Santa Monica council votes 7-0 to crack down on Airbnb

Re:Santa Monica council votes 7-0 to crack down on Airbnb by alphonse23 on Wednesday May 13, 2015 @04:14PM (#9541655)

are we allowed to even debate this? Didn't HN pass a no negativity (http://blog.ycombinator.com/new-hacker-news-guideline) policy?

By the way, I completely agree with you. I actually live in Los Angeles county, and there NEEDS to be regulations regarding housing. This city is so crowded and congested.

For the record, I'm not against Airbnb, but city are zoned and regulated for a good reason. Airbnb needs to work it out with cities on how to allow their business to operate.

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Re:Santa Monica council votes 7-0 to crack down on Airbnb by adventured on Wednesday May 13, 2015 @06:43PM (#9542463)

HN has a no gratuitous negativity suggestion / guideline. Like most rules on HN, it's not a strictly enforced, guard tower snipers, sort of line in the sand.

It's a strong hint to the community to cut back on negativity.

Emphasis on this: "Avoid gratuitous negativity" - the gratuitous part.

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Re:Santa Monica council votes 7-0 to crack down on Airbnb by alphonse23 on Thursday May 14, 2015 @01:15AM (#9543549)

Don't you think the community should define itself though...

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