AirbnBe Careful What You Ban: The Coastal Commission’s Broad Authority Over Short-Term Rentals in California
Short-term rentals have been, and continue to be, a polarizing topic among residents of many California neighborhoods. This is particularly true in the beach and vacation communities along the California coast. The proliferation of short-term rentals in these areas has led to short-term rental bans regularly springing up to curb the side effects of what many neighborhoods perceive to be mini-hotel communities. Other property owners, on the other hand, resist these bans to take advantage of the revenue stream that companies like Airbnb and VRBO have made possible. In fact, here in San Diego, a short-term rental ban that we discussed over three years ago only just recently reached an apparent conclusion via a compromise between the relevant factions.