The Los Angeles suburb of Santa Monica has instituted the nation’s toughest regulations on short-term rentals like Airbnb. Starting today, hosts will have to live on the property during the renter’s stay, register for a business license and collect the city’s 14 percent occupancy tax.
The city estimates that this will shut down about 1,400 of the 1,700 short-term rental listings – about 80 percent – in this upscale beach town and major tourist destination, population about 92,500.
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