SFist – City Revises ‘Airbnb Law’ Additions To Avoid Airbnb Suing Them

July 13, 2016
The Board of Supervisors Tuesday moved to revise the language of some new additions to the so-called ‘Airbnb Law’ that would fine the company $1,000 per day per illegal unit listed on the site. Amendments to the 2014 law that were approved by the Board of Supervisors in June prompted the vacation rental platform to file a lawsuit against the city claiming that the new fines assessed for publishing listings from unregistered Airbnb hosts violated laws protecting internet companies from liability for the content published by their users….
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