Category: STVR News

During its monthly meeting, held Feb. 20, 2020 at Muirlands Middle School, the La Jolla Cluster Association (LJCA), discussed its stance on AB1731, a State Senate bill currently under committee revision. The bill, designed to regulate short-term vacation rentals (STVRs) in San Diego’s coastal communities, could impact the seemingly-correlated relationship between the increase in rental …

Read more “La Jolla schools: Cluster reviews impact of local vacation rentals on enrollment and more school news – La Jolla Light”

A blip on the radar screen a few years ago, short-term vacation rentals (STVRs) have proliferated in San Diego. Data show Airbnb, one of dozens of online vacation rental websites, has 3,530 listings in San Diego. Of those, 65 percent – 2,283 – are whole-house, absentee-owner rentals. These are unsupervised, lucrative, mini-hotels operating next to …

Read more “Unsupervised, lucrative, mini-hotels are operating next to homes in residential neighborhoods throughout San – The San Diego Union-Tribune”

By David Garrick / San Diego Union-Tribune / Sept. 26, 2021  Growing outcry over granny flat construction in some San Diego neighborhoods has prompted city officials to propose rolling back some recent policy changes that have made San Diego’s rules among the least restrictive in California. Critics who say the city’s granny flat rules are …

Read more “Growing Opposition to 'Granny Flats' in San Diego Leads to Councilmember's Proposed Changes – OB Rag”

Letters to the editor: Short-term rental proposal is a bad idea I am amused and disenchanted with the article about Councilwoman Jennifer Campbell and the proposed short-term vacation rental ordinance (“San Diego planning commissioners say proposal for short-term rental regulations has ‘a lot to be worked out,’” La Jolla Light, Oct. 15). Short-term rentals are …

Read more “Our Readers Write: Short-term rentals, UCSD development, more – La Jolla Light”

Lori Weisberg in the U-T reported this morning: As the city of San Diego prepares to implement in July its first-ever regulations for short-term vacation rentals, officials unveiled on Monday a lottery system that both longtime hosts and City Council members said failed to give priority to responsible operators, as promised earlier this year. The …

Read more “Stumbling Blocks on the Way to Enact Vacation Rental Regs for San Diego; City Staff Ignored Council Directions on Lottery System, Airbnb Complaints – OB Rag”

By Paul Krueger A new definition of “affordable housing”: $2,000 monthly rent for 480 square foot, 1 bedroom/1 bath ADU. Building industry consultant admits it’s “absurd, from the stand-point of affordability.” The permit application for a multi-unit rental complex on a single-family lot confirms that two of the apartments will be reserved for an affordable …

Read more “Is $2000 a Month for 480 Square Foot ADU 'Affordable Housing'? San Diego City Thinks So – OB Rag”

Like many I’m interested in what the city plans for short-term vacation rentals (STVRs). The new rules seem to be elitist. Expensive licenses, limited properties and higher rental rates pricing family travel out of the market. Residents affected by these properties may still have the same problems. Coronado seems to have it right allowing STVRs …

Read more “Opinion: City needs a short-term vacation rental plan that works for citizens – The San Diego Union-Tribune”

The Short-Term Vacation Rental Task Force mailed out surveys on October 1, 2019 to about 2,200 households. It was required to respond and return by October 15, 2019. The surveys were mailed to properties within 100 feet of a permitted STVR. The surveys were not mailed to properties in HOA communities. Residents in Cathedral City …

Read more “Cathedral City Short-Term Vacation Rental Task Force releases new survey results – KESQ”

TYBEE ISLAND, Ga. (WTOC) – The City of Tybee Island is rolling out a short-term vacation rental hotline number for residents to use if there are problem properties. Tybee City Manager Shawn Gillen says the hotline, (912) 325-7469, will serve as a go-between for the person calling in a complaint and the code enforcement officers …

Read more “Hotline coming soon for short-term vacation rental issues on Tybee Island – WTOC”