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Sacramento lawmakers continue to express concern about the bill to restrict short-term rentals in San Diego’s coastal zones, but nonetheless the Senate’s Judiciary Committee voted to allow AB 1731 to move forward. Two more Senate Committees must approve the bill before it can be taken up by the Senate for a full vote. The first, […]

Thank you all for the countless emails, and phone calls to the Coastal Commission that poured in ahead of Tuesday’s hearing. Dozens of you attended the hearing to urge the Commission to oppose AB 1731, and speak about the benefits of STRs. Unfortunately, the Commission abstained from taking a position on this bill despite our […]

With your help we can still stop this ban from becoming law, here’s what you can do to help today! Thank you to everyone who wrote, called, and emailed the Assembly regarding AB 1731. Unfortunately the bill passed the Assembly last week (42 Ayes, 23 Noes, 15 No Vote Recorded). Here is how your San […]

The disastrous AB 1731, which would limit whole home short-term rentals to just 30 days per year, is continuing to progress through the Assembly even though several members have expressed concern about the bill’s overreach into local governance and the stripping away of individual private property rights. Share San Diego has heard from families from […]

Earlier this week the State Assembly’s Natural Resource Committee voted 6-3 in favor of Assemblymember Tasha Boerner Horvath’s bill to restrict short-term rentals to just 30-days per year along San Diego County’s coast. The bill is now being referred to the State Assembly Appropriations Committee for a third reading. Several members of Share San Diego […]

On Wednesday, May 8th, the California Coastal Commission will be discussing Assembly Bill 1731, which would ban full-time vacation rentals entirely, limit hosting to primary residences, and cap unhosted stays to 30 nights per year in the coastal zone of San Diego County. The California Coastal Commission, which oversees the state’s coastal zone, has yet […]

Yesterday, the politicians in Sacramento voted 8-3 to allow AB 1731 to move forward towards a vote on the Assembly floor. The bill, which was introduced by Assemblymember Tasha Horvath, unfairly singles out San Diego County’s coast in an attempt to limit short-term rentals to only 30-days per year when the owner does not live […]

Assemblymeber Tasha Horvath has introduced AB 1731, a bill supported by the hotel industry that would have restricted short-term rentals across California’s coastal zones to only 30 days per year when the homeowner does not live on site full time. Many stood up to oppose this bill, but the politicians in Sacramento have made last […]

On Tuesday, April 9th, the California Assembly Judiciary Committee will consider AB 1731, which seeks to regulate short-term rentals within the California Coastal Zone. Specifically, the bill would limit hosting to only ones’ primary residence. In addition, it would limit unhosted stays to just 30 total days per year. The bill would have a crushing […]

Airbnb has been working with local authorities, non-profit partners, and the host community to support those in need as several wildfires rage throughout California. Our thoughts are with the communities affected as well as those who will be deployed as part of the response efforts. Given the magnitude of these fires displacing thousands of community […]