[DanBlake]

Didnt even get into the issue of what happens if you already have a rent controlled apartment that you use airbnb to make a profit from. Theres a entire gamut of issues around airbnb that have yet to be explored and frankly I dont see how they will continue to be able to operate.

Right now its on the outskirts, since they are faciliating vs doing it themself. They have some ToS which says "You confirm you have a BnB permit" but of course no verification happens

[Maxious]

Sounds like Government-as-a-Platform would be useful here. SF rolls out an API to access BnB permits of the kind you would need to rent out an apartment. Except since they claim AirBnB is illegal, it would be a blank text file ;)