Several residents urged the Simi Valley City Council to ban or severely restrict unhosted short-term rentals (STRs), presenting petitions and multiple public-comments that framed STRs as a neighborhood quality-of-life and liability concern.

Heather Moss, a Simi Valley resident and business member, said the city's August 4 memo "ignores the city's liability exposure and the corrosive strain STRs impose," and urged the council to require a city-issued STR permit, make platforms liable for unpermitted listings, limit STRs to a host-primary residence model and mandate commercial-grade inspections, ADA compliance and strict occupancy and booking caps.

Multiple other speakers backed a ban. Anthony Eason presented signed petitions and listed what he called the "top 10 reasons" to prohibit unhosted residential STRs, arguing STRs are incompatible with residential zoning and can operate as "neighborhood motels." Alene Eason said she has spoken nine consecutive times in favor of a total ban and urged more direct public engagement such as polls, town halls or a ballot initiative.

Council members acknowledged the public concern and discussed next steps. Council member Rhodes thanked Heather Moss for providing constructive suggestions and said a draft STR ordinance will be presented at the next meeting for council consideration. Council member Lettster noted recent state legislation (cited later in the meeting) that ties some STR data/notification obligations to adoption of a local ordinance.

No formal policy decision was made during the meeting; council directed staff to continue drafting an ordinance and to allow public input before final action.