Thursday, June 11, 2015

Activists Press Forward on Airbnb Ballot Initiative

Housing activists in San Francisco say they have enough signatures to place an initiative on the city's ballot in November to reform the rules governing short-term housing rentals in the city like Airbnb. The purpose of the ballot initiative is to impose effective restrictions against the short-term rental business which activists contend has exacerbated the city's housing crisis. KPFA reporter David Landau reports.