{"id":294941,"date":"2026-05-01T13:19:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T13:19:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/294941\/"},"modified":"2026-05-01T13:19:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T13:19:07","slug":"letters-to-the-editor-there-are-countless-problems-with-short-term-rentals-l-a-doesnt-need-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/294941\/","title":{"rendered":"Letters to the Editor: There are countless problems with short-term rentals. L.A. doesn\u2019t need more"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

To the editor: There are approximately 18,000 short-term rentals<\/a> currently in Los Angeles, yet Mayor Karen Bass wants more (\u201cL.A. considers expanding Airbnb-style short-term vacation rentals,\u201d<\/a> April 29).<\/p>\n

There are many problems with short-term rentals. First, most are located in residential-zoned areas. A short-term rental is essentially a hotel, but without following the zoning requirements. When someone from out of town stays in one of these rentals, especially if it is located in a high-risk fire zone, they are likely not aware of the potential hazards and precautions to consider. Single-family residential zoning codes must be followed to ensure that all of the people living in that zone are part of a single family who live there both for a sense of neighborhood and for safety.<\/p>\n

Second, those 18,000 homes being used as vacation rentals would certainly help out with the housing shortage.<\/p>\n

This is an invasion of privacy and a compromise to what was once an applied housing-only zoning ordinance. There must be another source of income to enable Los Angeles to host world parties.<\/p>\n

Jon Frishman, Los Angeles
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