Those of us in the San Francisco Bay Area have been deluged with millions of dollars in lobbying messages from AirBnB to try and stop a ballot proposition that attempts to limit their negative consequences.
Here's a no-cost blog post by a local doctor that answers the high-priced public relations campaign passionately:
https://medium.com/@ruchipuri/airbnb-celebrating-disruption-of-traditional-economic-markets-the-natural-order-of-community-and-c31f7d6031b3#.c96uxbzbe
Posted by
San Francisco Bay Area
5697 posts
And yet ... how many of us have enjoyed and extolled the extra room and kitchen/laundry facilities of the apartments WE have rented as tourists in other cities and other countries ?
Posted by
L'Occitanie, France
10673 posts
How did the vote go? Pass or fail?
Posted by
San Francisco/Marin County
9436 posts
Bets, still too early but looks like it will be defeated. And I hope it will be.
Posted by
San Francisco/Marin County
9436 posts
Prop F (anti Airbnb) was defeated.
Posted by
OP
northern CA
2813 posts
Another hard lesson in the problem of low voter turnout!
Posted by
Toledo, Ohio, US
11613 posts
Sounds like what's happened in Venezia (and many other historic cities) over the years - people moving to the exurbs because they cannot afford - or can make more money - living elsewhere and/or renting out their homes.