The version that passed yesterday was even worse than the Mayor’s proposal I opposed. From what I can tell, vacation rentals are completely banned from the city unless it is someone’s primary residence or a secondary unit on the parcel.

So I guess all of Mission Beach will have to be converted to long-term rentals since there are very few people with primary residences there.

Laws like this show the downside of term limits. I am sure the law will be held up for years in litigation, but if it ever takes effect, the giant job loss and giant hole it blows in the city’s budget will be someone else’s problem.

Losing short-term accommodations of 40,000 units probably holding 100,000 people could cause San Diego hotel rates to skyrocket and cause us to lose ComicCon and other major events. Normal summer rates in San Diego right now, not on special event days, are already $150 a night at Motel 6 type places.