San Diego officials reject controversial vacation home tax

Paid Protestors from LA Supported Airbnb During Vacation Home Tax Vote

Dozens of people in light blue shirts flooded the San Diego Council Chambers on Wednesday to oppose a proposed tax on second homes and vacation rentals.   Those people showed up to oppose Councilmember Sean Elo Rivera’s proposal to put an $8,000 tax on some vacation homes that failed. They weren’t San Diego residents – and they didn’t show up for free.   “We arrived from Los Angeles yesterday,” Amada Valle said, speaking in Spanish. Valle said s…

San Diego officials reject controversial vacation home tax

Tears fell, tempers flared and accusations about paid opposition flew in San Diego's debate about taxing second homes and vacation rentals. This content San Diego officials kill proposed vacation home tax, denying voters a chance to weigh in appeared first on inewsource.

San Diego vacation home/short term rental ballot measure plan dies in committee

Currently, there are 5,115 empty homes in the city and 5,741 vacation rentals — 45% of which are in La Jolla, downtown, and Pacific Beach and Mission Beach.

San Diego council committee votes down tax on empty homes and vacation rentals

Following hours of public comment, the San Diego City Council's Rules Committee rejected a proposed ballot measure that would have taxed empty second homes and short-term vacation rentals in the city, despite a last-minute amendment to save it.By a 3-2 vote on Wednesday, the committee denied the advance of the proposed tax, which would have advanced to the full City Council with a yes vote. From there, if passed again, it would have landed on th…