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Supervisors split on short-term rental limits; Campos measure fails, Farrell measure passes first reading
Summary
After hours of debate, the Board of Supervisors voted down Supervisor David Campos’s stricter short-term rental ordinance but approved a competing measure sponsored by Mayor Edwin Lee and Supervisor Mark Farrell on first reading. The measures differ on caps, enforcement mechanisms and who bears reporting responsibility.
San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors on July 14 debated competing proposals to tighten city rules on short-term rentals and voted differently on two ordinances addressing enforcement, caps on days rented and platform reporting.
Supervisor David Campos introduced an ordinance requiring hosting platforms to confirm a unit’s registration before listing it and barring listings if a unit is rented for transient use more than a set number of days in a calendar year. Campos said recent media reporting showed what he called a mass conversion of housing into full-time tourist units and argued the law must add “real enforcement mechanisms.” He noted the San Francisco Chronicle’s data finding “at least 352 entire homes that are full time hotels on Airbnb” and said the proposal would protect long-term housing.
Supervisor Mark Farrell, speaking for the mayor’s and his own package, described a different approach focused…
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