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Re:S.F. ballot measure would severely limit short-term rentals by dougmccune on Wednesday April 30, 2014 @02:18PM (#7675192)
I agree that there's a huge grey area in terms of defining what crosses the line. I should be able to let my buddy stay at my place if I'm not here. I also don't have a problem if places that legitimately would have just been empty are rented to tourists (ie I'm traveling for 3 weeks and otherwise would just leave my place empty).

The thing that's not OK is when someone realizes they can rent out their place as a permanent hotel to tourists and get more income than renting it out to residents. So I think a first step is to stop the ability to convert a rental unit serving residents into a hotel for tourists. Then the more nuanced stuff beyond that will take a lot more debate.

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Re:S.F. ballot measure would severely limit short-term rentals by alwaysdoit on Wednesday April 30, 2014 @04:54PM (#7676366)
So isn't David Chiu's proposal, which requires the resident to live there at least 75% of the time, enough?
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Re:S.F. ballot measure would severely limit short-term rentals by btgeekboy on Wednesday April 30, 2014 @02:43PM (#7675403)
Perhaps the solution is that the host must have the property as their primary residence. This implies they spend over half of the year at that property.
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Re:S.F. ballot measure would severely limit short-term rentals by wpietri on Wednesday April 30, 2014 @02:55PM (#7675510)
That's nice and simple. It also covers my case: after my mom died, I went and spent a summer back home. It was great to be able to rent my place out here to cover the cost of renting a place there.

And I think there's a good incentive there. I was very choosy about who I let stay, because I was letting them into my own home. I didn't want anybody stealing my books or breaking my things. For a unit set up as a virtual hotel room, I expect people would be less careful about guests.

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