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Committee refers short-term rental platform enforcement ordinance to full board without recommendation
Summary
After extended public comment and legal questions about coverage of different hosting platforms, the committee voted to send proposed administrative code amendments on platform verification, subpoenas, and penalties to the full Board as a committee report without recommendation so legal and technical questions can be resolved.
The Land Use and Transportation Committee voted to send to the full Board an ordinance that would require hosting platforms to verify residential units against the city’s registry before accepting fees, provide affidavits of compliance, retain certain records, and face administrative subpoenas and penalties for violations.
Supervisor Aaron Peskin, a co‑author of the amendments, said the changes are intended to make the city’s short‑term rental law enforceable while addressing legal questions raised by recent litigation from platforms. He described the package as modest, technical…
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