There are so many vocal people against them here in OB. AirBNB could lose 80% of its SD revenue if they do not start pushing back. They are technically illegal but most of Mission Beach has been rented that way for decades. Previous city atty said the regs were too vague to enforce, the current one says otherwise.
Ending these rentals would send hotel tax and sales tax rev way down and hurt rents and property values. Meanwhile tourism jobs would get killed since even with short term rentals hotels are 95%+ full.
