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July 29, 2015 <br />Stephany Aguilar, President <br />League of California Cities <br />1400 K Street <br />Sacramento, CA 95814 <br />CITY OF HEALD5BURG <br />ADNIINISTRATION <br />401 Grove Street <br />Healdsburg, CA 95448-4723 <br />Phone: (707) 431-3317 <br />Fax: (707)431-3321 <br />Visit us at www.ci.healdsburg.ca.us <br />RE: RESOLUTION OF THE LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA CITIES SUPPORTING SB 593 (MCGUIRE) <br />AND CONTINUED LOCAL FLEXIBILITY FOR CITIES AS THEY ADDRESS NEIGHBORHOOD <br />AND FISCAL D,4PACTS OF TEMPORARY RENTALS OF RESIDENTIAL UNITS FOR TOURIST <br />OR TRANSIENT USES <br />Dear President Aguilar: <br />The City of Healdsburg supports the proposed resolution related to the Sharing Economy and concurs in the <br />submission of the resolution for consideration by the League of Cities General Assembly at its annual meeting <br />on October 2, 2015. <br />The resolution reaffirms and acknowledges local efforts to effectively regulate land use impacts and collect <br />applicable taxes from transient residential rentals as part of the emerging "shared economy". <br />The short-term rental of residential houses, rooms, condominiums, and apartments present numerous challenges <br />within neighborhoods and to adjacent property owners. They may create additional noise, traffic, parking, <br />privacy and public safety issues, subvert local rent -control laws, decrease available housing stock and in some <br />cases turn residential neighborhoods into de -facto hotel rows. <br />Where the temporary rental of residential units is allowed by local regulation, the associated transient occupancy <br />tax (TOT) should also be collected. These units are in direct competition with hotels, motels and other <br />accommodations where guests pay the local transient occupancy tax, so all such uses should be subject to the <br />same tax. The revenues generated support local streets, roads, fire, police, lifeguards, trash pick-up, park <br />maintenance and other local public services which directly affect local quality of life and the attraction of the <br />community for a visitor. <br />The City of Healdsburg believes SB 593, as referenced in the proposed resolution, acknowledges existing local <br />authority in this area and provides the necessary data for local jurisdictions to enforce their regulations regarding <br />short-term residential rentals and a helpful regulatory framework that local governments may choose in lieu of <br />exercising their existing authority. <br />For these reasons, the City of Healdsburg supports the League's Resolution. <br />Sincere <br />S McCaffery, Mayor <br />City of Healdsburg <br />CC' Meg Desmond, League of California Cities, mdesmond@cacities.org <br />John Leonard, City of West Hollywood, jleonard@weho.m <br />