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PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS 2019-11-19 CC AGENDA
ITEM #C9 - SHORT-TERM RENTALS
Voss, Barbara
Tuesday, November 19, 2019 3:32 PM
*ALL CITY CLERKS
Fwd: Airbnb Letter on Proposed Short Term Rental Laws
2019-11-19 - EI Segundo STR Letter.pdf; ATT00001.htm
EiSeaundoBusiness.com I DestinationElSegundo.com
Begin forwarded message:
From: "Mitnick, Scott" <smitnick@elsegundo.org>
Date: November 19, 2019 at 9:43:24 AM PST
To: "Voss, Barbara" <bvoss@elsegundo.org>
Subject: Fwd: Airbnb Letter on Proposed Short Term Rental Laws
Begin forwarded message:
From: John Choi <john.choi@airbnb.com>
Date: November 19, 2019 at 1:23:02 AM PST
To: "Boyles,Drew (Mayor)" <dboyles@elsegundo.org>, "Pirsztuk, Carol (Mayor
pro tem)" <cpirsztuk@elsegundo.org>, "Brann, Don (Council Member)"
<dbrann@elsegundo.org>, "Nicol, Scot (Council Member)"
<snicol@elsegundo.org>, "Pimentel, Chris (Council member)"
<cpimentel@elsegundo.org>, "Mitnick, Scott" <smitnick@elsegundo.org>,
"Schonborn, Eduardo" <eschonbom@elsegundo.org>, "Hensley, Mark (City
Attorney)" <mhensley@hensleylawgroup.com>
Subject: Airbnb Letter on Proposed Short Term Rental Laws
Please find attached our letter regarding the proposed Short Term Rental
ordinance that will be discussed at tonight's City Council meeting.
Thank you for your consideration.
airbnb
November 19, 2019
Honorable Members of the EI Segundo City Council
EI Segundo City Hall
350 Main Street
EI Segundo, CA 90245
Dear Mayor Boyles and Honorable Councilmembers,
We appreciate your efforts to craft short-term rental rules and commend you for taking an
important first step towards recognizing home sharing as a valuable part of your city's economy.
As you know, home sharing allows EI Segundo residents to leverage what is often their biggest
asset-- their home --to earn important supplemental income and support the local economy. In
2018, Airbnb hosts in EI Segundo welcomed over 11,000 guest arrivals and earned $1.8 million in
supplemental income to help make ends meet. In addition, the majority of hosts share a private or
shared space in their homes and the typical listing is booked 137 nights out of the year.
Enacting fair and reasonable regulations that protect neighborhoods while preserving the key
benefits that home sharing provides the community is crucial. However, as you prepare to discuss
a short-term rental law for EI Segundo, we write to express our concerns about the ordinance as
currently proposed.
We have summarized our primary objections below:
Data Sharing
The ordinance's data sharing provision requires that "Subject to applicable laws, hosting
platforms must disclose to the City on a regular basis each short-term rental unit listing
located in the City, the names of persons responsible for each such listing, the address
of each such listing, the length of stay for each such listing and the price paid for each
stay."
However, a review of "applicable laws" reveals that federal courts have consistently
opposed data sharing provisions that compromise business records and personal
information by disregarding appropriate legal processes. For instance, this year, two
different federal courts stopped enforcement of home sharing laws in Boston and New
York City, with similar data sharing provisions to EI Segundo, finding that the Fourth
Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, which protects against unreasonable searches and
airbnb
seizures by government officials, shields online platforms from disclosing business
records without a legal process.'
Another example is the Stored Communications Act, 18 U.S.C. §§ 2702, 2703, a federal
law that requires governments to follow a specified legal process, like a subpoena or
court order, before requesting the disclosure of personal information from internet
providers. Following the passage of the City of Portland's home sharing law, a federal
court invalidated a data sharing provision similar to EI Segundo, ruling that it violated the
Stored Communications Act.2
To resolve these concerns, Airbnb is open to providing anonymized and aggregated
listing data in the form of total guest arrivals, average trip length, average nightly price,
average host age, and typical host income to help facilitate EI Segundo's understanding
of Airbnb activity within its jurisdiction in a manner that is consistent with applicable
privacy and related data -sharing laws.
Taxes
Airbnb has over 600 partnerships and has collected and remitted over $1.5 billion in
taxes to local jurisdictions around the world. We acknowledge the City's desire to
require platforms to provide this service, but recommend amending the ordinance to
allow further flexibility for a small number of hosts already remitting transient occupancy
taxes to the City through their own means. This will ensure a more streamlined
experience for our hosts and for the City's administration and enforcement of its laws.
We look forward to discussing this amendment with your staff.
Vacation Rental Prohibition
EI Segundo's close proximity to Los Angeles International Airport, Southern California
beaches and abundance of Fortune 500 companies makes the city an attractive
destination for families and working professionals, who often prefer the conveniences that
a vacation rental offers, from greater privacy and access to a full kitchen, to a more
affordable price point for families traveling with children. Completely prohibiting vacation
rentals makes staying in EI Segundo more unaffordable and will drive tourism dollars to
other beachside cities in the region. Airbnb believes that maintaining neighborhood
character and quality of life are important priorities and we look forward to sharing
strategies and tools to help the city achieve its goal of preserving neighborhood character
while still welcoming visitors.
1 Airbnb, Inc. v. City of Boston, Case No. 18-cv-12358-LTS (D. Mass. May 3, 2019); HomeAway.com, Inc. v. City of New York, 373
F. Supp. 3d 467 (S.D.N.Y. 2019).
2 HomeAway.com, Inc. v. City of Portland, 2017 wL 2213154, at *4 (D. Or. May 11, 2017)
airbnb
Sinale Bookina Limitation
We understand legitimate concerns around nuisance and quality of life issues that may
result from multiple bookings in residential homes. However, in our experience,
nuisances associated with primary residences are very rare, and concerns about
overcrowding in homes and residential neighborhoods are already addressed by the
existing occupancy limits in the ordinance. From parents meeting their child's healthcare
costs to seniors struggling to pay their mortgage and property taxes, the ordinance's
single booking limitation will cut many incomes by at least half and greatly impact their
ability to manage EI Segundo's cost of living. Our host community often shares no more
than two listings in their primary residence, and as other cities have done, including the
City of Santa Monica, we recommend amending this provision of the ordinance to reflect
a more reasonable limitation.
We are committed to ensuring cities benefit from responsible hosting and stand ready to
collaborate on best practices to address unwanted activity.
Sincerely,
John Choi
Policy Manager, Airbnb
Cc: Eduardo Schonborn, Principal Planner
Mark Hensley, City Attorney
Scott Mitnick, City Manager
Shilling, Mona
From:
Weaver, Tracy (City Clerk)
Sent:
Tuesday, November 19, 2019 1:28 PM
To:
*ALL CITY CLERKS
Subject:
FW: Council letter re STRs
From: Kristin Van Heuven [mailto:vanheuven@earthlink.net]
Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2019 1:05 PM
To: Weaver, Tracy (City Clerk)
Subject: Council letter re STRs
I emailed this letter to each member of city council individually on November 16, 2019, using their official city email
address.
To follow is a copy for you.
Thank you -
Kristin Van Heuven
November 16, 2019
RE: Short-term rentals
Dear Council Members:
I am writing you regarding short-term rentals, specifically the discussion involving limiting the number of rooms
to one bedroom in an owner -occupied home.
I originally wrote to you on January 4, 2018, to the two newly -elected council members shortly after the
election, and again to the Planning Commission on November 18, 2018. Those letters should be on file as a
matter of public record, though I would be happy to send again if you wish.
My husband and I have been owner -occupied Superhosts with Airbnb since we started hosting in January
2016. We added a second bedroom in November of 2017. We are empty nesters living in a 3000 square foot
home. We have hosted hundreds of guests from all over the world with not a single incident or issue. In
addition to the added income, it has been an incredible experience.
I know the driving force behind wanting regulations is the party houses. This is well documented with
countless complaints, and I wholeheartedly agree that something needs to be done. It seems to me that the
most prudent thing to do in that regard is to make a clear distinction between whether these homes are owner
occupied or not, and I understand and appreciate that you have recognized that.
What I do not understand is the need to now over -regulate the owner -occupied homes by only allowing a
single bedroom to be rented. I cannot imagine that there has been a single complaint by anyone regarding
whether an owner -occupied host is renting out one bedroom versus two bedrooms. What is the reasoning
behind this overreach?
If the reasoning is because of parking, again I cannot recall a single complaint brought to the council regarding
parking issues. Furthermore, I understand in the Draft Ordinance, 15-4B-2 under Permitted Uses, item C1, to
read: "a compliant parcel is one that provides off street parking on the parcel at a ratio of not less than one
parking space per bedroom" We have three off-street parking spaces. (Additionally, with respect to our
specific location, we live on a cul-de-sac and have never had any parking issues on our block in the 28 years
we have lived here, even with multiple -car neighbors and few who actually park in their garage. I understand
that this is not the case in other parts of the city.)
Rather than limit bedrooms to one. we respectfully suggest you limit the bedrooms to two, onlv insofar as you
let the rooms be dictated by the parking availability as stated above. This would be specific to each property,
rather than an inefficient, one -size -fits -all method. If the parking is addressed, I cannot think of a single reason
why you would only allow one bedroom in a home, can you? Keep in mind that by limiting us and others, the
TOT that will be paid to the city will be cut by 50%.
Additionally, the overwhelming majority of our guests (70-80%) do not even have a car, choosing to take Uber
or similar. Further, the reality is that if our girls moved home with their cars, we would be a 4 -car family with
two parked legally on the street every day. Conversely, if we rented rooms out longer than 30 days, again we
would have four cars, two parked legally on the street every day. What we are currently doing actually
decreases the amount of cars we have parked at any given time.
We are lifelong residents of EI Segundo, my husband owns and operates a business here in town for nearly 25
years, and we have been homeowners for 28 years. We love this town and send all our guests downtown to
eat and enjoy everything our city has to offer. There are no better concierges for EI Segundo than the many
successful Airbnb hosts. What we are doing protects and preserves the integrity of our neighborhood, as we
are consciously exposed to the same environment as those around us.
We have grown to depend on the income from sharing more than one bedroom in our home. Please lift this
restriction and allow no more than two rooms at a time.
Additionally, please do not sunset the oilot program on December 31, 2020. The ordinance already includes
provisions to prevent nuisance properties.
I might also suggest that you consider arandfatherinq any Airbnb listing that has never had a complaint. There
are a number of off-site hosts who are doing this very successfully with happy neighbors as well. Again, this is
extra TOT income for the city.
We would love nothing more than for EI Segundo to be that forward -thinking city that creates a well thought out
legal path for a structured rental program, taking into consideration the rights of all of EI Segundo's citizens.
Thank you for your time and consideration. Please do not hesitate to call if you have any questions or
comments.
Kristin and Chris Van Heuven
310 529-5801 - Chris
310 528-9267 - Kristin
Shilling, Mona
From: Gary Schmunk <gary.schmunk@gmail.com>
Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2019 12:56 PM
To: ALL ELECTED OFFICIALS
Cc: Mona Eisman
Subject: Fwd: Mona Eisman Public Comments STR Ordinance Nov 19, 2019
Attachments: Mona Eisman STR Nov 19 2019 Public Comments.docx
I am as sorry if this is a duplicate of an email you have already received but my wife was having email issues
and we wanted to make sure it was received.
Gary Schmunk
415 Concord St
El Segundo, CA 90245
310-261-2244
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From: Mona Eisman <eismarunona[@,=ail.com>
Date: Tue, Nov 19, 2019, 12:33 PM
Subject: Mona Eisman Public Comments STR Ordinance Nov 19, 2019
To: Drew Boyles <dbovlesQelseP-undo.orP->, <coirsztukQelseP-undo.ora>, <snicol @elseaundo.org>,
<e Di men to l e,e l se aund o. org>
Cc: <tweaver cr,elsePundo.or2>, Gary Schmunk <garv.schmunkamnail.com>
Mayor Boyles, Mayor Pro Tem Pirsztuk, Council Member Brann, Council Member Nicol and Council Member
Pimentel,
I am very sorry that I cannot be there, after four years of showing up and speaking on behalf of our community,
our neighbors, I am unable to miss work tonight. Please read and consider my public comments in your
deliberation on this very important issue to our City.
In Summary my Concerns and questions for the Council include:
How will the City limit the takeover of our Residential neighborhoods by Corporate and investor interests for
the sole purpose of operating deFacto Hotels? Is the City Council comfortable approving a plan that has the
potential to turn our small residential zone, the heart of city into a Hotel district?
The Ordinance currently allows the purchase of properties, our neighborhoods by corporate, investor entities —
how will limit the sale of our homes to large corporate investors focused on maximizing the STR, Hospitality
opportunity in our LAX adjacent, Beach community?
Six Month Residency Requirement: Does the city have a plan to proactively require proof of six residency
where the onus is on the Property Owner and the City, not the Neighbors to report?
Party House/Big Event: How will the City manage, enforce large groups, not advertised as parties, weddings,
other restricted events? What will the standard be for citations? Will a family gathering where someone gets
married — a family vacation or a party event? Will there be a citation, fee, consequence to the Host/Property
owner for misuse of their property, intended or not?
What are the obligations, expectations of a Host/Property Owner other than to answer their phone within two
hours when a problem occurs? Will the Police, City have the authority to proactively, quickly evict, shut down
the concerning activity if the owner is not present, not in town?
Does the host and Booking Company, like Airbnb have legal obligations to provide the City with all
information on the guests immediately to aide in their attempt to assist in investigation, solving of problems,
even the disruptive, more minor nuisance, upsetting charges short of criminal gun, alcohol, drug incidents?
Fiscal Impact: How much is the City of El Segundo and its taxpayers willing to invest to protect our residents,
while they promote the tremendous financial opportunity for some property owners, corporate/investor STR
operators and STR companies? Is it fair, right for the City and it's taxpayers, the neighbors to bear the cost,
promote activities for the financial benefit of people who are not living or contributing to our community?
Trash also becomes an issue when a family home is used as a hotel. Will the STR Operators be charged
additional trash fees, or will they be allowed to continue to use their Neighbors cans without any cost or
consequences?
I appreciate that El Segundo believes it is able and it is best to regulate STR, while protecting our
neighborhoods, this ordinance does not meet that standard. Cities across the country are actively banning STR
and Homesharing because the local experiences are do not consistently support that strategy, they have seen
how negative, harmful STR can be to their communities. There is a city business model being enacted and
enforced across the country and near us in LA and Santa Monica that is Responsible Home sharing that
provides additional income opportunity for our residents, while preserving our community and neighborhoods.
A hotel, is an establishment providing accommodations, meals, and other services for travelers and tourists,
worse than a hotel is a Short Term Rental (STR) that provides attracts tourists, visitors without any onsite
management, safety supervision.
I hope the Council does not make its decision with the belief that the solution is controlling one or two "Party
Houses" but more importantly thinks about the daily disruption, noise, traffic, stress caused by uncertainty of
what, who will be checking in when and doing what next door, near our schools, our kids, our seniors, all our
residents. Do we want to know our neighbors? Or do we want El Segundo to become a more commercial,
transient, less friendly, less safe neighborhood?
I have attached more details concerns, comments, more complete review of the Ordinance, understanding that
the words in the legal, municipal ordinance do matter in the real world understanding, intent, execution and
enforcement.
Thank you for taking the time to read my input, since our experience began , more than four years ago, I have
been actively doing research on STR and Homesharing, the legal status, the impact on neighborhoods, the
Corporate behaviors, responsibilities of Airbnb, VRBO and others in the space. I can provide my research,
news, data to the city and council for their review.
Please vote against this ordinance as it is written and stand for the historical, and hopefully current vision, hope
for El Segundo to be a family friendly, safe, close, connected neighborhood. Please do not authorize the
conversion of our small R1/R2 zone into a unsupervised, commercial Hotel District.
I also believe it is appropriate to ask any City Council Member who has ever participated, earned money in the
practice of Short Term Rental or Home Sharing to recuse themselves from this vote.
Thank you,
Mona Eisman
415 Concord Street El Segundo, CA 90245
Shilling, Mona
From: Gary Schmunk <gary.schmunk@gmail.com>
Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2019 12:56 PM
To: ALL ELECTED OFFICIALS
Cc: Mona Eisman
Subject: Fwd: Mona Eisman Public Comments STR Ordinance Nov 19, 2019
Attachments: Mona Eisman STR Nov 19 2019 Public Comments.docx
I am as sorry if this is a duplicate of an email you have already received but my wife was having email issues
and we wanted to make sure it was received.
Gary Schmunk
415 Concord St
El Segundo, CA 90245
310-261-2244
---------- Forwarded message --
From: Mona Eisman <eismanmona @,Rmail.com>
Date: Tue, Nov 19, 2019, 12:33 PM
Subject: Mona Eisman Public Comments STR Ordinance Nov 19, 2019
To: Drew Boyles <dbovles(&elseeundo.org>, <cnirsztuk @..elseeundo.orR>, <snico1Qelseaundo.ore>,
<cni m ente l (7a .e l se Rundo.or a>
Cc: <tweaver c�r.elseP-undo.orP->, Gary Schmunk <v-arv.schmunk0=ail.com>
Mayor Boyles, Mayor Pro Tem Pirsztuk, Council Member Brann, Council Member Nicol and Council Member
Pimentel,
I am very sorry that I cannot be there, after four years of showing up and speaking on behalf of our community,
our neighbors, I am unable to miss work tonight. Please read and consider my public comments in your
deliberation on this very important issue to our City.
In Summary my Concerns and questions for the Council include:
How will the City limit the takeover of our Residential neighborhoods by Corporate and investor interests for
the sole purpose of operating deFacto Hotels? Is the City Council comfortable approving a plan that has the
potential to turn our small residential zone, the heart of city into a Hotel district?
The Ordinance currently allows the purchase of properties, our neighborhoods by corporate, investor entities —
how will limit the sale of our homes to large corporate investors focused on maximizing the STR, Hospitality
opportunity in our LAX adjacent, Beach community?
Six Month Residency Requirement: Does the city have a plan to proactively require proof of six residency
where the onus is on the Property Owner and the City, not the Neighbors to report?
Party House/Big Event: How will the City manage, enforce large groups, not advertised as parties, weddings,
other restricted events? What will the standard be for citations? Will a family gathering where someone gets
married — a family vacation or a party event? Will there be a citation, fee, consequence to the Host/Property
owner for misuse of their property, intended or not?
What are the obligations, expectations of a Host/Property Owner other than to answer their phone within two
hours when a problem occurs? Will the Police, City have the authority to proactively, quickly evict, shut down
the concerning activity if the owner is not present, not in town?
Does the host and Booking Company, like Airbnb have legal obligations to provide the City with all
information on the guests immediately to aide in their attempt to assist in investigation, solving of problems,
even the disruptive, more minor nuisance, upsetting charges short of criminal gun, alcohol, drug incidents?
Fiscal Impact: How much is the City of El Segundo and its taxpayers willing to invest to protect our residents,
while they promote the tremendous financial opportunity for some property owners, corporate/investor STR
operators and STR companies? Is it fair, right for the City and it's taxpayers, the neighbors to bear the cost,
promote activities for the financial benefit of people who are not living or contributing to our community?
Trash also becomes an issue when a family home is used as a hotel. Will the STR Operators be charged
additional trash fees, or will they be allowed to continue to use their Neighbors cans without any cost or
consequences?
I appreciate that El Segundo believes it is able and it is best to regulate STR, while protecting our
neighborhoods, this ordinance does not meet that standard. Cities across the country are actively banning STR
and Homesharing because the local experiences are do not consistently support that strategy, they have seen
how negative, harmful STR can be to their communities. There is a city business model being enacted and
enforced across the country and near us in LA and Santa Monica that is Responsible Home sharing that
provides additional income opportunity for our residents, while preserving our community and neighborhoods.
A hotel, is an establishment providing accommodations, meals, and other services for travelers and tourists,
worse than a hotel is a Short Term Rental (STR) that provides attracts tourists, visitors without any onsite
management, safety supervision.
I hope the Council does not make its decision with the belief that the solution is controlling one or two "Party
Houses" but more importantly thinks about the daily disruption, noise, traffic, stress caused by uncertainty of
what, who will be checking in when and doing what next door, near our schools, our kids, our seniors, all our
residents. Do we want to know our neighbors? Or do we want El Segundo to become a more commercial,
transient, less friendly, less safe neighborhood?
I have attached more details concerns, comments, more complete review of the Ordinance, understanding that
the words in the legal, municipal ordinance do matter in the real world understanding, intent, execution and
enforcement.
Thank you for taking the time to read my input, since our experience began, more than four years ago, I have
been actively doing research on STR and Homesharing, the legal status, the impact on neighborhoods, the
Corporate behaviors, responsibilities of Airbnb, VRBO and others in the space. I can provide my research,
news, data to the city and council for their review.
Please vote against this ordinance as it is written and stand for the historical, and hopefully current vision, hope
for El Segundo to be a family friendly, safe, close, connected neighborhood. Please do not authorize the
conversion of our small R1/R2 zone into a unsupervised, commercial Hotel District.
I also believe it is appropriate to ask any City Council Member who has ever participated, earned money in the
practice of Short Term Rental or Home Sharing to recuse themselves from this vote.
Thank you,
Mona Eisman
415 Concord Street El Segundo, CA 90245
STR Meeting November 19, 2019 - Email
Dear City Council,
I am very sorry that I cannot be there, after four years of showing up and speaking on behalf of our
community, our neighbors, I am unable to miss work tonight. Please read and consider my public
comments in your deliberation on this very important issue to our City.
In Summary my Concerns and questions for the Council include:
How will the City limit the takeover of our Residential neighborhoods by Corporate and investor
interests for the sole purpose of operating deFacto Hotels? Is the City Council comfortable approving a
plan that has the potential to turn our small residential zone, the heart of city into a Hotel district?
The Ordinance currently allows the purchase of properties, our neighborhoods by corporate, investor
entities — how will limit the sale of our homes to large corporate investors focused on maximizing the
STR, Hospitality opportunity in our LAX adjacent, Beach community?
Six Month Residency Requirement: Does the city have a plan to proactively require proof of six
residency where the onus is on the Property Owner and the City, not the Neighbors to report?
Party House/Big Event: How will the City manage, enforce large groups, not advertised as parties,
weddings, other restricted events? What will the standard be for citations? Will a family gathering
where someone gets married — a family vacation or a party event? Will there be a citation, fee,
consequence to the Host/Property owner for misuse of their property, intended or not?
What are the obligations, expectations of a Host/Property Owner other than to answer their phone
within two hours when a problem occurs? Will the Police, City have the authority to proactively, quickly
evict, shut down the concerning activity if the owner is not present, not in town?
Does the host and Booking Company, like Airbnb have legal obligations to provide the City with all
information on the guests immediately to aide in their attempt to assist in investigation, solving of
problems, even the disruptive, more minor nuisance, upsetting charges short of criminal gun, alcohol,
drug incidents?
Fiscal Impact: How much is the City of EI Segundo and its taxpayers willing to invest to protect our
residents, while they promote the tremendous financial opportunity for some property owners,
corporate/investor STR operators and STR companies? Is it fair, right for the City and it's taxpayers, the
neighbors to bear the cost, promote activities for the financial benefit of people who are not living or
contributing to our community?
Trash also becomes an issue when a family home is used as a hotel. Will the STR Operators be charged
additional trash fees, or will they be allowed to continue to use their Neighbors cans without any cost or
consequences?
I appreciate that EI Segundo believes it is able and it is best to regulate STR, while protecting our
neighborhoods, this ordinance does not meet that standard. Cities across the country are actively
banning STR and Homesharing because the local experiences are consistently negative, harmful to their
communities. There is a city business model being enacted and enforced across the country and near us
in LA and Santa Monica that is Responsible Home sharing that provides additional income opportunity
for our residents, while preserving our community and neighborhoods.
A hotel, is an establishment providing accommodations, meals, and other services for travelers and
tourists, worse than a hotel is a Short Term Rental (STR) that provides attracts tourists, visitors without
any onsite management, safety supervision.
I hope the Council does not make its decision with the belief that the solution is controlling one or two
"Party Houses" but more importantly thinks about the daily disruption, noise, traffic, stress caused by
uncertainty of what, who will be checking in when and doing what next door, near our schools, our kids,
our seniors, all our residents. Do we want to know our neighbors? Or do we want EI Segundo to become
a more commercial, transient, less friendly, less safe neighborhood?
I have attached more details concerns, comments, more complete review of the Ordinance,
Thank you for taking the time to read my input, since our experience began , more than four years ago, I
have been actively doing research on STR and Homesharing, the legal status, the impact on
neighborhoods, the Corporate behaviors, responsibilities of Airbnb, VRBO and others in the space. I can
provide my research, news, data to the city and council for their review.
Please vote against this ordinance as it is written and stand for the longer term vision, hope for EI
Segundo to preserve as a family friendly, safe, close, connected neighborhood. Please do not authorize
the conversion of our small R1/R2 zone into a commercial Hotel District.
I also believe it is appropriate to ask any City Council Member who has ever participated, earned money
in the practice of Short Term Rental or Home Sharing to recuse themselves from this vote.
Thank you,
Mona Eisman
415 Concord Street EI Segundo, CA 90245
Mona Eisman Public Comments 11-19-19
City Council Meeting November 19, 2019 - Additional Notes, comments, review of the Ordinance
The Executive Summary states the intent was to create the best balance of monitoring, enforcement
and taxations and the ease of participation and low cost on the other. This proposal includes little to no
monitoring and enforcement, minimal taxation/revenue opportunity for the city and boldly promotes
open, low cost, ease of participation for property owners, residents and future investors. This policy does
nothing for the community, our neighborhoods and does very little to protect the city from potential
problems, challenges that will happen when STR grows.
This is the first I have heard about Paper surveys and I am closely following this issue, wondering how
the city implemented this city opinion poll? If the City council is looking for Residents feedback, better to
invest in a more reliable, publicized survey as many other cities have in the effort to get a greater
understanding of the issue for their cities.
The most disappointing statement from the city planning staff is that this proposal to allow STR without
any time limits and very minimal accountability, is driven by their fear of the need for enforcement and
the hope that it will generate tax revenues and income for a few. NOT the good of the community, our
neighborhoods, our schools, our businesses, the future and quality of life in our City.
Many, many more cities have voted in and enforced bans on STR, and yes it can be challenging, and
require resources to enforce the bans, but the cities are winning, taking their neighborhoods back.
Some Cities are trying to legalize, promote Responsible Home Sharing with limits, homeowners living in
the residence, present to manage guests, these cities are actively enforcing the new regulations,
working to reduce the disruption, traffic, noise and danger to their neighborhoods.
EI Segundo does not have a strong history of proactive, strict enforcement of their municipal codes, but
it is a sad day when they are creating laws that negatively impact our community only to avoid doing
their job in the best interest of the City and its residents.
Please be aware that Airbnb is coaching and providing additional financial incentives to their hosts,
especially in cities where the issue up for a vote. All the perfect, positive stories are presented in the
effort for the hosts to maintain their individual financial opportunity. I was approached to speak for and
become a host, I saw the playbook, the company has a large financial stake in each city that grapples
with this issue.
Airbnb spent over $4 million to influence Jersey City, adjacent, close to NYC and other cities that limit
STR. The City Council and its residents resisted the money and said no. Airbnb invested in Manhattan
Beach and they stood up for their community and enacted a ban on STR.
We are one of their prime targets, LAX and Southern California Beach location with neighboring cities
that have enacted full bans; LA and Santa Monica has implemented significant restrictions with public
opinion growing to further limit or ban the practice.
There is also no mention in this ordinance about the impact on availability of Long Term Housing both
rental and ownership, California is facing an urgent housing shortage, do we want to convert our limited
stock of homes and ADU's, apartments to create more hotels. Might it be in the cities and communities
long term interest to provide more housing for families, employees of businesses that might want to
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move to our city, invest in the schools, participate in our community. Reducing our housing inventory,
will also be a concern as we work to attract new businesses.
My concerns are not based on one problem "party" house, but daily disruption, 365, 24/7 Check -ins,
traffic, noise, trash created in our neighborhood.
I ask that the City Council also consider the overwhelming evidence of the negative, potentially
dangerous impact in cities all across our nation. There is a reason so many cities are defending their
communities and completely banning STIR and severely limiting Home Sharing, as the bad behavior in
more and more neighborhoods grows. For your information, the most recent Shootings at STR Home
Parties, just those near us in California include...
Millbrae, CA April 2019
West Covina June 2019
Hacienda Heights September 2019
Bernal Heights October 2019
Orinda, CA Nov 2019
Review of Ordinance:
Short Term Rental vs Home Sharing:
The plan developed, approved by the Planning Commission is Short Term Rental — it opens up our
Residential, R1 and R2 community to more commercial hotels in our neighborhoods, hotels with
unlimited guests, check-ins/checkouts all times of the day and night, 365 days a year, without any onsite
management. Short Term Rental will create the newest, best Hotel commercial zone, LAX and Beach
Community adjacent. A tremendous victory for Airbnb, VRBO and all the other STR companies. The
investment companies will soon descend upon their newest, most welcome city.
Responsible Homesharing can provide an opportunity for property owners to earn some extra money
renting an extra room or ADU, limited days, while still living in our community, stmervisinw their -uests.
They live here, they know their neighbors and hopefully will prove more responsible, caring about our
city.
More than two years ago, when Scot was on the Planning Commission, we discussed limiting Days
allowed for STR or Homesharing, providing the financial incentive for long term rentals, welcoming
people that want to become our neighbors and contribute to our community.
Party House, Big Event Restrictions: The plan includes a restriction on usage for wedding, parties,
bachelor/bachelorette parties or similar events. The recent Party, resulting in shooting and death of five
people was a STR House in Bernal Heights, a quiet Northern California community, the guests booked
the house for a family reunion, seeking refuge from the fires. This restriction is not enforceable, people
will misrepresent their intentions for the booking.
Airbnb in response to the most recent shootings at their Host House has banned the advertising of Party
houses, this is solely in an effort to shield their company from Liability. They have a growing problem,
more and more cities are completely banning STR and Homesharing as the number and frequency of
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disruptive, dangerous and deadly incidents grows. The group that booked the Bernal Heights house for
a seemingly peaceful, happy, quiet family event, not their intended purpose of throwing a public party,
advertising on Social Media.
Sunday, August 11, 2019 —the house on Virginia had very large, very noisy party, publicized in Social
Media, the guest who booked the house was not present. Neighbors called the police, it took six cars to
shut down the Party, partygoers ran away, fled the party. This party was the same as the one in Bernal
Heights, West Covina, Hacienda Heights short of one person having a gun ... We got lucky this time. The
owner of the property says she did not approve this event, but yet it happened, putting the entire
neighborhood at risk.
Enforcement:
The police did not cite or fine the owner of the Virginia property for the August 11th party, they
"believed her story", and did not issue a citing or fine. The Prooertv owner/Host activelv promoting
their property for rental income must be held responsible regardless of their storv!!!
Many times the police have arrived at a disruptive STIR Party, giving them a warning, asking them to
quiet down, believing the guests will comply. Then after the police leave the neighbors are asked or
threatened by the guests not to call the police. The EI Segundo Police do not believe, have not shown to
be an advocate first for the neighbors being harassed, disrupted, put in danger and not the loud,
disruptive guests passing through our town.
Enforcement only works if the Police issues citations and fines!
24 -Hour Contact Number: A phone contact does not replace having the responsible person on site. In
Two hours to contact the owner and 24 hours for them to do something, the problem guests will still be
at the property, the police we have been told does not have authority to ask them to leave immediately.
At a hotel, the management of the hotel can ask any guests to leave directly after breaking rules,
causing damage or demonstrating potential danger. Why should it take so long for the new hotels you
are allowing in our neighborhoods?
Corporate Ownership: This STIR Regulation welcomes investors, corporate ownership of Properties, it
seems that it has been written by Airbnb, Marriott and the many other real estate and hospitality
companies that are looking for Cities, especially LAX and Beach Community adjacent. Santa Monica has
successfully defended in court their ban against investors who buy property with the intention of STR.
Our Neighbors in the South Bay has all said NO to STIR, we are now their best location.
Does this City Council want to send the message that EI Segundo welcomes Investors and Corporations
to buy out our neighborhoods, making it the next great STR/Hotel location. Or is the City Council priority
attracting new families and preserving our unique residential community.
Six Month Residency/Principal Resident Requirement: This condition for obtaining an STIR permit
MUST be enforced by the City. The Property Owner or Host MUST be responsible for providing
extensive proof of residency. The Neighbors cannot be asked to record, their neighbors days on the
property. This certainly doesn't create a community of trust with a common purpose. If the Property
Owner wants the right to earn income renting their property, the proof of their compliance with the
regulation needs to be on them. There are many examples of States that have extensive documentation
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required for people claiming to live in Florida to save taxes while they still reside in New York. I can
forward those best practices.
The City Planning Professional Staff will then be responsible to confirm the residency requirement for
every person operating a STR, requesting a permit in our city. ENFORCEMENT of this requirement is
critical to limit the abuse of out of town owners and investors to come into EI Segundo and take
advantage of this financial opportunity. Corporate Owners/Investors who name a Host/Resident must
be sure that person lives in our community. AND it is the responsibility of the city to ensure that ghost
hosts and out of town owners don't evade this important provision.
Trash: Short Term Rental/ Hotels operating should require additional Trash fees, we are very tired of
weekly parties and the constant flow of guests creating much more trash than a family and using our
cans.
FISCAL IMPACT: It seems clear that the City sees this as a source of revenue for the city. A review of the
costs for the city for dealing with the very few Short Term Rental properties should show that enforcing
an increased number of properties will result in much greater costs than TOT taxes will recover.
The financial winners are: Property Owners/Hosts; Airbnb/VRBO, Investors and others, savings for the
visitors to our city who may find a room for less than a hotel. A few restaurants will get a few extra
customers.
The neighbors, all residents will pay the cost of additional professional staff and police. The Hotels and
other businesses we are welcoming to our city will pay in increased competition for bed fees and
businesses will NOT have any available housing for their employees, maybe causing them to invest in
Manhattan Beach that wants full time residents not STR visitors.
This is a money winner for those that STR, investors, Airbnb and a tremendous cost to the rest of us, is
this fair? Right for our city!
Review of Section 1: City Council Finds...
B/C/D. STR Rental provides NO Community benefit, it is a cost, disruption and threat to our public
safety. EI Segundo has many hotels and lodging facilities. The only benefit is financial gain for the
Property Owner/Hosts that are using their R1 or R2 as a commercial hotel, while living or traveling
somewhere else, no longer caring or connected to our community.
STR has generated disruption, parking problems, noise, trash issues and risk of death across our country!
It is naive, unrealistic after the problems we have already witnessed at multiple properties that EI
Segundo will be different, all perfectly behaved guests, and that a shooting, crime will not happen here_
Section 4: This Proposal increases the opportunity for MORE STR by making EI Segundo the only full
legal, STR, without real limitations, creating more disruption and problems. It seems that this is being
created in fear of enforcing a more stringent ban and the cities inability to police, control our current
codes.
Mona Eisman
415 Concord Street EI Segundo, CA 90245
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Shillinq, Mona
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Rscott <rscottbeckett@ca.rr.com>
Tuesday, November 19, 2019 11:52 AM
ALL ELECTED OFFICIALS
Raymond Beckett
Short Term Rental feedback - I support the ban of all Short Term Rentals in residential
zones (City council agenda item C Public Hearing)
Dear El Segundo City Council:
This is respectfully submitted in support of maintaining El Segundo as family
friendly Community.
Some feedback on the upcoming review of Short Term Rentals, anything other than a ban is
unenforceable.
"City of EL Segundo for Rent- Sorry no parking available"
If allowed and sponsored by the City STRs will slowly destroy the quality of life in El Segundo
Given the current unconstrained growth path of LAX:
Fast forward 5 years
El Segundo becomes a de -facto hotel zone for LAX
Families will not stay in El Segundo, Schools will close, blighted areas of the city will get worse
Fast forward 10 years.
LAX will annex imperial Ave for Airport Parking and acquire blighted parcels
The rest will become eminent domain just as properties in the Original Playa Del Rey ( you can
still the subdivision streets
when driving on Pershing) Westchester and the New Remote Passenger and Rental car facility.
Yet the city of Los Angeles complains about affordable housing they just flattened.
Enabling STR's by issuing rules guidelines fees / permits etc. is unenforceable
City resources would be exhausted on enforcements — sample of one problem rental on Virginia
St multiply that X 100's
Enforcement would be neighbor against neighbor- destroys streets/ blocks and ultimately the
community
Santa Monica bans the rental of complete homes only allows rooms to be rented- again
unenforceable.
If the city needs revenue then tax and permit all the long term rentals in the city my estimate is
30% of El Segundo homes are rentals
That's the % on my block. El Segundo does not know which homes are rentals or owner
occupied today.
STR's would be the same — unenforceable unknowable.
We have our own nightmare owner on the block who holds clubs overnights for members and it
completely changes the neighborhood on weekends.
Real Estate developers are already scrambling to build to the new Grandma unit code — in some
cases tuning R1 into R2's
with innovative building design not the intent of the council. This further destroys community as
the actual the property owners live elsewhere.
I challenge the El Segundo city council to employ a strategy to increase the number of buyers
who own and live in El Segundo.
The current trend is in the opposite direction.
Please don't help to create the construct where neighbor is pitted against neighbor over short
term rentals.
I also submit that any council member who has their main income derived from real estate, or
owns a multi -structure property within the city of El Segundo abstain
from voting as this is a clear conflict of interest.
Best Regards- Ray Beckett 7 year resident
Shilling, Mona
From:
Boyles,Drew (Mayor)
Sent:
Monday, November 18, 2019 8:04 PM
To:
joanndkelley@gmail.com
Cc:
*ALL CITY CLERKS
Subject:
Re: Short Term Rentals
Thank you Mrs Kelley.
Drew Boyles I Mayor
City of El Segundo
310.524.2302
www.elsev-undobusiness.com
www.elseaundo.ora
On Nov 18, 2019, at 13:31, JoAnn Kelley <joanndkelley@gmail.com> wrote:
As long time hosts for Airbnb, we would like to restate our opinions for allowing
short term rentals to continue in EI Segundo. We have never had an experience
with problem guests in all the time we have been hosting. Our neighbors have been
open and friendly and welcoming to our guests as they realize these are temporary
residents coming from many different parts of the country and even the
world. We urge the Council not to put June, 2021 as the end of a pilot program
they are putting together. The ordinance already includes rules that address party
houses and abusive effects in the neighborhood. There should be no upcoming date
banning short term rentals.
While we do live in the house where our Airbnb space is located, and we would not
be affected by your rule of limiting a short term rental to a primary residence, it
seems unnecessarily strict to keep other hosts from using their properties for this
purpose, especially if it would be a duplex. For many years, our beach communities
have been renting out homes close to the beach for the very reason that there is a
market for any of us to want to experience a temporary stay in an environment
different from where our primary home is located. That has been a way of life
here along the beach and is no different now that Airbnb and other short term
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rentals have become popular. By allowing these options, there is financial support
to EI Segundo residents who need the extra income to maintain their properties
and pay their bills.
In addition, for the few individuals who would have enough room in their home to
rent out more than one bedroom, it seems unreasonable to limit that option to only
one listing in a residence. In a home where the owners have grown older and
children have moved out, this is such a safe and gentle way to help older residents
keep their homes and pay for increasing cost of living expenses. More importantly
are those who lose their life long partner and are trying to manage as a single
person. This includes the extra benefit of the valuable interaction with guests as
they come and go, which keeps older people from becoming isolated and depressed
because they are no longer a part of the main stream of life. Please lift this
restriction and allow as many as three rentals in a residence.
We, ourselves, are so proud of EI Segundo and our home and the small town
atmosphere of our city, that the positive feedback we get from the many guests
we host is very rewarding and encouraging at a time when so much negativity and
political unrest surrounds us.
At this moment, in fact, we have a very nice couple from Kentucky staying in our
Airbnb for a week so that they can visit their 93 year old mother who lives in EI
Segundo. This is the second time they have stayed with us and they love the
convenience of being so close to where she lives. We have become good friends.
Finally, we are planning to be at the City Council meeting tomorrow night and hope
to find out that the input and requests of responsible Airbnb hosts will be heard
and considered as a valuable asset to our community. Also we would appreciate
hearing the Council's justification for each of the restrictive rules that are being
applied so that at least we understand the thinking behind it.
JoAnn and Duane Kelley
834 Hillcrest Street, EI Segundo
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Shilling, Mona
From: Corrie Chitlik <corriezupo@gmail.com>
Sent: Monday, November 18, 2019 11:53 AM
To: ALL ELECTED OFFICIALS
Subject: Short-term rentals
Greetings Honorable Mayor, Mayor Pro Tem and City Council Members,
I support allowing short-term rentals if the owner is charged transient occupant tax, provides parking (must be
verified), occupancy caps based on number of bedrooms (2 person for 1 bedroom) and if the owner lives on site
(must be verified). If all of these criteria are met, I don't see how this would negatively impact the city taxes,
parking and the guest would assumingely be respectful since the owners onsite.
Best regards,
Corrie Zupo
Shillinq, Mona
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Importance:
Walter Gonzales (ELCA) <wagonzales@expediagroup.com>
Monday, November 11, 2019 1:50 PM
Boyles,Drew (Mayor); Brann, Don (Council Member); Pimentel, Chris (Council member);
Pirsztuk, Carol (Mayor pro tem); Nicol, Scot (Council Member)
ALL ELECTED OFFICIALS; Schonborn, Eduardo; Walter Gonzales (ELCA)
Short -Term Rental Proposal, City of EI Segundo
EI Segundo CC STR Letter 111919 FINAL.docx
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Dear Mayor Boyles and Councilmembers,
Thank you for the opportunity to comment on the City of EI Segundo's efforts to regulate short-term rentals (STRs).
Expedia Group is a family of brands that includes vacation rental leaders Vrbo and HomeAway. Our experience working
with communities in California and around the world gives us a unique understanding of the kinds of regulations that
work for municipalities like EI Segundo.
EI Segundo's proposed language is very similar to provisions enacted in Santa Monica, California regarding STR
platforms—specifically, that platforms verify STR operators' license numbers before allowing bookings, potentially share
identifiable user and booking data with city regulators and be responsible for collecting and remitting Transient
Occupancy Tax (TOT) to the City of EI Segundo. In our experience, the regulatory goals of these provisions are more easily
accomplished through simpler provisions such as those enacted in Seattle, Washington.
License Enforcement and Data
We understand the City's interest in a high rate of compliance with license requirements for STR operators. As drafted, EI
Segundo's regulations would require platforms to review listings for license numbers and check those numbers against a
city -maintained registry before every booking. This approach presents challenges in the short-term rental ecosystem. STR
operators join and leave platforms constantly; meanwhile, the city is charged with maintaining a real-time, publicly -
available list of valid license numbers that platforms are able to access—a task inconsistent with the fact that license
applications, revocations, or appeals may take days or weeks to resolve. Moreover, that scheme puts the burden of
enforcement and confirming the validity of the City's own license numbers on private companies.
Finally, this approach assumes a relatively small and static marketplace of platforms. In reality, homeowners choose
between dozens of platforms when offering their home to guests, platforms which in many cases may not have the
capacity (or visibility) to reliably accommodate the proposed system. The result is a regulatory scheme that attempts to
require a constantly changing number of platforms to align their constantly changing sets of listings with a constantly
changing city -maintained registry. This approach is a poor fit for the STR marketplace in EI Segundo.
By comparison, Seattle has adopted a simpler and more portable relationship with platforms. In Seattle, platforms must:
• Include a "mandatory field" into which STR operators must input a license number, consistent with the city's
alphanumeric format, before their listing can be displayed.
• Provide monthly reports to city staff which match each listing's URL (which includes the property ID) to its
corresponding license number.
■ Remove any listings flagged as non-compliant by city staff.
We believe this approach accommodates the constraints of a diverse and dynamic set of operators, platforms, and
regulatory needs and respectfully encourage EI Segundo to pursue similar language.
EI Segundo is pursuing language similar to Santa Monica's with regard to the sharing of user data. However, federal
privacy laws, which are "applicable laws," prohibit platforms from sharing users' personal data. We believe the data
reports listed above are sufficient to drive compliance with city license requirements within the obligations of federal law.
They allow the City easy visibility into the license numbers of properties on the platform, which, in turn, allows the City to
check the validity of the license numbers and alert the platforms to any that are invalid.
Moreover, the Ninth Circuit's decision in the Santa Monica litigation said nothing about the data disclosure provision of
that law because it wasn't at issue. Santa Monica, recognizing the constraints of federal law, has never attempted to
invoke or enforce that provision. And just this year, two other federal courts halted enforcement of New York's and
Boston's law that required similar monthly disclosures regarding platforms' users, their properties, and their rental
activity. Both courts held that such disclosures to a governmental entity—without any kind of legal process, like a
subpoena—violated the Fourth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.
TOT Requirements
As drafted EI Segundo's proposed ordinance would require platforms to collect and remit TOT generated by short-term
rental activity in the city. This provision requires voter approval consistent with Proposition 218, which prohibits a local
government from "impos[ing], extend[ing] or increas[ing] any general tax unless and until that tax is submitted to the
electorate and approved by a majority vote."
The proposed language would newly "impose" tax liabilities and obligations on platforms by subjecting platforms to tax
collection, recordkeeping, enforcement and remittance liabilities for tax owed as a result of short-term residential
occupancies the platform facilitates. While EI Segundo's TOT is imposed on "transients" for the privilege of occupancy, tax
liability is also imposed on an "operator" if tax is not remitted, whether or not it is collected by the operator from the
guest. The proposed language would effectively treat platforms like "operators" for purposes of tax collection,
recordkeeping and remittance liabilities. For no other purpose would platforms be considered operators—thus, the
proposed amendments "impose" tax liabilities and obligations that do not exist under current law. This can only be done if
voter approval is first secured.
Again, we are deeply grateful for the City's efforts to engage with Expedia Group as part of this process. We look forward
to working with you to identify sustainable, workable, and legal ways to assist EI Segundo's efforts to increase compliance
with local regulations. Please feel free to contact me at waeonzales0exgediaprouv.com or 512-505-1615 with any
questions.
Sincerely,
Walter R. Gonzales
Government Affairs Manager, Southwest Region
11920 Alterra Parkway
Austin, Texas 78758
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From:
Heidi Roth <hhroth@icloud.com>
Sent:
Saturday, November 02, 2019 6:36 PM
To:
ALL ELECTED OFFICIALS
Subject:
NO on Short term rental/AirBnB
Hello,
Please vote against short term rentals such as AirBnB to be legal in EI Segundo. I live in the Condominiums on Main
Street and one lady rents out her apartment occasionally through AirBnB. I always feel unsafe and uncomfortable with
strangers coming in and out of my gated condo building and having to deal with them not respecting our apartment
rules.
It also de -values our purchased home if others around us are allowed to rent out units.
AirBnB has been a worldwide phenomenon, causing housing shortages for first time home buyers and making it
impossible for younger generations to achieve their dream of home- ownership - all in the name of making a buck.
Please don't let this happen in our wonderful and family oriented community of EI Segundo.
Thank you,
Heidi H Roth.
Sent from my iPhone
Shilling, Mona
From: Weaver, Tracy (City Clerk)
Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2019 2:12 PM
To: *ALL CITY CLERKS
Subject: FW: Airbnb in EI Segundo
Letter regarding short term rentals.
Tracy
From: Boyles,Drew (Mayor)
Sent: Monday, August 12, 2019 3:03 PM
To: Carrie Becks
Cc: Pirsztuk, Carol (Mayor pro tem); Brann, Don (Council Member); Nicol, Scot (Council Member); Pimentel, Chris
(Council member); Weaver, Tracy (City Clerk)
Subject: Re: Airbnb in El Segundo
Ms Becks, thank you for your note.
Drew Boyles I Mayor
City of El Segundo
310.524.2302
www.elsep-undob-usiiiess.com
www.elsep-undo.orp-
On Aug 12, 2019, at 15:00, Carrie Becks <carriebecks r�7r,gmail.com> wrote:
Dear El Segundo City Council Members,
This message was resent to me after being sent to the planning and zoning commissions
members last month. Please see the value of airbnb's for our guests, city residents, commerce,
stores, restaurants and residents. I have had over 8000 guests over the past 10 years and none of
you have ever heard of me. It's because I offer affordable, safe, clean places with rules posted
and I've never had a problem or complaint.
There were over 1344 inquires last month looking for airbnb's in El Segundo. We have less
than 100 airbnb rentals now. The supply cannot support the demand. Airbnb's model is
accountability and trust. They have strict vetting and more than any hotels. I don't have
problems because I check references and interview each guest as well as multiple ID's. Almost
all the other short term rentals do the same and that is why 99% of us are offering a great service
to visitors and to the residents here that have family visiting or relocating. Restricting how many
airbnb's on one property is NOT the answer. I have offered my experience and help to the city
and will offer again to you to help you understand their model and put sound, good constraints
that work for the city and for the guests. I have the highest status on Airbnb and also teach other
hosts how to offer safe, quiet and comfortable places to stay. I would offer at no charge to put a
program together for all the hosts that could be required by the city to attend. Airbnb is not the
enemy. This is how people choose to travel now. It is our future. Lets not be backwards and
afraid but embrace these great changes.
One bad Virgina property is the problem. Also, I understand that she has now moved into
the house, so owner occupied is not the answer. I have a duplex so that would again limit how
many students, grandparents, local contacted workers and family members of residents. The
answer is taking care of the ONE PARTY house and shutting them down. That is not the model
we (airbnb) hosts support. I will send another letter with suggestions that other city's have
adopted. Good neighbor pamphlet, grandfathering in the existing airbnb super hosts, one hot line
number for neighbors, business licenses. This could be an opportunity to grow revenue for our
city and open our city to others. Not strangers, but family members of our residents and people
that work here for short assignment.
I'm here to help, but the recommended restrictions will not address the problem of the Virgina
house.
Warmly
Carrie
From: Eileen Lader <eileen a�.mlader.com>
Date: July 11, 2019 at 10:46:52 PM EDT
To: Eileen Lader <eileen(a7mlader.com>
Subject: Fwd: Airbnb in El Segundo
Sent from my iPad
Begin forwarded message:
From: Eileen Lader <eileen(a).mlader.com>
Date: July 11, 2019 at 10:27:08 PM EDT
Subject: Airbnb in El Segundo
Dear El Segundo City Council Member:
I was saddened and disheartened to recently learn
that Airbnb may be in jeopardy in El Segundo. I am
writing to you as an individual who has utilized
Airbnb for the past five years through Carrie Becks'
property and hopefully will be able to return this
winter as well.
My husband and I were fortunate to find Ms. Beck's
property five years ago. After my retirement as a
hospital social worker, we were looking for a place
to escape New England winters and be close to our
adult children and their spouses who live in Venice
and Marina del Rey. What we found was a home
away from home.
In the past five years, we have become part of the El
Segundo community. We have made friends locally
and frequent many of El Segundo businesses. We
enjoy many El Segundo local restaurants especially
Chef Hana's, El Tarasco, Wendy's, El Segundo
Beach Cafe and Blue Butterfly in addition to those
at the shopping area on Sepulvada. We bring our
friends and children to these establishments and
they have, in turn, brought others. We have used
the Vet on Grand Street (and our son has as well). I
enjoy doing my laundry at two of the local
laundromats (yes enjoy, because of the people I
meet there), recycle my books at the library,
Goodwill and the Senior Center, and utilize the
cleaners and key shop on Main Street. I am a
regular at the 99 Cent Store. When in LA, I will
only get my nails done by Nancy at Queens Nails
and bring my jewelry for repair at Jewelry Source
on Main Street. My husband and I look forward to
shopping each Thursday at the Farmers
Market. We enjoy our time in El Segundo and treat
the community as our own.
This past year, I was diagnosed with a serious
cancer. During my treatment at Yale New Haven
Hospital in CT, my doctors all knew that my goal
was to complete treatment so that I could get to El
Segundo. They were kind enough to connect me to
a doctor at USC so that I could continue my
treatment.
My husband and I look forward to continuing to
spend time in the winter at Carrie Becks'
Airbnb. Please know that we treat your wonderful
town as our own with caring and respect.
Sincerely,
Eileen (and Martin) Lader
Sent from my iPad
Carrie Becks
310-678-7601
ca rrie becks(d) a m a i l. com
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Weaver, Tracy (City Clerk)
From:
Chad Roth <chadcroth@icloud.com>
Sent:
Saturday, November 02, 2019 5:30 PM
To:
ALL ELECTED OFFICIALS
Subject:
No short tern rentals/Airbnb in EI Segundo
Hello,
I would just like to express my opinion AGAINST short term rentals and Airbnb (and the like) operating in EI Segundo.
Airbnb and others like it make our safe and quiet neighborhoods UNSAFE and invite COMPLETE STRANGERS into our
neighborhoods who have no respect or regard for the well being of our community.
Please help keep EI Segundo a safe and quiet family community - NOT a one day rental town for strangers and those
who have no regard for their neighbors, Or even worse, those who would bring crime and drugs into our midst.
ESPECIALLY for those of us on the bottom ladder of ownership here in condos - we didnt buy our condo/home in EI
Segundo for a revolving door of strangers and party -people to share our building with.
Thank you for listening,
Chad Roth
Shilling, Mona
From: Schonborn, Eduardo
Sent: Monday, September 24, 2018 3:50 PM
To: 'Kristine Beck'
Cc: Lee, Sam; *ALL CITY COUNCIL
Subject: RE: Short term rental hearing
Hello Ms. Beck,
Thank you for reaching out and expressing your issues. I will include your email as an attachment to the Planning
Commission staff report when they consider a short-term rental ordinance on October 11, 2018. As you may know, the
public is welcome to attend and speak on the matter; but, I will include your email as an attachment to the staff report.
-eduardo
-----Original Message -----
From: Kristine Beck [mailto:kristovia@sbcglobal.net]
Sent: Sunday, September 23, 2018 6:36 PM
To: Schonborn, Eduardo
Cc: Lee, Sam; *ALL CITY COUNCIL
Subject: Short term rental hearing
Dear Sirs,
I am sending this email to you hoping for some relief regarding the matter of short term rentals here in EI Segundo.
My husband and I have attended the city council meetings this past year regarding the short term rental on the 400
block of Virginia. We also spoke to Scot Nichol regarding our concerns and stood behind our neighbors who have been
harassed by loud parties and now an illegal business run out of the rental property's garage.
We have lived here 25 years and this past year has become a nightmare in what is suppose to be a safe, sleepy secluded
town.
From what I understand the other beach cities to our south have banned Air B&B's. Yet, EI Segundo has turned a deaf
ear to the residents complaints. Could it be because our new mayor has short term rentals himself? And if so, he should
recuse himself from any vote that might come up.
I am afraid that this might spread throughout our community if this matter isn't resolved as soon as possible. We are
hoping that there can be a resolution to this dilemma and we our counting on your support.
We would appreciate that this email become part of the record.
Sincerely,
Dennis and Kristine Beck
Sent from my iPad
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Shillinq, Mona
From: Schonborn, Eduardo
Sent: Monday, September 24, 2018 11:20 AM
To: 'veronica bryce'
Cc: Lee, Sam; *ALL CITY COUNCIL
Subject: RE: City of EI Segundo -- Short -Term Rental Hearing 9/27/2018
Hello Ms. Bryce,
Thank you for reaching out and expressing your issues. I will include your email with the staff report to the Planning
Commission. We originally tried to get a draft short-term rental ordinance before the planning commission this week;
however, it will not be ready. Thus, the public hearing will be on October 11th. As you know, the public is welcome to
attend and speak on the matter; but, I will include your email as an attachment to the staff report.
-eduardo
-----Original Message -----
From: veronica bryce [mailto:veeseebee @mac.com]
Sent: Monday, September 24, 2018 10:02 AM
To: Schonborn, Eduardo
Cc: Lee, Sam; *ALL CITY COUNCIL
Subject: City of EI Segundo -- Short -Term Rental Hearing 9/27/2018
Dear Mr. Schonborn,
My name is Veronica Bryce, and I am a property owner in EI Segundo, residing at 419 Virginia Street.
In the last several years, I have noticed the increasing and unpredictable traffic in the house directly across the street
from us, 416 Virginia Street.
It has become a full-time AirBnB rental property, and is a quite popular option among large groups, ranging from
families to bachelor/bachelorette parties.
have had a couple of instances where people have mistaken my home for the property. One group of women pulled
into my driveway and proceeded to unload their trunk, thinking my upstairs office above my garage was the Airbnb
property. Another incident was a young man (of college age), came onto our property at lam in the morning in August
2017. He walked down my driveway and made himself comfortable in my backyard after he knocked on our back door
for the key to our upstairs office, thinking it was the rental. There have been numerous times when parking on both
sides of the street have been tight because of the large groups, and in some cases, they've partially blocked my
driveway. I can also hear the noise from certain groups, and at times, they are crass and obnoxious. If I am able to hear it
from across the street, my neighbors adjacent to them are gifted at a much more boisterous level.
I understand regulation of said properties take time to implement. However, it seems the city is not taking such
concerns seriously as my neighbors on Concord who live across/share the alley with 416 Virginia, and my immediate
neighbors on Virginia have endured this frequent inconvenience with no significant progress in sight. The
neighborhood/residential quality feels like it is becoming diminished. My neighbors adjacent to me (including myself), all
have kids ranging from 4 to 13. It is disappointing to see this unfold in front of us when we thought our purchasing
homes in EI Segundo would yield a comfortable and safe place for our kids to thrive.
Please include my email as a part of your hearing and meeting.
Thank you for your time.
Veronica Bryce
419 Virginia Street
Shillinq, Mona
From: Kristin Van Heuven <vanheuven@earthlink.net>
Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2018 12:36 PM
To: ALL ELECTED OFFICIALS
Subject: Short-term rentals
Attachments: City Council Letter.doc
Hello council -
I sent this letter back in January, but wanted to send it again to Scot and Chris. However, it seems that the city has not
yet provided us with their individual email addresses. In fact, on a Google search of EI Segundo City Council, I found a
VERY outdated listing, that even included Ted Lieu's office still on Center Street (see screenshot below). Let me go on
record as saying that navigating the City of EI Segundo website has historically been frustrating at best.
To Scot and Chris - Congratuations on a successful campaign and for the willingness to serve our city. The city is in good
hands moving forward with you two on the dais.
We had the chance to speak to Scot about our Airbnb rental prior to the election, but missed an opportunity to speak to
Chris. I wanted to send you the letter that I sent to Council last January. I realize that you have access to past
correspondence from citizens, but I figured it was easier for me to send my letter to you both directly. In an atmosphere
of hearing mainly complaints, I wanted to share a successful experience with Airbnb.
Thank you for your time, and for your willingness to serve our city.
Kristin Van Heuven
P.S. Scot - where am I supposed to get our chips and salsa now?I? Seriously, it was the BEST. :(
Thank you for all the years of serving and giving back to the community. Beach Mex is already missed in the Van Heuven
household.
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January 4, 2018
RE: Short-term rentals
Dear City Council Members:
My husband and I have been renting out a room in our home on Airbnb since January of
2016. This is an owner -occupied rental in our home that we bought in 1991. We started
this when both of our girls were in private college at the same time. As you can imagine,
the extra income has helped tremendously in paying for ever-increasing college tuition.
Now that we are empty nesters in this large home, we have recently added a second
bedroom.
We became Superhosts two months after starting, and have held that status ever since.
Many guests will only filter their searches by Superhost status, so as you can see, that
distinction is very important as it lends credibility. We take great pride in our Superhost
status and in our hospitality. We have enjoyed this much more than we could have
anticipated.
There has never been an issue with any of our neighbors. In fact, for at least the first
year, they did not even know we were hosting until we mentioned it to them. Parking has
never been a problem, as we are a 2 -car family (some on our block are 4+ cars) and a fair
amount of our guests do not have a car.
I appreciate the conversation that I have heard regarding not banning Airbnb, but rather
regulating it. However, I am historically not a fan of new taxes or over -regulation in
general. Further, I appreciate that the city realizes that banning such operations would
rely on the cost of enforcing them, and I suspect the cost to proactively enforce a ban is
quite high.
Having said that, we are both uncomfortable being taxed (and certainly not at the same
rate as the hotel industry), as this is no different than renting out a room in our home.
The city may be justifying this tax by defining it as transient occupancy, but the reality is
that this is a NEW tax on private citizens and private property, as TOT has always been
exclusively a tax on the hotel industry. (And of course we are already paying income tax
on this revenue.) I would hope Council thinks long and hard about imposing a new tax
on its private citizens, because at the end of the day that's exactly what you are
considering. Hotels exist for the sole purpose of profiting from providing
accommodations for the public; that is not the sole purpose of private home ownership.
To put them in the same category is disingenuous and frankly, opportunistic.
If the situation on the 400 block of Virginia is what has brought to light the short-term
rental market in El Segundo, it seems to me that much of that can be remedied from
enforcing the laws that already exist; disturbing the peace, parking regulations, etc. It
would be disappointing for that rental to be held up as an example of how Airbnb works,
even further disappointing for it to be used as an opportunity to regulate/tax the rest of us
who do not abuse our privilege as homeowners.
Further, I am not confident that we could absorb 100% of TOT via an increase in our
rates. The main basis for us voting for that TOT increase was that it was something our
residents would not be paying for. (Had we known that further down the road our own
residents/homeowners would be possibly paying for same TOT, our vote would have
been entirely different.) Bear in mind that the rate increases would discourage many
from staying in El Segundo, thus eliminating any possibility for them to spend money in
the city while they are here. We have a guidebook both on line in our listing and printed
for our guests, and all of the restaurants we have recommended are in El Segundo. I can
say with complete confidence that our guests have spent the majority of their money on
food right here in town, and fallen in love with ES in the process. If we get less guests
due to our price increase, that is less money spent in our city.
Please understand that whole -home and owner -occupied are two entirely different
business models. It is not an apples to apples comparison. Trust me, even as Superhosts
doing what we are doing, I would not be happy living next to that house on the 400 block
of Virginia anymore than anyone else would. Please don't let that example be the
representative example for how Airbnb works. The hospitality aspect in a whole -house
rental is nonexistent, and consequently the motives are solely focused on profit. The
possibility that this business model could potentially ruin it for the rest of us, and that a
decision to ban us from hosting people in our own home is very unsettling.
As lifetime residents of El Segundo, homeowners, and an El Segundo business owner for
nearly 23 years, my husband and I "sell" this town to our guests at every opportunity, and
far better than any concierge at any hotel in El Segundo. It has been a great experience
being ambassadors of El Segundo, a gain we hadn't anticipated when we first started
hosting. We are willing to creatively brainstorm any type of idea to help Airbnb hosts
work with the city in achieving a mutually symbiotic relationship - a relationship
benefitting both of us that could possibly exceed a TOT.
Because of technology, the shared economy is something that is here to stay. Technology
is constantly moving forward. It is a wise city council that can recognize this, harness it,
and figure out ways to make it work for all of its residents. I would expect nothing less
from my hometown.
Chris and I are more than happy to have you over to look at our home and read our guest
book. I have also attached both of our listings for you to explore, including all of our
reviews. Please do not hesitate to reach out with any questions you may have.
Thank you for your time.
Kristin and Chris Van Heuven
(310) 528-9267
Shilling, Mona
From:
My Email <kristovia@sbcglobal.net>
Sent:
Tuesday, June 05, 2018 5:44 AM
To:
ALL ELECTED OFFICIALS
Subject:
Party house and garage business
Dear Council Members,
As a 25 year resident of EI Segundo (and a home owner) I am confused and dismayed that little or anything has been
done regarding the Air B&B on the 400 block of Virginia Street. I am certain that you are aware of the noise and garage
run business that has plagued the neighbors here on Virginia and Concord Streets for the past year.
I will be unable to attend tonight's Council meeting, but would like to make my concerns known. Every other beach city
has banned these short term rentals yet EI Segundo seems to have turned a deaf ear to the concerns and complaints of
their tax payers. I have to pull a permit if I need to park my motorhome on the street between 2-6 a.m. each day but
this lady renting a garage to run her business disregards parking requirements (license plates and sleeping inside her
vehicle) as well as illegal living quarters.
We decided to make EI Segundo our home because of it's great reputation as a small town community where residents
had a voice. Perhaps the next B&B will become your neighbor.
Sincerely,
Kristine Beck
Sent from my iPhone
Shilling, Mona
From: kristin van heuven <kristinvanheuven@gmail.com>
Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2018 4:16 PM
To: ALL ELECTED OFFICIALS
Subject: Short-term rentals
January 4, 2018
RE: Short-term rentals
Dear City Council Members:
My husband and I have been renting out a room in our home on Airbnb since January of 2016. This is an owner -
occupied rental in our home that we bought in 1991. We started this when both of our girls were in private college
at the same time. As you can imagine, the extra income has helped tremendously in paying for ever-increasing
college tuition. Now that we are empty nesters in this large home, we have recently added a second bedroom. I've
attached links to both of our listings below.
We became Superhosts two months after starting, and have held that status ever since. Many guests will only
filter their searches by Superhost status, so as you can see, that distinction is very important as it lends credibility.
We take great pride in our Superhost status and in our hospitality. We have enjoyed this much more than we could
have anticipated.
There has never been an issue with any of our neighbors. In fact, for at least the first year, they did not even know
we were hosting until we mentioned it to them. Parking has never been a problem, as we are a 2 -car family (some
on our block are 4+ cars) and a fair amount of our guests do not have a car.
I appreciate the conversation that I have heard regarding not banning Airbnb, but rather regulating it. However,
I am historically not a fan of new taxes or over -regulation in general. Further, I appreciate that the city realizes
that banning such operations would rely on the cost of enforcing them, and I suspect the cost to proactively enforce
a ban is quite high.
Having said that, we are both uncomfortable being taxed (and certainly not at the same rate as the hotel industry),
as this is no different than renting out a room in our home. The city may be justifying this tax by defining it as
transient occupancy, but the reality is that this is a NEW tax on private citizens and private property, as TOT has
always been exclusively a tax on the hotel industry. (And of course we are already paying income tax on this
revenue.) I would hope Council thinks long and hard about imposing a new tax on its private citizens, because at
the end of the day that's exactly what you are considering. Hotels exist for the sole purpose of profiting from
providing accommodations for the public; that is not the sole purpose of private home ownership. To put them
in the same category is disingenuous and frankly, opportunistic.
If the situation on the 400 block of Virginia is what has brought to light the short-term rental market in El Segundo,
it seems to me that much of that can be remedied from enforcing the laws that already exist; disturbing the peace,
parking regulations, etc. It would be disappointing for that rental to be held up as an example of how Airbnb
works, even further disappointing for it to be used as an opportunity to regulate/tax the rest of us who do not
abuse our privilege as homeowners.
Further, I am not confident that we could absorb 100% of TOT via an increase in our rates. The main basis for
us voting for that TOT increase was that it was something our residents would not be paying for. (Had we known
that further down the road our own residents/homeowners would be possibly paying for same TOT, our vote
would have been entirely different.) Bear in mind that the rate increases would discourage many from staying in
El Segundo, thus eliminating any possibility for them to spend money in the city while they are here. We have a
guidebook both on line in our listing and printed for our guests, and all of the restaurants we have recommended
are in El Segundo. I can say with complete confidence that our guests have spent the majority of their money on
food right here in town, and fallen in love with ES in the process. If we get less guests due to our price increase,
that is less money spent in our city.
Please understand that whole -home and owner -occupied are two entirely different business models. It is not an
apples to apples comparison. Trust me, even as Superhosts doing what we are doing, I would not be happy living
next to that house on the 400 block of Virginia anymore than anyone else would. Please don't let that example
be the representative example for how Airbnb works. The hospitality aspect in a whole -house rental is
nonexistent, and consequently the motives are solely focused on profit. The possibility that this business model
could potentially ruin it for the rest of us, and that a decision to ban us from hosting people in our own home is
very unsettling.
As lifetime residents of El Segundo, homeowners, and an El Segundo business owner for nearly 23 years, my
husband and I "sell" this town to our guests at every opportunity, and far better than any concierge at any hotel in
El Segundo. It has been a great experience being ambassadors of El Segundo, a gain we hadn't anticipated when
we first started hosting. We are willing to creatively brainstorm any type of idea to help Airbnb hosts work with
the city in achieving a mutually symbiotic relationship - a relationship benefitting both of us that could possibly
exceed a TOT.
Because of technology, the shared economy is something that is here to stay. Technology is constantly moving
forward. It is a wise city council that can recognize this, harness it, and figure out ways to make it work for all
of its residents. I would expect nothing less from my hometown.
Chris and I are more than happy to have you over to look at our home and read our guest book. I have also
attached both of our listings for you to explore, including all of our reviews. Please do not hesitate to reach out
with any questions you may have.
Thank you for your time.
Kristin and Chris Van Heuven
(310) 528-9267
httos://www.airbnb.com/manaee-your-svace/I 04772091details
httns://www.airbnb.com/manaee-your-sDace/9034345/details
Shilling, Mona
From: David Van Pelt <davevanpelt63@gmail.com>
Sent: Wednesday, January 03, 2018 3:20 PM
To: ALL ELECTED OFFICIALS
Subject: Short Term Rentals - City Council Meeting
Dear El Segundo City Council,
I am an ES homeowner on Bungalow Drive who uses Airbnb from time to time to host guests and to travel. (I
rent out a room in my primary residence)
I was encouraged by a friend who does the same to send the Council my thoughts on the "short term rental
regulation" upcoming City Council discussion, from the point of view of a homeowner that does not wish to see
it regulated.
While there is no question that this is a gift proposition for the city to collect even more revenue from ES
homeowners via permit/taxation, I hope the City takes into consideration that it would be wading into a private
transaction between private citizens no different than a homeowner taking on a roommate, something that those
of us who value freedom and private property take seriously.
Please see below my thoughts and concerns about the City jumping deeper into taxing homeowners, rather than
dealing properly with those who abuse their homeowner privileges at the expense of their neighbors:
• Banning "whole home rentals" only would require a custom modification to the Airbnb software platform for just one small zip
code, something Airbnb is most unlikely to agree to entertain.
• The City of ES could declare anything they voted, but would have to consider its infrastructure ability to execute, enforce and
manage (see: Business Permits last year still mailed out every year on paper)
• What would prevent short term rental owners from switching to new emerging short term rental platforms, potentially off ES
limited radar?
• Most of my guests patronize downtown businesses and would be less likely to visit ES if price jumped dramatically due to taxes.
• Most important point: The City needs to enforce/prosecute current laws on the books about disturbing the peace (i.e. 400 block of
Virginia whole home rental causing current uproar) regardless of who the occupants are, instead of making a larger regulatory
issue that doesn't currently exist (unless the City is using this disturbance issue as a convenient jump starter to begin
permit/taxation process like other cities have put in place). I hope that is not the case.
Respectfully Submitted,
David Van Pelt
310-343-0725
Shilling, Mona
From: Ray Beckett <Raymond_S_Beckett@raytheon.com>
Sent: Friday, December 01, 2017 1:37 PM
To: ALL ELECTED OFFICIALS
Subject: FW: EI Segundo - Short term rental survey
Thanks, I will forward this email to them..
-Ray
From: Schonborn, Eduardo[mailto:eschonborn(@elsee_undo.org]
Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2017 5:00 PM
To: Ray Beckett <Ravmond S BeckettCcDravtheon.com>
Subject: [External] RE: EI Segundo - Short term rental survey
Hello Mr. Beckett,
Although the survey is closed, the council has not yet made a decision and we will accept all comments. That stated, I
will attach your email to the staff report when we go back to the council on January 16, 2018. Should you wish to also
send it to them, their email address is allcouncilandclerks4,else2undo.or2.
Thank you.
-eduardo
Eduardo Schonborn, _1ICP
Principal Planner
City of El Segundo
310-524-2312
From: Ray Beckett [mailto:Ravmond S BeckettPravtheon.coml
Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2017 4:39 PM
To: Schonborn, Eduardo
Subject: EI Segundo - Short term rental survey
Ed,
I see the survey is closed I am hoping that you can still include feedback on this issue before the city:
1
My position: Ban short term rentals in R1 zones„
R1 properties are not zoned as hotels to collect taxes- if city were to support STR's then all homes could participate.
Imagine the quality of life impacts if every home
on an R1 street became a STIR home. A street becomes a hotel lobby with rental cars, taxis, luggage on the curb.
This is the best test if quality of life decisions are being made properly - what if evervone did it to the fullest extent?
EI Segundo makes it's claim to being a family friendly community, most home sales are due to that fact, and the quality
of schools. Short Term rentals in R1's are in direct conflict
with being a family based community. The activity on Virginia Street is a forecast of what will escalate if supported,
encouraged and taxed by the city.
It's clear that STR's have been a problem for rental in residential properties leading to an unmanageable situation.
Parking # of guest etc is not enforceable by the city,
and will pit neighbors against neighbors for enforcement and likely legal actions.
If city were to support and regulate STR's — city will be responsible for impacts to due to lack of enforcement- safety —
parking etc —guest liability much ,
much greater than any revenue projections, also who will enforce or audit the number of guest vs income and taxes paid
(impossible to audit)
This is why other South Bay cities have a ban like MB — comments made that ban is not working are untrue- PV has
thousands of R1 zoned homes and only a few are listed.
The proximity to LAX will create a hotel like commercial zone situation for many homeowners who thought they
purchased a home on a residential street.
This would no doubt lead to legal actions from those home owners most impacted.
In closing a ban is enforceable, example the residents of Virginia street where STR's are already a problem will assure it.
Thanks -Ray
Raymond S. Beckett
cell 310-256-0046
Shilling, Mona
From: Shane Warwick <swellmagnetshane@yahoo.com>
Sent: Tuesday, November 28, 2017 2:25 PM
To: ALL ELECTED OFFICIALS
Subject: Fw: Banning Airbnb
Sent from Yahoo Mail for Whone
On Tuesday, November 28, 2017, 1:43 AM, Shane Warwick <swellmagnetshane@yahoo.com> wrote:
Schonborn,
I'm Shane Warwick and a resident for 31 years. Although my family and I haven't used short term renting, we feel
that we should have that right in the future. It's ridiculous to think that it's alright to take more homeowners rights
away. The beauty of this city, is that we have never had a sleazy way of making a few extra bucks off of residents
that already pay many bond measures and taxes.
You mention "doing nothing also creates unfair competition with local hotel industry ", are we suppose support
apathetic hotels and scold EI Segundo Tax payers and property owners? Total disregard for fair private trade and
open competition? Not sure that's the way we do this around here. Please advise and let me know that you got this.
Thanks,
Shane Warwick