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Council asks staff to prepare urgency ordinance to temporarily allow short‑term rentals for fire evacuees, adds eviction‑protection consideration
Summary
Citing housing needs for wildfire evacuees, council voted unanimously to ask staff to draft an urgency ordinance allowing short‑term rentals on a temporary basis for displaced households and to examine eviction protections and other safeguards.
Hermosa Beach City Council voted unanimously (5–0) to direct staff to prepare an urgency ordinance for the council’s next meeting that would temporarily allow use of short‑term rentals to house people displaced by the January 2025 wildfires, with a companion review of eviction protections for existing tenants.
Nut graf: Council members said the measure is intended narrowly to create temporary housing options for people made homeless or displaced by the regional fires, while proponents and some council members urged…
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