by Kim-Mai Cutler, TechCrunch
After six years of operating in San Francisco, Airbnb will finally become legal on its own home turf.
The city’s board of supervisors voted to legalize and regulate short-term stays through a controversial piece of legislation that has been two years in the making and comes in the midst of one of the city’s most acute housing shortages in history. David Chiu, who is the president of the board of supervisors and is running to represent San Francisco in the state assembly this November, has been the one leading the legislative process.
San Francisco Legalizes, Regulates Airbnb With 7-4 Vote, Lots of Amendments
