S.F. Housing Activists File Petition to Regulate Short-Term Rentals

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Housing activists collected 16,000 signatures for a proposed ballot measure that would regulate San Francisco's short-term rental market. Photo by Susan Cohen/KQED

By Susan Cohen, KQED News Fix

On Monday afternoon, housing activists delivered two boxes of signatures on a petition to San Francisco’s Department of Elections, supporting a ballot measure that would place restrictions on the city’s burgeoning short-term rental market.

The petition, which got almost 16,000 signatures, was sponsored by ShareBetter SF, a coalition concerned with the “wholesale conversion of housing units into illegal hotel accommodations,” according to its website. It was delivered by Dale Carlson, co-founder of ShareBetter, and long-time housing activist Calvin Welch.

Read the complete story at KQED News Fix. 

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