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legislation as helpful in bolstering local efforts to appropriately regulate a growing vacation rental <br />industry. <br />The author introduced SB 593 based upon his past experience as both former Mayor of Healdsburg and a <br />Sonoma County Supervisor. These areas are popular with tourists, and the affected communities are <br />facing increasing land use and revenue collection issues. SB 593 is currently on the Senate Floor and is <br />considered a "two-year bill," meaning that it cannot move until January 2016. <br />In addition to the League, SB 593 has a broad range of support: <br />Support: American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO; American Hotel <br />and Lodging Association; Asian American Hotel Owners Association; American Insurance Association; <br />Association of California Insurance Companies; Andaz West Hollywood General Manager Lin Schatz; <br />Association for Los Angeles Deputy Sheriffs; City of Big Bear Lake; Borrego Springs Chamber of <br />Commerce & Visitors Bureau; California Apartment Association; California Association of Boutique and <br />Breakfast Inns; California Association of County Treasurers and Tax Collectors; California Apartment <br />Association; California Association of Code Enforcement Officers; California College and University <br />Police Chiefs Association; California Narcotics Officers Association; California Police Chiefs <br />Association; California Hotel and Lodging Association; California Labor Federation; California <br />Professional Firefighters; California State Association of Counties; California Teamsters Public Affairs <br />Council; Contra Cost County Treasurer -Tax Collector Russell Watts; Paul Desterman, Mindy Desterman; <br />El Dorado County Treasurer -Tax Collector C.L. Raffety; Douglas Engmann; Fairmont San Jose General <br />Manager Kelley Cosgrove; Hilton Los Angeles/Universal City General Manager Mark Davis; Hotel <br />Association of Los Angeles; Hotel Council of San Francisco; Humboldt County Convention and Visitors <br />Bureau; International Faith Based Coalition; League of California Cities; Long Beach Firefighter <br />Association; Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy; Los Angeles Police Protective League; Town of <br />Mammoth Lakes; Marin County Council of Mayors and Councilmembers; Marriot Courtyard in Larkspur <br />General Manager Sam Pahlavan; Denise McNicol; Mendocino County Board of Supervisors; Mendocino <br />County Treasurer -Tax Collector Shari Schapmire; Mono County Board of Supervisors; Ashok Mukherje; <br />National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies; Neighbors for Overnight Oversight; Jenny Oaks; <br />Pacific Association of Domestic Insurance Companies; Riverside Sheriffs Association; Rural County <br />Representatives of California; Sacramento Hotel Association; San Diego County Hotel -Motel <br />Association; San Franciscans for Reasonable Growth; San Luis Obispo County Auditor -Controller - <br />Treasurer -Tax Collector James Erb; San Mateo County Central Labor Council; Santa Cruz County <br />Convention and Visitors Council; Service Employees International Union; ShareBetter San Francisco; <br />Sierra County Auditor -Treasurer -Tax Collector Van Maddox; Siskiyou County Treasurer -Tax Collector <br />Wayne Hammar; Sonoma County Auditor -Controller -Tax Collector David Sundstrom; Sonoma County <br />Board of Supervisors; City of Thousand Oaks; Tulare County Auditor -Controller -Treasurer -Tax Collector <br />Rita Woodard; Tuolumne County Treasurer -Tax Collector Shelley Piech; UNITE -HERE, AFL-CIO; <br />United Firefighter of Los Angeles City, Local #112; Natasha Yankoffski. <br />Opposition: Airbnb; Consumer Watchdog; Internet Association, TechNet. <br />l isrdk! 1,nipaet: <br />Transient Occupancy Taxes are a significant source of local revenue. Many cities and counties are <br />encountering challenges identifying units in their community that are being used as vacation rentals and <br />collecting associated revenue. Where vacation rentals are permitted by local ordinance, the passage of SB <br />593 can assist local efforts, thereby increasing local revenues to support local services. <br />Comment: <br />3) Earlier this year the League's Housing Community and Economic Development Committee and <br />Revenue and Taxation Committee reviewed an earlier version of SB 593 and initially adopted a <br />