SANTA CRUZ (KPIX 5) – It could soon get harder, and more expensive, to find a vacation rental in Santa Cruz. ... Santa Cruz is capping so-called short-term rentals, like Airbnb, ...

Derek Timm works at Santa Cruz County Rental and Visitors Alliance and he's not a fan of the proposed ordinance. "Villifying 200 to 300 vacation property owners is not going to have an impact on ...

Brion Sprinsock, also a Santa Cruz resident, said he’s counted roughly 600 short-term rentals in Santa Cruz on the top five vacation rental websites. Around half are registered with the city, he ...

"Vacation rentals, including those rented through Airbnb, VRBO or other platforms, are not allowed to operate as such under the revised Order issued by Health Officer Dr. Gail Newel on March 31 ...

After reading a recent Associated Press article about Airbnb, it gave me pause to reflect. Santa Cruz County is not an easy jurisdiction to develop a property into a short-term vacation rental. It ...

Santa Monica, Calif., is trying to block home rentals through Airbnb and other online services. The city will now impose a hotel tax on such rentals and mandate that permanent residents remain in ...

In addition to limiting the total number of vacation rental permits, the recommendations shared by the ad hoc committee include requirements that hosting platforms, such as Airbnb and Vrbo, remove ...

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (KGO) -- Are you planning on booking a summer vacation rental? ABC7 News has a cautionary tale to keep you from getting scammed. It's happening a lot to people who think they've ...

It means an estimated 1,400 of the 1,700 short-term rental units listed on three big websites – Airbnb, VRBO and Homeaway – in Santa Monica will now be prohibited. But it also means people who ...

Airbnb filed a lawsuit Friday against Santa Monica over a ban on short-term rentals that was passed by officials in 2015. ... In fact, such vacation rentals were already illegal.