MBTC STR Regulations are meaningless!
Updated: Jul 16, 2020
Blaine Smith of 710 Beach Rentals stacked the deck making votes on resolutions like the STR proposed regulations unacceptable. During a period when there is a housing crisis, the committee was told not to consider housing. As a result, the final version of the regulations would allow an unlimited number of permits in Mission Beach. Just to be clear............AN UNLIMITED NUMBER IN A HOUSING CRISIS.
Campbell's proposal states that the number of STRs is being reduced from 16,000 to 3,750, oh but then there are the 1086 STR permits set aside for Mission Beach and of course the unlimited number of Tier 1 and 2 permits. Then if we dig deeper, according to AirDNA, there are now about 10,000 active STRs, with 83 percent of those whole home rentals and the rest room sharing. So, actual total number of whole home STRs now is 7,762. The decrease is far less than fifty percent. Seems like we can do better.
And less than half of the current active STRs are in the beach communities. Supposedly, there are around 2,300 active STRs in the various downtown communities. And this appears to be the fastest growing area in the City, so not sure the platforms are going to give up this asset. Or, the other possibility is that most of the downtown STRs are violating their own HOA rules, and in the event of any STR regulations could disappear. Or, once legalized, they may not disappear.
The point is this. La Jolla, pacific Beach, and Ocean Beach may end up sharing a lot more than they are currently thinking, depending on the system used to obtain a STR permit.
While the greatest concentration of STR listings is near the water, the majority of the total listings, while very dispersed, is somewhere else. Again, it is not clear what Campbell's strategy is for STRs, except to reduce the number, but still allowing a substantial number in a Mission Beach CARVE OUT. I think it is very likely that everyone, and even more owners will apply for a STR permit

Communities STR Listings
Mission Beach 1632
Pacific Beach 1215
Ocean Beach 495
East Village 701
La Jolla 883
North Park 402
Park West 284
Hillcrest 251
Clairemont 228
Pt Loma 179
Little Italy 214
Gas Lamp 185
Golden Hill 165
University City 137
Normal Hts 57
Bay Park 135
Midtown 112
Carmel Valley 100
Cortez 88
Linda Vista 92
South Park 92
Sherman Heights 75
Mission Hills 75
Moreno 75
Logan Heights 79
College 25
Linda Vista 92
Grant Hill 67
Rancho Penasquitos 49
Adams North 49
Old Town 54
Rancho Bernardo 46
Kensington 43
Mountain View 33
Encanto 30
Allied Gardens 35
Talmadge 29
Bay Terrace 26
Barrio Logan 28
Del Cerro 27
Birdland 21
Oak Park 19
Janacho Lomits 18
Lake Murray 20
Fairmont Park 16
Mira Mar 16
Sorrento Valley 21
Redwood Village/Roland Park 15
Balboa Park 19
Stockton 11
Scripps Ranch 13
Mount Hope 16
Buringgame 10
Shelltower 7
San Carlos 16
Ridgeview Webster 6
Black Mountain Ranch 9
Carmel Mountain 9
Mira Mar Ranch North 9
Skyline 6
Emerald Hills 8
Core Colombia 88
Harborview 31