As they prepare for their first meeting of the year Tuesday, San Francisco’s supervisors are crafting a legislative agenda that mixes lofty ideals about economic equality with everyday quality-of-life issues that prompt constituent complaints.
The Hotel Council Executive Director, Kevin Carroll, has worked closely with Share Better SF, labor groups, the California Hotel and Lodging Association, and American Hotel and Lodging Association to ensure short-term rental companies operate legally and within City policy …
March 9, 2017
Report commissioned by American Hotel and Lodging Association claims a growing number of hosts on Airbnb are illegal hotels.
Airbnb makes a big — and growing — chunk of its revenue from commercial operators, according to a study financed by the hotel industry. The home-rental company disputed the report as misleading and inaccurate, and provided The Chronicle with data showing that it had jettisoned hundreds of commercial listings in San Francisco as part of…