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Assembly advances SB 346 to give cities access to short‑term rental data, citing safety and tax gaps
Summary
Assemblymember Bauer Kehan presented SB 346 to require rental platforms to provide local governments with listing information so cities can enforce transient occupancy tax and safety rules; the Assembly approved the measure after members cited unpermitted listings and local enforcement burdens.
Assemblymember Bauer Kehan, speaking on behalf of Senator Durazo, urged the Assembly to approve SB 346, a bill that would require short‑term rental platforms to provide local governments information about properties listed on their services so jurisdictions can collect the correct transient occupancy tax (TOT) and enforce local permitting rules.
"This is a bill that empowers local governments to collect the correct amount of transit occupancy taxes or TOT to better enforce short term rental ordinances," Assemblymember Bauer Kehan said, framing the measure as returning oversight to cities and counties. She described an unpermitted Airbnb in her town where a mass shooting occurred and said platforms’ lack of property‑level data leaves local officials unable to know which units are operating without permits.
The presenter told the chamber, "Estimates show about 72% of short term rentals in LA County are operating without businesses. That's over 32,000 unlicensed properties," citing the scale of untracked listings and arguing the gap has both revenue and public‑safety implications. The figure was offered in testimony as an estimate; the measure itself does not attach a new state tax.
Assemblymember Dixon, who served in local government, supported the bill and described Newport Beach’s experience regulating short‑term rentals, including rising permit numbers and the administrative burden of tracking listings on third‑party platforms. "At first, they did not want to create the space literally on their form ... to put a city permit number in there," he said, describing years of negotiation with platforms.
Supporters framed SB 346 as a tool to restore local control, improve revenue collection for municipal services and help law enforcement locate problem properties. The Assembly voted to pass the measure; the clerk recorded Ayes 15, No 0.
SB 346 is intended to give cities and counties the data they say they need to enforce local ordinances and collect TOT more consistently. Implementation will depend on rulemaking and potential follow‑up guidance on what platforms must share and how privacy or commercial‑sensitivity questions will be handled.
The Assembly moved SB 346 forward and placed it on the consent calendar; additional procedural steps and any required implementing guidance were not specified during floor debate.
