LA Times – Are Newport’s short-term rentals following the rules? City hires a monitor to find out

April 19, 2017

Newport Beach has partnered with a company to help enforce short-term rental regulations by comparing addresses in the city’s database of permitted hosts with listings on popular online services such as Airbnb. The city has contracted with San Francisco-based Host Compliance to comb 22 websites that could reveal who’s advertising their homes for vacation rental without proper clearance…

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