Residents in Long Beach, California successfully got a ban on Airbnb rentals in their neighborhood after filing a petition to the city council last month.
A neighborhood in Long Beach, California has become the first and possibly not last to ban unsupervised Airbnb rentals over concerns about drug-filled parties plaguing homes. In April, College Estates resident Andy Oliver filed a petition to the city’s Community Development Department following months of out-of-state tourists renting out unhosted houses, taking advantage of the state’s lax drug laws and blaring loud music late into the night.
According to a city ordinance passed in 2020, Long Beach is permitted to have 1,000 un-hosted or unsupervised short-term rentals. However, a provision allowed residents to circulate petitions that could ban these types of rentals. House rentals in the College Estates neighborhood will now have to either convert to a supervised rental, where the host is on site, or shut down the property after their license expires.
We are hoping to hear before June,' Nigrelli told Fox News Digital. 'We are cautiously optimistic. We had a lot of support throughout the neighborhood.' The Long Beach Safe Neighborhood Coalition stated it was informed by the city that the other neighborhood petitions are also expected to be counted by June. Fox News Digital reached out to the City of Long Beach for a comment.
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