[superkuh]

Or, "Airbnb fails to warn travellers city plans to wreck their holidy plans."

It's almost funny that the city is engaging in rent-seeking behavior against renters. In this move San Francisco makes it clear that they believe they own your property and you merely occupy it on their whim.

[jlgray]

Zoning requirements and permits for operating hotels are not unreasonable.

Some people rent out a spare room now and again for extra cash, and some people have multiple properties that are occupied exclusively by Airbnb renters, essentially running an unlicensed hotel.

The latter can be extremely obnoxious if its your upstairs neighbor, not to mention the effects that being discovered by Airbnb real estate investors can have on a town or neighborhood.

[Angostura]

> In this move San Francisco makes it clear that they believe they own your property and you merely occupy it on their whim.

In this move, San Franciso makes it clear that you can't change the use of a property without permission.

[superkuh]

Right, the premise of this is that it's their and not yours. You have to get permission to use your own property how you like. Living in a city means giving up rights to the authoritarians who keep high population density centers from killing each other.

Living in a city is a big trade-off. More jobs, less liberty.