Santa Monica council votes 7-0 to crack down on Airbnb
This is going to happen in most cities; it has to, because the pendulum has swung too far from "abusive regulation" to "abusive lack of regulation".<p>People like to invoke the evil "hotel lobby", which I'm sure does exist!, but it is not even a little bit hard to find loud, angry citizens complaining. Those complaints are entirely predictable: people buy or rent residences in buildings expecting those buildings to be inhabited by long-term residents, then some part of the building gets converted to a hotel. People aren't OK with that.<p>There are also places where vibrant short-term rental markets may exacerbate tight housing markets.<p>I've had nothing but good Airbnb experiences, in SFBA, NYC, and London. I hope Airbnb works this out. But they don't really hold all the cards here.