California State Assembly Judiciary Committee Approves San Diego County STR Ban
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