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Re:Santa Monica council votes 7-0 to crack down on Airbnb by ad_hominem on Wednesday May 13, 2015 @02:09PM (#9540845)
And why should the government get involved? Find an apartment complex where the owner agrees to not do short-term leases, and expect to pay a slightly higher rent for the stipulation.

> It's not complicated.

Everything is complicated when the government gets involved and starts inventing regulations.

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Re:Santa Monica council votes 7-0 to crack down on Airbnb by tptacek on Wednesday May 13, 2015 @02:17PM (#9540906)
"Zoning" is not a new regulation that cities just invented.
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Re:Santa Monica council votes 7-0 to crack down on Airbnb by jabits on Thursday May 14, 2015 @12:10PM (#9545919)
The government is our proxy for things like this. That's why we have one.
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