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Better Neighbors Comment Letter Agenda Item 3 5: Repeal and Re-enact Short Term Rental Regulations Page 3 of 4 City Councils of Calabasas, Diamond Bar, Rosemead, Culver City, West Hollywood, San Gabriel, La Mirada, Lakewood, Rolling Hills, Redondo, and Lawndale all have short-term rentals bans in place. 5According to a study published in the Real Estate Economics Journal in 2023, in the City of Irvine rental prices decreased 3 % on average following two years after the enforcement of their ordinance prohibiting short-term rentals in all residential zones.6 This study illustrates the positive impacts a prohibition on short-term rentals can have on addressing the affordability of housing in cities within Orange County. Given that a majority of housing units within Santa Ana are renter occupied, it is likely that a similar prohibition on short-term rentals will protect further protect tenant households. 7 A ban on short-term rentals is only as valuable as the enforcement that backs it. To see positive effects on the housing and rental market, Santa Ana should adopt the resolution to enhance administrative fines for violation of the ordinance and implement a centralized enforcement system to administer them. In Los Angeles, high administrative burden and a decentralized system of the Home -Sharing Ordinance enforcement has led to rampant abuse of the short-term rental market. For example, in July of 2024, Los Angeles has over 6,000 listings that are noncompliant with the Home -Sharing Ordinance.8 Between January and August of 2024, the City only issued 97 citations despite the high number of noncompliant listing.9 With a prohibition in place and enhanced administrative fines for violating the ordinance, Santa Ana can ensure that the City has strong, easily enforceable rules in order to issue citations and maintain the ordinance's effectiveness. https://www.codepublishing.com/CA/LagunaHills/#!/LagunaHills06/LagunaHillsO640.html , City of Laguna Nigel: https://library.municode.com/ca/laguna_niguel/codes/code_of ordinances?nodeId=TIT9PLZ0_DIVIPL_ART2COZOCO_SUB ARTICLE _3REDI S9-1-3 8GRHO; City of Villa Park: https://library.municode.com/ca/villa park/codes/code_of_ ordinance s?nodeId=CHXXIIIZO_ART23-3EFZORE_S23- 3.5SHRMRE; City of Westminster: htlps://Iibraly.qcode.us/lib/westminster_ca/pub/municipal code/item/title_9-chapter_9_74- 9_74_020; City of Yorba Linda: htlps://Iibraly.qcode.us/lib/yorba linda ca/pub/municipal_ code/item/title_5-chapter 5_50- 5_50_030. City of La Habra: https://www.lhhcily.org/325/Short-Term-Rentals 5 Calabasas: https://Iibrary.municode.com/ca/city of_calabasas/codes/code_ of ordinances?nodeId=TIT 17LAUSDE_ARTIIZODIALLAUS_C H17.12STSPLAUS 17.12.175SHRMREOCPRPREXLAAPHOMOBEBRIN; Diamond Bar: https://www.diamondbarca. og v/Faq.aspx?QID=314; Rosemead: https://library.municode.com/ca/rosemead/ordinances/code_of ordinance s?nodeId=900458; Culver City: https://www.culvercity.org/Have-Your-Say/Short-Term-Rentals; West Hollywood: https://ecode360.com/43916115?hi h�lip,Fht=rental,rentals&searchId=1904165411732459#43916115; San Gabriel: https://www. sany,fabrielcity.com/1341/Frequently-Asked-Questions#::text=Short- term%20rentals%20(anything%201ess,term%20rental%20or%; La Mirada: https://www.airbnb.com/help/article/2692#:—:text=Short%2Dterm%20rentals%20in%2Oresidential,not%20permitted%20in%20L a%20Mirada; Lakewood: https://www.lakewoodcily.org/Business/Short-term-rentals Rolling Hills: https://Iibrary.municode.com/ca/rolling hills estates/codes/code—of ordinances?nodeId=TIT17Z0_CH17.47SHRMRERE_17.47 .020PU; Redondo Beach: hgps://www.redondobeachtourism.com/news/airbnb; Lawndale: https://ecode360.com/LA4957 6 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/1540-6229.12440 According to the City of Santa Ana General Plan Housing Element, in 2018 53.8% of households were renter occupied, while 46.1 % were owner occupied, https://docs. 0000gle.com/viewemj4/viewer?url=https://storaie. 0000gleapis.com/proudcily/santaanaca/uploads/2022/09/Housing El ement_-Complete-9.16.22_Compressed.pdf 8 Data on file with BNLA from Los Angeles City Granicus data. hgps://granicus.com/ 9 Data on file with BNLA from Los Angeles City Planning Department. 250 East 1 st Street, Suite 1201; Los Angeles, California 90012 213.336.5900 0 betterneighborsla. org