” Sherman said. “The city has been allowing short-term rentals for quite a long time and collecting transient occupancy fees, and with a stroke of the pen we’re saying that they’re now no longer allowed. If this were to go to court, we could end up having to come up with a whole bunch of money for taking people’s property, so it’s a property rights issue.”