To: Board of Supervisors
From: Treasurer/Tax Collector
Agenda Section: Consent
Vote Requirement: Majority
SUBJECT:
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Support for SB 346 (Durazo) Regarding Information Sharing by Short-Term Rental Facilitators
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RECOMMENDATION(S):
Recommendation
That the Board of Supervisors:
1. Authorize the Chair to sign the letter of support (Attachment 1) regarding SB 346.
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STRATEGIC PLAN:
This action supports the following areas of your Board's Strategic Plan.
Area of Focus: Core Services/Other
Strategic Plan Category: 9999 - Core Services/Other
DISCUSSION:
Senate Bill (SB) 346, introduced by Senator Durazo, is a bill that squarely addresses an issue described in the county's 2025 legislative platform (General Government, Finance and Technology, Item 3.b) around requiring short-term rental operators to share information and allow audits. Specifically, it would enable cities and counties to require short-term rental platforms (e.g. Airbnb, VRBO), upon request, to provide the Assessor Parcel Number (APN) of a listing to a local agency, require the publishing of the local license number and Transient Occupancy Tax (TOT) Certification on the short-term rental listing, and would authorize audit authority to local governments on TOT when collected and remitted by a short-term rental platform.
Recent growth in short-term rental of residential units, both licensed and unlicensed at the local level, significantly impacts communities throughout California. Increased and undisclosed short-term rentals alter neighborhood character, can be a public safety risk, and reduce the availability of already scarce affordable housing in many communities, collectively creating additional demands on local public service providers.
Additionally, online hosting platforms receive revenues from short-term rental (STR) transactions that are not permitted by local ordinances, and in some communities, transient occupancy taxes can go uncollected or collected and remitted ...
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