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	"author_name": "Better Neighbors LA",
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	"title": "Tell City Council: Protect LA’s Housing From Airbnb!",
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	"description": "Short-term rentals (STRs) threaten housing for our neighbors and our communities. That’s why Los Angeles created the Home-Sharing Ordinance (HSO): to allow residents to rent out their own homes for extra cash, while preventing landlords and corporate investors from converting long-term housing into de facto hotels. Airbnb is trying to roll back our short-term rental laws through their “Vacation Rental Ordinance.” That puts our housing and communities at risk from corporate speculators, especially with the Olympics coming in 2028. Join us at the Planning &amp;amp; Land Use Management Committee meeting to tell City Council: no giveaways to Airbnb, strengthen the Home-Sharing Ordinance to protect our long-term housing and communities! Research shows that the STRs we already have in LA have raised rent for the rest of us by as much as $810/year, and that’s partly because the city doesn’t meaningfully enforce our STR laws. Over 60% of all STRs in LA are illegal, and in December of 2024, there were over 4500 non-compliant listings in LA—but the City only issued 103 citations in the entire year. Airbnb’s goal is to undermine the HSO and to take even more units off the market, which will mean less housing, higher rent, and more people living on the streets. Their &quot;Vacation Rental Ordinance&quot; (VRO) would create up to 31,000 new permits for vacation rentals—more than six times the current number. City staff says the VRO would negatively affect housing and would not raise &amp;nbsp;revenue. There is a better path. There are thirteen recommendations to strengthen enforcement of the Home-Sharing Ordinance we have now—enforcing the ordinance on just 5% of illegal short-term rentals would bring in more than $42 million a year. That’s real revenue without sacrificing long term housing. City Council needs to hear from YOU: join us at the PLUM meeting to tell them to take action NOW to protect renters, preserve our neighborhoods and crack down on illegal STRs!",
	"url": "https://actionnetwork.org/events/no-vro-plum-5-12"
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