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Residents urge ban on short-term rentals as state law on platform reporting nears effect
Summary
Several Simi Valley residents urged the City Council to ban residential short-term rentals and asked the council to declare conflicts of interest before considering regulations; commenters cited recently enacted Senate Bill 346 and gave staff cost estimates for local enforcement and permitting.
Several residents urged the Simi Valley City Council on Oct. 20 to ban residential short-term rentals and to require council members or staff to recuse themselves if they have financial interests in local rental properties.
The comments came during the public statements section. “Before the council acts on the issue of short term rentals, the public should know if any council member or member of city staff has a financial interest in any local rental property. If so, said party should recuse themselves,” said Anthony Eason, a Simi Valley resident. Eason and another speaker cited Senate Bill 346, which they said Gov. Newsom recently…
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