By Laura Wenus, Mission Local
San Francisco supervisors on Tuesday approved legislation that requires short-term rental platforms like Airbnb to list only rentals that have undergone the required registration process with the city.
The legislation places the onus on Airbnb, HomeAway and other hosting platforms to make sure that hosts who want to rent out part of their homes to visitors have gotten a business license from the city. Supervisor David Campos, who put forward the law with Supervisor Aaron Peskin, called the shift in responsibility a move toward “corporate responsibility.”
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