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San Francisco Creates Office To Regulate Airbnb

It’s San Francisco versus Airbnb, again. The latter owed tens of millions of dollars in back-taxes, which it agreed to pay. To monitor short-term rental services like Airbnb, the city has now created a new office for the sole purpose of enforcing rules regarding vacation and short-term rentals. The Office of Short Term Rental Administration and Enforcement will streamline host registrations and investigate violators of city rental laws.

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