San Diego limiting Short Term Rentals

[Mark Frattini]

Mayor Todd Gloria Wednesday signed into law an ordinance capping short-term vacation rentals at 1% of the city’s housing supply and prioritizing “good actors” in a lottery to determine who gets to offer properties for whole-home vacation rentals.

The San Diego City Council passed the ordinance 8-1 on April 6. Gloria’s signature sets in motion a city effort to finalize the lottery process for people renting out their properties.

This means the City of San Diego government will choose which landlords can continue renting their properties, and which ones can’t. A highly controversial style of governance that many San Diegans believe is overreaching.