Hey All:
I've held an extended home sharing permit with the city of Los Angeles for the past three years. I had trouble renewing last year as I could not receive confirmation from the system that my payment and request had gone through.
Finally months after it expired, and numerous phone calls and emails later I received confirmation that I was renewed. Just poof! out of the blue. I was very relieved.
This year the situation is quite different. First of all I received no reminder to renew from the city. In fact I received no emails from them at all after January 10 of this year. It was almost as if I was taken out of their system. When I attempted to renew this year, my renewal would not go through. I repeatedly called them emailed them and tried to get a response, but the permit ended up expiring and Airbnb immediately removed me off platform.
I finally resorted to calling my city council office to have them intervene. They helped a bit, as I received an email from City Planning telling me to reapply for a regular permit And once my application is accepted that they would waive the 60 day waiting period to apply for an extended home sharing permit. This is small consolation, as I'm unable to even get my regular home sharing permit request to go through is it will not allow me to upload my license! Has any had this issue?
I resorted to signing up for the LA City Planning Department's online appointments service. I know these are meant for large city planning projects, but I'm hoping to get someone to meet with me. First available was September 17 at 2 PM so I have to wait quite a while. I'm losing income while I just sit here and try to get this taken care of.
If anyone else has had any luck, please let me know. Help! I'm losing income by the day!
Thanks so much, Kristen
