This issue was removed from the Feb 5 City Council meeting in order for more research to be done.
Please see my response above regarding my experience with the city.
We really need Airbnb hosts and guests to lobby, educate and inform the city council and our fellow citizens about what Airbnb really is all about. We also need to put pressure on those hosts who are abusing the trust and spirit of both Airbnb and our Huntington Beach community. This is yet another example of a few "bad apples" spoiling the whole. It is unacceptable and unessesary for a host to be disrespectful of their neighbors and neighborhood in a quest for cash. It's disturbing to know that some hosts do not act like hosts at all but rather they embody the worst aspects of an indifferent landlord. Read the Airbnb guidlines for hosting and you'll immediately see that is not the intent, policy or culture Airbnb promotes. Sadly there will always be some who disregard policy and instead make their own. Those are the few who are ruining the home-sharing community.