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 onsite full time.

If approved, AB 1731 would have a disastrous effect on communities such as Mission Beach, which have hosted short-term rentals and visitors for more than 100 years.

The bill is scheduled to be reviewed by the Assembly’s Committee on Natural Resources at a date to be determined. We ask that you take a stand by contacting the Committee and most importantly the legislators from San Diego to tell them you disapprove of a bill that would so unjustly hurt local businesses and limit affordable accommodations along San Diego County’s coast for visiting families.

Natural Resources Committee:

• Assemblymember Laura Friedman (Chair)
• Assemblymember Heath Flora (Vice Chair)
• Assemblymember Ed Chau
• Assemblymember Susan Talamantes Eggman
• Assemblymember Cristina Garcia
• Assemblymember Monique Limón
• Assemblymember Devon J. Mathis
• Assemblymember Kevin McCarty
• Assemblymember Melissa A. Melendez
• Assemblymember Al Muratsuchi
• Assemblymember Mark Stone

And their emails:

• assemblymember.friedman@assembly.ca.gov
• assemblymember.flora@assembly.ca.gov
• assemblymember.chau@assembly.ca.gov
• assemblymember.talamantes-eggman@assembly.ca.gov
• assemblymember.garcia@assembly.ca.gov
• assemblymember.limon@assembly.ca.gov
• assemblymember.mathis@assembly.ca.gov
• assemblymember.mccarty@assembly.ca.gov
• assemblymember.melendez@assembly.ca.gov
• assemblymember.muratsuchi@assembly.ca.gov
• assemblymember.stone@assembly.ca.gov

San Diego County Legislators:

• Assemblymember Tasha Boerner Horvath
• Assemblymember Randy Voepel
• Assemblymember Marie Waldron
• Assemblymember Todd Gloria
• Assemblymember Shirley Weber
• Senator Patricia Bates
• Senator Brian Jones
• Senator Toni Atkins
• Senator Ben Hueso

And their emails:

• assemblymember.horvath@assembly.ca.gov
• assemblymember.voepel@assembly.ca.gov
• assemblymember.waldron@assembly.ca.gov
• assemblymember.gloria@assembly.ca.gov
• assemblymember.weber@assembly.ca.gov
• senator.bates@senate.ca.gov
• senator.jones@senate.ca.gov
• senator.atkins@senate.ca.gov
• senator.hueso@senate.ca.gov