Starting in 2015, LAANE fought with your help to get the LA City Council to adopt a law regulating short term rentals.

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Friends,
We are happy to announce a VICTORY in the fight for short-term rental regulation!

Starting in 2015, LAANE fought with your help to get the LA City Council to adopt a law regulating short term rentals. When this law finally passed in 2019, the two core elements that we won were:
* A requirement that hosts live in the units they rent, so housing units aren't taken off the market.
* A prohibition on short-term rentals in RSO units, the most valuable units in this affordable housing crisis.

Before the law even went into effect, two new laws were introduced to challenge it: a law to eliminate the primary residence requirement and to eliminate the ban on RSO units. We've fought these laws for two years, and now, WE'VE FINALLY WON!

Last fall, the city council shelved the ordinance eliminating the primary residence requirement. Earlier this month, Mitch O'Farrell, the RSO exemption's primary sponsor, threw in the towel. He sent a letter to the planning department, asking them to shelve that proposal.
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The death of these two proposals is a HUGE VICTORY for hotel workers and housing advocates who have fought for so many years. This allows the city, and us, to focus on enforcing the law-- and there is so much left to do. Nearly 1 out of every 5 listings advertised by Airbnb hosts in LA over a 12-month period FAILED to comply with city regulations on short-term rentals (based on a report by Better Neighbors LA).

Thank you for your support in this fight for short-term rental regulation, and we will continue to update you on what actions we are taking next!
In Solidarity,

Roxana Tynan
LAANE Executive Director
LAANE is a leading advocacy organization dedicated to building a new economy for all. Combining dynamic research, innovative public policy and the organizing of broad alliances, LAANE promotes a new economic approach based on good jobs, thriving communities, and a healthy environment.
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