The office of San Francisco City Atty. Of the estimated 9,000 short-term rentals in San Francisco, only 1,650 or so have registered with the city. In its filing in the U.S. District Court in San Francisco, Airbnb said the city’s regulation violates the Communications Decency Act of 1996, the Stored Communications Act, and the company's 1st Amendment rights. Airbnb Inc. filed a lawsuit against its home city of San Francisco on Monday in an attempt to block new regulation that it said would violate federal protections for Internet companies. The ordinance comes after San Francisco’s Office of Short-Term Rentals has faced criticism for failing to enforce existing laws intended to curb the effect of short-term rentals on the city’s tight housing market.

Source: Los Angeles Times June 28, 2016 04:52 UTC