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Better Neighbors Comment Letter Agenda Item 15: Repeal and Re-enact Short Term Rental Prohibition 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 5 rentals bans in place.According 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 6 enforcement of their ordinance prohibiting short-term rentals in all residential zones. 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 7 will protect further protect tenant households. 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 8 that are noncompliant with the Home-Sharing Ordinance. Between January and August of 2024, 9 the City only issued 97 citations despite the high number of noncompliant listing. With a O2-1 prohibition in place and enhanced administrative fines for violating the ordinance, Santa Ana can Cont' 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/LagunaHills0640.html, City of Laguna Nigel: https://library.municode.com/ca/laguna_niguel/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=TIT9PLZO_DIV1PL_ART2COZOCO_SUB ARTICLE_3REDI_S9-1-38GRHO; City of Villa Park: https://library.municode.com/ca/villa_park/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=CHXXIIIZO_ART23-3EFZORE_S23- 3.5SHRMRE; City of Westminster: https://library.qcode.us/lib/westminster_ca/pub/municipal_code/item/title_9-chapter_9_74- 9_74_020; City of Yorba Linda: https://library.qcode.us/lib/yorba_linda_ca/pub/municipal_code/item/title_5-chapter_5_50- 5_50_030. City of La Habra: https://www.lhhcity.org/325/Short-Term-Rentals 5 Calabasas: https://library.municode.com/ca/city_of_calabasas/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=TIT17LAUSDE_ARTIIZODIALLAUS_C H17.12STSPLAUS_17.12.175SHRMREOCPRPREXLAAPHOMOBEBRIN; Diamond Bar: https://www.diamondbarca.gov/Faq.aspx?QID=314; Rosemead: https://library.municode.com/ca/rosemead/ordinances/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=900458; Culver City: https://www.culvercity.org/Have-Your-Say/Short-Term-Rentals; West Hollywood: https://ecode360.com/43916115?highlight=rental,rentals&searchId=1904165411732459#43916115; San Gabriel: https://www.sangabrielcity.com/1341/Frequently-Asked-Questions#:~:text=Short- term%20rentals%20(anything%20less,term%20rental%20or%; La Mirada: https://www.airbnb.com/help/article/2692#:~:text=Short%2Dterm%20rentals%20in%20residential,not%20permitted%20in%20L a%20Mirada; Lakewood: https://www.lakewoodcity.org/Business/Short-term-rentals Rolling Hills: https://library.municode.com/ca/rolling_hills_estates/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=TIT17ZO_CH17.47SHRMRERE_17.47 .020PU; Redondo Beach: https://www.redondobeachtourism.com/news/airbnb; Lawndale: https://ecode360.com/LA4957 6 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/1540-6229.12440 7 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.google.com/viewerng/viewer?url=https://storage.googleapis.com/proudcity/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. https://granicus.com/ 9 Data on file with BNLA from Los Angeles City Planning Department. 250 East 1st Street, Suite 1201; Los Angeles, California 90012 213.336.5900 betterneighborsla.org