Prop. F: You can do anything in your bedroom but rent it
Both proponents and opponents of San Francisco’s “Airbnb measure” — Proposition F — see the November ballot initiative as a David-versus-Goliath contest.
Supporters can claim to be the little guys because the deep-pockets opposition — headlined by the home-sharing technology platform Airbnb — has $8 million to bury the less than $400,000 raised by the “yes” campaign, according to proponent Dale Carlson.
The No on F folks also stand for the little guy (or gal) who rents out a guest room to make ends meet.
Speculators are buying properties so that they can cash in by setting up pseudo hotels that aren’t up to code.
Since City Hall adopted legislation championed by former Supervisor David Chiu, she registered with the city and pays the 14 percent hotel tax.
What really frosts Askenasy is that a small group of city big shots wants to cut into her side business on the grounds that there is not enough affordable housing.
Keith Freedman rents out a spare bedroom and a Murphy bed in his apartment living room.
F passes, big government will dictate what people cannot do in their own bedroom — rent it out.
Adventurous souls scraped together enough coin to reach a new town that oozed opportunity.
How did this city become a stuffy parlor where locals invite the wrath of the law if they rent a room to Norwegian tourists who stay out late and talk too loud?
Restricts the right to offer a residential unit for short-term rental to permanent city residents.
Forbids a permanent resident to rent a residential unit on a short-term basis for more than 90 days per year if the resident does not live in the unit.
Does not limit the number of days for short-term rentals if the resident lives in the unit during the rental period.
Mandates that the city post notice on buildings with a unit approved for short-term rentals and notify by mail owners, neighbors of the unit and interested neighborhood organizations.