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PACIFICA HOMES are NOT HOTELS

Unhosted STRs are sweeping through our neighborhoods. Residential homes are being converted to full-time, unsafe, and unregulated hotels, and are part of a larger portfolio of properties owned by out-of-town corporations. Residents across the entirety of Pacifica are now all but certain to be living within a stone’s throw of one of these unregulated hotels, which all too often function as party houses. Help protect our community!

PROTECT PACIFICA ON FEBRUARY 24th!

  • Limit 60 nights of rental per year
  • Limit one STR per operator, who must be a natural person
  • The STR must be the primary residence of the operator
  • Require one off street parking space per room

MAKE PUBLIC COMMENT
Send your written comments to publiccomment@pacifica.gov by 12:00 PM, February 24th. Clearly indicate “agenda item No. 5”
your subject Line.

BE THERE
DATE: Monday, February 24th, 2025
TIME: 7:00 PM
PLACE: Council Chambers, 2212 Beach Boulevard, Pacifica

WHY YOU SHOULD CARE

STATISTICS IN PACIFICA

By Dicklyon – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0

STR DISTRIBUTION PER NEIGHBORHOOD

LOCAL EFFECTS

This lot is owned by an out-of-town, corporate operator who already runs multiple unhosted STRs.

image from Google maps

LOST SCHOOL FUNDING

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ECONOMIC DAMAGE

COMPARISON TO NEIGHBORING CITIES

REGULATIONS IN OTHER CITIES

PLATFORM ACCOUNTABILITY

PLATFORM ACCOUNTABILITY IN ACTION
In San Francisco, every month Airbnb delivers a spreadsheet detailing the rental activity of every STR to the SF Office of Short Term Rentals.
The City goes through the list and identifies violations and has Airbnb remove them within a week.

San Francisco’s ordinance has teeth! “Any Hosting Platform that provides a booking service… in violation of …Chapter 41A, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. … punishable by a fine of not more than $1,000

STRs MYTHS vs. FACTS

About Us

“For the past 2-3 years, every time a house sells in the neighborhood, you hold your breath wondering if you’ll have a great new neighbor or nights of loud parties and densely parked cars. Sadly it’s more often been the latter.”

Debi Hirshlag
Resident, Pedro Point

“A large home across the street from me was bought as an investment by a corporation that has it almost constantly booked as if it were a hotel. The house is used for business meetings, religious retreats, and large gatherings as well as more traditional vacation rentals. Often ten cars are parked along the hill. I do not feel safe with all these strangers coming and going. It changed the atmosphere of our street.”

P. Kephart
Resident, Linda Mar

“Almost all short-term rentals are conducted as businesses. In Pacifica, the current ordinance gives no considerations or protections to the neighboring homes and their residents. I live in a zoned residential area of Pacifica…my street is NOT supposed to be for commercial use.”

Kate Chinca
Resident, Park Pacifica