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From YouTube: Committee on Licenses and Inspections 4-5-2023
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The Committee on Licenses and Inspections of the Council of the City of Philadelphia held a Public Hearing on Wednesday, April 5, 2023 to hear testimony on the following items:
230112
Resolution authorizing the Committee on Licenses and Inspections to hold hearings examining the impact of new regulations on the short term rental market in Philadelphia.
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now
note
that
the
hour
has
come:
Mr
Golden.
Will
you
please
call
the
role
to
take
attendance
members
that
are
in
attendance?
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please
indicate
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present
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also
say
a
few
brief
words
when
responding
so
that
your
image
will
be
displayed
on
screen
when
you
speak,
Mr
Golden.
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B
You
before
we
begin
to
hear
testimony
from
the
witnesses
we
have
for
today.
Everyone
who
has
been
invited
to
the
meeting
to
testify
should
be
aware
that
this
public
hearing
is
being
recorded,
because
the
hearing
is
public
participants
and
viewers
have
no
reasonable
expectation
of
privacy.
By
continuing
to
be
in
this
meeting,
you
are
consenting
to
being
recorded
additionally
prior
to
recognizing
members
for
the
questions
or
comments
they
have
for
the
witnesses.
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G
You
know,
on
the
official
side
and
on
the
other
side,
I
appreciate
people
taking
the
time
to
listen
to
the
concerns
of
folks
who
are
telling
us
that
we
need
to
hear
what
they
have
to
say.
Thank
you
Mr,
chair
and,
of
course,
thank
you.
Colleagues,
I
appreciate
all
you
have
done,
and
I
also
want
to
just
recognize
councilmember
school
as
well.
It's
been
a
pleasure
to
work
with
him
and
his
team
as
the
release
of
this
issue
to
be
able
to
figure
out
what
is
the
best
means
of
moving
forward.
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C
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H
Good
morning
Council,
thank
you
so
much
for
the
opportunity
to
share
my
experience.
My
name
is
Angela
Romero
I'm,
a
district
one
and
first
I
kind
of
wanted
to
share
a
little
bit
more
about
my
background.
I'm
a
first
generation
college
student
I'm,
a
Latina
and
I
moved
I
moved
from
Colombia
to
the
states.
Excuse
me
when
I
was
19.,
I
spend
a
lot
of
my
time.
Cleaning
houses
and
you
know,
studying
at
night.
H
Excuse
me
and
I
finally
was
able
to
graduate,
from
my
degree,
get
somewhat
of
a
corporate
job.
So
I
can
start
saving.
So
I
eventually
could
start
my
own
business
down
the
line.
I
love,
Philadelphia
I,
it's
a
very
vibrant,
City,
I
love
diversity
has
a
lot
of
things
to
offer.
I
figured
this
would
be
a
great
place
to
kind
of
set
routes.
H
My
boyfriend
also
lives
here
and
I
wanted
to
start
a
short-term
rental
business.
I
love,
Hospitality,
I,
love
hosting
people
and
sharing
all
the
beautiful
things
that
the
city
has
to
offer,
and
so
what
I
did
was
that
I
invested
pretty
much
my
life
savings
into
buying
an
apartment,
a
building
so
like
a
Triplex
here
in
the
East
Kensington
area,
which
is
a
developing
areas
as
you're
all
aware,
the
apartment
was
very
run
down
outside.
H
Obviously
I
don't
come
from
for
money.
I
know
wealth
that
my
family
gave
me
so
being
able
to
be
economically
empowered
and
being
able
to
have
access
to
that
wealth
that
I've
been
locked
out
at
generation
only
for
that
only
also
is
that
I
do
have
to
provide
for
my
family
and
so
being
able
to,
or
my
mom
specifically
so
being
able
to.
You
know
have
my
small
business
to
help
support.
Her
was
really
great.
H
I
do
have
to
say:
I
I
did
go
into
debt
to
buy
some
like
things
like
furniture,
and
things
like
that.
So
I
do
have
that,
and
I
have
students
that
as
well
and
so
I
think
you
know
when
I
was
operating.
There
was
a
lot
of
good
things
that
I
brought
to
the
community,
so
I
employed
five
people
anywhere
from
contractors
to
cleaning
to
cleaning
staff
and
I
was
able
to
bring
people
to
the
East
Kansas
community.
That
would
bring
tourism
dollars
because
I
had
a
little
booklet.
H
Essentially
that
brought
I
said,
like
you
know,
I
had
like
recommendations
of
where
to
go
and
all
my
guests
loved
going
to
the
local
places.
So
I
was
not
only
bringing
tourism
dollars
but
also
kind
of
changing
the
face
of
of
this
neighborhood,
because,
to
be
honest,
a
lot
of
the
people
that
were
in
the
south
east
Kensington
would
message
me
and
be
like
hey.
Is
the
area
safe?
Like
should
I
even
go?
There?
H
I
was
like
yeah
serious,
safe,
like
come,
come
over,
you'll
have
a
great
time
and
at
the
end
they
did
have
a
great
time
and
they
wanted
to
come
back
and
I.
Think
as
councilman
Thomas
was
saying,
I
think
I
command,
Mr
councilman
squirrel
for
regulation
or
in
leading
this
regulation.
I
think
we
need
regulation
because
it's
the
lack
of
Regulation
that
has
allowed
the
Bad
actors,
which
I
mean
Community
people
don't
want,
but
also
we
as
business
owners,
don't
want
either
because
they
gave
us
a
bad.
H
H
So
I
spent
a
whole
like
good
six
months,
believing
that
I
had
the
right
license
when
I
actually
didn't
when
I
realized
that
I
didn't
I
went
and
tried
to
get
another
license,
which
was
The,
Limited
lodging,
which
is
different,
and
then
I
wasn't
told
that
I
needed
to
file
this
appeal
with
the
CBA,
and
so
that
expired,
my
my
license,
not
my
life.
My
process
expired
because
I
couldn't
file
the
appeal,
and
now
that
I
understand
the
whole
process.
You
know
it's.
H
It's
essentially
the
process
that
a
developer
has
to
go
to
build.
A
new
condo
right,
like
I,
was
yesterday
in
one
of
the
prep
Community
meetings
for
the
community
meeting,
and
they
were
asking
me
if
I
had
plans
for
my
property.
If
I
had
a
lawyer,
if
I
had
a
marketing
and
a
presentation-
and
you
know
I'm-
not
a
large-scale
developer-
that
can
kind
of
you
know
come
up
with
all
this
resources
to
do
all
all
the
stuff
and
in
addition
to
that,
I've
had
to
shut
down
now,
because
I
don't
have
this
regular.
H
They're
like
well
I'm
not
going
to
do
that.
I'm
just
gonna
operate
like
in
the
gray
area
right
and
then
that
I
think
the
inadvertent
consequences
that
you're
gonna
get
the
bad
operators.
In
that
great
area
too,
so
if
we
could
make
it
easier
for
everyone
to
get
licensed,
but
also
make
it
harder,
like
you
know,
if
you
have
an
issue
once
you
know
you're,
you
know
you
you've
got
your
license
revoked.
H
H
I
My
husband
is
a
research
physician
at
the
Veterans
Hospital
in
Philadelphia
and
he's
a
professor
at
Penn.
We
decided
to
move
to
Colorado
just
after
the
pandemic
for
family
reasons,
and
we
really
strategize
for
ways
for
Bob
to
keep
the
job.
He
loves
working
with
the
vets
that
he
loves,
but
we
knew
we
could
not
afford
two
houses
on
our
own
and
we
definitely
cannot
afford
for
him
to
stay
at
a
hotel
every
other
week
to
work
in
Philadelphia.
I
Luckily,
things
basically
worked
out
as
we
had
planned
and
hoped
Bob
is
able
to
stay
there
a
couple
of
times
each
month
he's
there
every
other
week
and
we
rent
it
out
regularly
when
he's
not
there
and
that
has
allowed
Bob
to
keep
his
job
in
the
city
which
supports
our
family,
our
neighbors.
We
have
very
good
relationships
with
our
neighbors
and
they've,
also
in
our
view
and
I.
Think,
in
their
view,
benefited
from
our
short-term
rental.
I
I
I
I
So
one
change
I
would
encourage
in
future
legislation
if
there
remains
a
distinction
between
limited
lodging
and
visitor
accommodation
licenses
is
to
allow
homeowners
the
homeowners,
the
ability
to
obtain
at
least
one
visitor,
obtain
one
license
and
to
accept
more
than
one
proof
of
residency.
Technically
right
now
we
could
rent
out
our
home
full
time
to
someone
else
and
they
could
get
a
limited
lodging
license
and
rent
short-term.
I
But
we
as
homeowners,
who
are
paying
the
bills
and
live
there
regularly,
cannot
so
then
Bob
and
I
began
the
process
to
get
the
visitor
accommodation
license,
which
is
the
pathway
available
to
the
people
who
aren't
able
to
get
the
limited
lodging
license.
As
you
all
know,
and
again,
as
Angela
mentioned,
that
pathway
currently
requires
you
to
have
a
cmx1
zoning
or
greater.
I
If
you
don't
have
this,
you
need
to
get
a
zoning
variance
approved
and
the
first
one
of
the
first
steps
of
that
process
is
to
go
before
your
local
community
organization,
your
rco
for
Community
approval
for
the
required
zoning
change.
So
our
meeting
was
scheduled
for
last
November.
We
spent
a
lot
of
time
in
September
and
October
talking
to
our
neighbors.
I
I
They
there's
not
a
record
of
them
supporting
anyone's
request
ever
for
a
zoning
change
for
a
short-term
rental.
I
can't
speak
to
experience
with
subsequent
steps.
Our
zoning
hearing
with
the
city
is
scheduled
for
later
than
this
call,
but
I
can
say
that
we
have
put
in
countless
hours
and
dollars.
We
we've
paid
the
city
to
have
our
process
expedited.
It's
still
taken.
I
We
support
the
idea
of
regulating
short-term
rentals
in
Philadelphia,
but
we
strongly
believe
that
the
legislation
needs
amending
first.
We
believe
that
the
criteria
available
for
the
limited
lodging
pathway
needs
to
be
reevaluated
and,
most
importantly,
that
the
zoning
requirements
in
the
current
legislation
is
hugely
burdensome
not
only
on
us
also
the
zoning
board
and
and
again
more
important
even
than
that
I.
The
zoning
legislation
does
nothing
to
achieve
the
legislative
goal
of
regulating
Bad
actors.
J
B
K
My
name
is
Romero
Williams,
you
know
thank
you
for
allowing
me
to
speak
today.
My
properties
are
in
District,
Five
and
I
just
want
to
give
a
little
background.
A
very
brief
background
on
how
I
got
into
short-term
rentals.
It
was
the
pandemic,
so
2020
and
I
was
laid
off
from
my
job,
which
I
believe.
Probably
most
people
were-
and
that
was
very
you
know
hard
for
me
at
the
time
and
I
was
actually
able
to
go
back
to
that
job.
L
M
K
K
There
are
good
things
going
on
in
them
as
well
supporting
the
local
businesses
I've.
You
know,
given
so
many
alley-oops
to
like
all
of
the
local
coffee
shops,
food
trucks
and
breweries
around
me,
and
they
have
thanked
me
so
much
like
I
have
you
know
business
cards
in
there
they
have
business
cards
and
my
properties
and
it's
actually
been
a
good
relationship.
I
personally
have
a
good
relationship
with
people
in
the
neighborhood
as
well
like
I'm.
The
type
host
that
I
want
people
to
know.
K
What's
going
on,
I
do
not
want
to
run
a
shitty
business
at
all
and
since
the
legislative
came
in,
I
actually
had
to
move
to
more
so
midterm.
Because
that's
what
can
allow
me
at
the
time,
like
so
31
days
and
more
work,
and
it's
been
tough,
because
short-term
rentals
are
where
the
profit
margin
is
so,
like.
K
My
profit
margin
is
kind
of
like
weighed
down,
and
it's
been
tough
so
and
we
can
try
to
come
to
like
some
sort
of
common
ground,
and
so
hopefully
I
can
get
you
to
see
that
you
know
not
just
residential
neighborhoods
are
such
a
big
problem.
There
are.
There
are
good
things
going
on
in
them
as
well
and
I
do
believe.
There
should
be
regulations,
but
if
we
can,
you
know
be
in
the
middle
somewhere.
That'd
be
really
great.
Thanks
for
letting
me
speak,
foreign.
G
G
Chair
I
just
wanted
to
thank
this
particular
panel
for
their
testimony
and
their
willingness
to
share
their
experiences,
as
well
as
the
recommendations.
It's
very
much
appreciated.
I
didn't
have
any
questions
for
this
panel
I
thought
that
they
were
a
very
detail-oriented.
They
were
sharp
with
their
recommendations
and
also
you
know
the
antidotes
help
as
well
too.
So.
Thank
you.
Mr,
chair
I,
just
wanted
to
thank
those
folks
who
testified
today.
B
C
P
Our
neighborhood
has
experienced
several
problems
stemming
from
the
misuse
of
short-term
rentals.
There
are
50
short-term
rental
locations
within
a
block
of
where
I
am
right.
Now
at
about
50
yards
from
where
I'm
sitting
a
new
building
is
planned
to
contain
110
new,
short-term
rentals,
with
two
large
roof
decks
and
according
to
the
developer,
that
building
will
not
have
anyone
on
site.
Full-Time
I
only
see
our
problems
getting
worse,
not
better.
P
P
Their
problems
continue
and
there
is
no
clear
path
to
enforcement
of
the
ordinance.
People
are
buying
properties
strictly
for
the
purpose
of
using
them
for
short-term
rentals.
In
essence,
the
city
is
experiencing
an
unpleasant
dispersal
of
short-term
rental
units,
I
call
them
hotel
rooms
throughout
residential
neighborhoods
I
understand
some
people
feel
the
modified
ordinance
is
too
restrictive,
I
have
to
say
it's
not
restrictive
enough.
P
P
P
P
O
Oh,
thank
you.
My
name
is
Jonathan
bro
I'm,
the
zoning
committee,
chair
of
the
Washington
Square
West,
civic
association,
our
community
and
the
civic
association
were
generally
not
supportive
of
short-term
rentals,
and
we
believe
that
the
current
process
is
appropriate
as
there
should
be
careful
scrutiny
of
airbnbs
or
short-term
rentals
and
strong
input
from
the
community,
especially
in
residential
neighborhoods.
Wash.
West
is
kind
of
his
large
scale
of
residential
types,
including
including
Trinity's,
walk-ups
and
so
forth,
and
these
units
types
make
great
airbnbs.
O
Unfortunately,
for
each
one
of
these
airbnbs,
the
community
in
the
city
at
large
loses
a
permanent
residence
of
an
apartment
or
a
house
or
so
forth,
and
at
a
time
when
all
we're
hearing
about
is
a
housing
crisis
and
that
we're
seeing
you
know
less
ability
for
people
to
find
apartments
and
houses.
We
think
the
Airbnb
and
limited
lodging
just
exacerbates
this
problem
specific
to
the
problems
of
airbnbs.
O
As
mentioned
previously,
the
concerns
of
loud
parties
concerns
of
trash
pickup.
Again
we
have
a
lot
of
small
streets
and
we
have
people,
do
it:
dropping
off
they're,
dropping
off
and
picking
up
or
cleaners
blocking
the
streets.
We
have
doctors
who
live
on
the
streets,
have
been
unable
to
leave
their
streets,
emergency
emergency
situations
because
of
cars,
blocking
them
on
the
streets
and
in
the
worst
case,
was
in
September
of
2021.
O
You
know
with
regards
to
things
that
could
possibly
be
done.
I
think
the
city,
the
city,
is
a
bunch
of
different
types
of
neighborhoods.
Obviously,
and
so
possibly
you
know
a
consideration
of
an
overlay
for
certain
residential
districts.
You
know
that
would
allow
short-term
limited,
lodging
or
short-term
rentals
could
be
a
could
be
appropriate
for
various
districts
or
I.
O
Wait
is
really
just
an
untenable
situation,
which
doesn't
has
anything
specifically
to
do
with
the
ordinance,
but
is
a
problem
with
the
process
currently,
and
you
know,
of
the
people
that
presented
I
would
think
that
the
possibly
the
SEC
who
the
Airbnb
owners
it
seemed
like
all
three
of
them
had
potentials
that
within
our
neighborhood
could
have.
You
know,
would
have
the
potential
to
be
approved.
I
can't
speak
to
the
specifics
of
it,
so
I'm,
just
saying
when
we
hear
from
operators
that
do
operate
airbnbs
properly
and
aren't
otherwise.
A
Q
Q
Q
Things
like
that,
but
we
have
seen
a
marked
decrease
in
in
those
complaints,
and
so
the
ccra's
position
is
because
things
have
improved,
not
to
change
anything,
and
you
know
we're
looking
to
see
the
ordinance
remain
largely
as
is,
and
so
that's
the
the
full
scope
of
of
my
testimony
today.
Unless
anyone
has
any
particular
questions.
B
B
G
Yes,
this
is
councilmember
Thomas
I
just
wanted
to
again
thank
this
panel
for
their
testimony
their
perspective.
This
is
the
information
that
we
need.
This
is
why
we
have
these
conversations,
so
we
can
figure
out
what
is
the
best
way
to
assure
that
we're
servicing
the
people
of
Philadelphia
so
just
wanted
to
thank
this
panel
as
well
for
offering
perspective
it's
very
much
appreciated
and
thank
them
for
representing
their
neighborhoods
and
fighting
for
their
communities.
B
A
B
R
R
You
know,
it'll
touch
the
heart
to
the
people
I'm
a
super
host
I
have
about
three
units,
and
this
these
units
help
to
fuel
my
life
I
know
a
lot
of
the
a
lot
of
the
changes
had
hurt
us
some
people
where
they
couldn't
rent
or
you
know.
Sometimes
you
have
those
bad
apples
that
spoiled
a
bunch,
but
as
far
as
being
the
super
host
in
the
Airbnb
Community
I
don't
have
a
bad
review
and
I
I.
R
Take
this
thing
seriously
as
if
I'm
My,
Own,
Hotel
Warren
Buffett
had
brought
Coca-Cola
years
ago
for
about
400
million
dollars
right.
He
bought
stocks
in
the
company
and
when
I'm
doing
that,
what
wind
up
happening
was.
It
was
already
a
great
company.
So
what
he
did
was
he
raised
the
price?
Just
a
dollar
right
to
make
things
happen,
so
it
wouldn't
be
catastrophic
to
the
bottom
line,
a
lot
of
things
that
goes
on
in
the
Airbnb
and
again
sometimes
the
bad
apples
does
spoil
the
bunch.
R
R
I'm
just
trying
to
give
my
testimony
of
how
great
Airbnb
has
been
to
me
and
my
family
and
my
life,
and
if
it's
something
that
was
to
shut
it
down
or
you
wouldn't
be
able
to
run
out
it.
Would
you
know
everything
would
collapse?
I
mean
the
property
owners
would
collapse
if
you're
doing
renting
to
at
least
a
company.
That
would
collapse,
because
you
wouldn't
be
able
to
make
the
revenue
to
provide
for
your
family
right,
because
this
thing
is
about
getting
wealth
for
your
family
and
taking
care
of
your
family.
R
So
I
don't
want
to
talk
too
long,
but
my
experiences
that
I
had
on
Airbnb
has
been
nothing
but
great
experiences.
Now
I
know
some
people,
you
know
the
younger
guys
they
may
be
having
parties
in
different
states
and
things
like
that.
But
if
you
have
the
right
security
footage
in
your
Airbnb,
you
can
avoid
that
for
people
destroying
your
property
or
making
things
to
where
uncomfortable
for
the
city
of
Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania
and
also
yourself
as
being
a
host
so
I
come
today
to
say:
Airbnb
has
changed.
R
My
life
it'll
be
catastrophic
to
my
bottom
line:
there's
if
I
wasn't
able
to
do
it
or
if
they
changed
the
rules
of
where,
basically
nobody
could
do
it
or
they
made
it
so
difficult
to
do
so.
My
my
advice
was
well
well.
Maybe
with
the
city
of
Philadelphia
should
do
is
maybe
come
up
with
a
method
to
where
hey.
R
If
we
have
to
pay
an
extra
three
dollars
or
ten
dollars,
it
goes
towards
the
city
to
make
everything
comfortable,
or
we
have
to
make
sure
that
we
have
the
security
cameras
at
our
units
to
make
things
where
they
need
to
be
like.
Whenever
you
go
into
my
units,
it's
a
rain
camera,
but
it's
also
a
camera
in
the
living
room.
R
But
my
instructions
say:
please
unplug
the
camera
for
your
privacy
whenever
you
walk
in
so
you
can
see
the
people
and
greet
the
people,
have
the
customer
service
with
the
people
and
have
great
experience
again.
I
have
no
bad
reviews
with
Airbnb
I
only
get
good
reviews
and
I
never
had
a
problem
with
any
of
my
tenants
to
stand.
R
J
S
L
My
name
is
Joyce
James
I'm,
a
lifelong
and
voting
resident
of
Philadelphia
I
attended
girls,
high
school
Community,
College
of
Philadelphia
and
retired,
from
teaching
in
Philadelphia
Public
Schools
about
12
years
ago,
I'm.
Also,
a
super
host
with
Airbnb
resolution
number
230112
has
crippled
my
attempts
to
augment
my
retirement
income
and
improve
my
quality
of
life
and
maintain
my
home
in
good
repair.
L
Here,
right
now
go
into
the
details
of
all
the
issues.
Some
people
who
spoke
in
the
first
group
talked
about
some
of
them,
but
I
started
March
25th,
2022
this
process
and
with
an
online
meeting
with
L
and
I,
because
I
was
out
of
town
at
the
time.
I've
also
contacted
and
received
help
from
council
member
Catherine
Gilmore
Richardson.
L
She
referred
me
to
another
council
member,
whose
name
I
can't
recall,
who
also
has
helpful
and
finally
to
David
Cellini
from
Elena
I've
made
it
these
four
trips
to
the
municipal
Services
building
spent
countless
hours
on
telephone
calls
and
trying
to
to
manage
that
Eclipse
system,
which
is
the
pitch
that
Eclipse
system.
It
was
so
difficult
for
me
to
try
to
manage
and
I
I
I
really
wanted
to
give
up
just
trying
to
deal
with
the
eclipse
system.
O
L
L
I
do
not
believe
that
residents.
This
resolution
should
apply
to
a
person
who
is
renting
out
space
in
the
home
where
they
live.
I
do
not
feel
as
though
I
should
be
placed
in
the
same
category
as
someone
coming
into
the
city.
Turning
much
needed.
Moderately
priced
housing
into
unregulated
boutique
hotels,
I
understand
that
it
definitely
needs
regulation,
as
people
have
spoken
about
the
problems
that
that
brings
to
a
neighborhood.
L
This
is
the
chance
for
them
to
see
my
home
How
I
Live,
to
see
my
neighborhood
and
how
well
my
neighbors
and
I
get
along
a
chance
to
promote
peace
and
understanding.
No
help
Hotel
can
offer
that
no
impersonal,
unregulated,
Boutique
Hotel
offers
that
and
the
City
of
Brotherly,
Love
and
sister
of
the
affection
should
not
make
it
difficult
or
impossible
for
our
citizens
to
offer
that
Goodwill
to
the
world.
L
As
a
member
councilman
Thomas
mentioned
earlier
that
the
city
wants
to
be
friendly
to
business,
and
that's
true
I
agree
with
that,
but
there
should
be
a
very
strict
difference
between
business
and
and
these
Bootsy
good
hotels,
downtown
that
are
causing
problems
and
a
person
who
lives
in
the
space
that
they're
renting
out
is
a
big
difference.
I
live
in
this
neighborhood
I'm,
going
to
be
sure
that
the
people
who
come
in
here
are
decent
and
that
there
aren't
any
unnecessary
problems.
L
B
D
Good
day
my
name
is
Bonita
Cummings
and
I
am
the
director
of
story.
Mansion
Community
concern
I'm,
an
elected
committee
woman
in
the
28th
Ward
and
a
member
of
the
Philadelphia
Citywide
rfco
coalition
good
day,
chairman
Driscoll
and
members
of
the
committee
I'm
here
in
reference
to
a
resolution,
number
230112,
the
committee
of
licenses
and
inspection.
It's
a
good
day.
D
Shannon
Drisco
were
members
of
the
committee
on
licenses
and
inspection
on
February
3
2023,
a
letter
expressing
concerns
regarding
General
Reynolds,
visitor
accommodation
licenses
sent
to
every
council
member,
the
mayor
state
and
federal
officials
and
Anne
for
Doolin
and
Eleanor
sharper
City
Planning.
We
don't
get
much
time
to
to
be
comprehensive
in
our
testimony.
D
So
I
first
want
to
thank
council
member
at
large
Sharon
born
for
knowledge
and
receipt
of
our
letter
that
expressed
concerns
of
the
damaging
impact,
short-term,
rentals
and
visitor
accommodation
license
will
have
anything
possible
housing,
short-term
rentals,
airbnbs
Etc
can
be
put
into
a
neighborhood
or
Community.
However,
just
because
you
can
don't
mean
you
should
resolution
number
two
three
zero
one.
One
two
is
meant
to
be
interpreted
as
if
it
is
about
balance
and
equity.
D
For
people
of
color,
however,
resolution
number
two
three
zero
one:
one
two
and
Bill
number
two
one:
zero
zero,
eight
one
which
was
signed,
June
23
2021,
actually
promote
poverty
on
to
the
most
vulnerable
residence
of
the
city
of
Philadelphia,
being
young
black
women
and
immigrants
Etc.
It
is
young
black
women
and
old
women
who
go
to
work
in
housekeeping
and
hotels
around
the
city
and
counties
and
not
middle-class
white
women,
short-term
rentals
impact
the
hotel
industry
and
will
affect
their
livelihood.
D
The
responsibility
of
determining
short-term
rental
and
visitor
accommodation.
Youth
has
been
given
to
rcos
rcos
are
volunteers
and
should
not
have
the
responsibility
of
making
hodgepodge
decisions
as
to
where
these
places
go.
This
is
a
major
major
economic
decision
impacting
with
devastation
the
financial
welfare
of
vulnerable,
young
and
old,
mostly
women
and
creating
abandoned
Hotel
buildings,
which
many
commercial
properties
due
to
covet
are
now
vacant.
This
should
be
a
more
comprehensive
decision.
D
Chairman
Bergman
of
the
zoning
board
will
be
forced
to
oversaturate
blocks
with
transient
short-term
use
properties,
causing
major
disruptions
in
family
life
and
residential
blocks.
Once
one
is
allowed,
the
attorney
will
argue
that
the
block
has
won
and
how
can
we
deny
another
one
on
and
on?
Therefore,
we
are
respectfully
requesting
the
mayor
city,
council,
state
and
federal
officials
licenses
and
inspections.
D
Commissioner,
Planning
Commission
zoning
board
and
the
hotel
industry
and
Union
to
call
for
assist
or
moratorium
of
the
zoning
bearings
process
for
business
accommodation
license
short-term
rentals
until
such
time
as
we
can
get
a
comprehensive
plan.
We
want
follow-ups
and
look
forward
to
to
a
response
for
our
request
before
it
is
too
late.
D
The
communities
understand
that
the
need
for
business
and
that
people
go
into
business,
but
what
we
don't
have
is
the
ability
to
become
licensed,
inspection,
regulate
these
processes
and
again,
most
importantly,
they
impact
from
an
economic
standpoint,
the
ability
for
young
women,
those
that
haven't
been
able
to
go
to
college
and
get
degrees
and
and
that
utilize,
the
hospitality
industry
as
a
means
of
supporting
their
families.
We
become
saturated
in
our
blocks
residential
blocks,
with
excessive
permissions
of
granting
approvals
of
these
types
of
short-term
rental
on
properties.
D
So
we
ask
that
you
cease
right
now.
This
zoning
process
that
has
rcos
have
a
hodgepodge,
10
15
20
of
these
properties,
into
a
residential
blocks,
so
even
into
a
a
geographical
boundary,
it
can
become
oversaturated
and
it
can
cause
major
financial
difficulty,
particularly
for
our
young
women,
who
need
who
need
their
hotel
jobs.
So
I.
Thank
you
for
allowing
me
to
have
a
voice
today.
M
Well,
thank
you
the
name.
My
name
is
Albert
meinster
and
I'm,
a
member
of
the
board
of
the
Society
Hill
civic
association
and
I'm
here,
not
to
speak
for
the
association,
although
what
I
have
to
say
will
be
the
result
of
conversations
with
other
members
of
the
board
and
certainly
with
my
neighbors
I
must
say
that
after
attending
quite
a
few
PSA
3
meetings
with
the
6th
and
Ninth
District
police,
the
existence
of
these
airbnbs
or
short-term
rental
properties
are
a
cancerous
intrusion
in
our
neighborhoods
and
I
support.
M
Councilman
squirrel
is
proposed
ordinance
with
all
of
its
restrictions
and
I
think.
Perhaps
the
restrictions
should
go
further
and
the
immediate
attention
to
violations.
It
should
be
just
that
immediate
you'll
have
to
excuse
me
if
I
sound
a
bit
disjointed
I've,
not
written
anything
down.
But
again,
these
short-term
rentals
are
pernicious.
They
tend
to
drive
the
middle
class
out
of
our
community
and
from
what
I've
heard
of
those
who've
testified.
A
T
East
Arizona
Street
in
District
Seven.
We
purchased
this
property
as
a
second
home
five
and
a
half
years
ago
to
give
us
a
chance
to
enjoy
and
experience
the
Rejuvenation
of
the
city
of
Philadelphia.
Our
primary
residence
is
at
northeastern
Pennsylvania,
close
to
where
we
work,
but
we
do
want
to
continue
to
be
a
short-term
rental
host
in
Philadelphia,
which
we
have
done
since
December
2017,
with
zero
issues
or
complaints.
T
We
enjoy
our
time
in
Philadelphia
the
culture,
the
restaurants,
the
sports
are
key,
highlights
having
the
second
home
has
given
us
an
opportunity
to
enable
our
friends
and
family
to
stay
in
Philadelphia,
and
we
also
permitted
at
no
cost
other
families
to
stay
in
this
three
bed:
three
bath
property,
while
supporting
Medical
Treatments
at
our
tremendous
hospitals,
we're
also
open.
We
also
open
our
property
for
our
neighbors
for
their
use
when
we
have
when
they
have
families
visiting
as
the
closest
hotels
to
our
locations
are
several
miles
away
by
staying
in
our
second
home.
T
We
certainly
do
not
want
nor
endorse
any
trouble
or
disruption
at
our
property,
and
while
we
are
not
in
Philadelphia
full
time
as
our
primary
residence
for
us,
it's
still
home
it's
critically
important
that
we
treat
this
resolution
fairly
and
permit
operations
in
rsa1
zoning
being
able
to
have
RSA
one
property
which
we
own
as
a
short-term
rental,
will
enable
us
to
continue
to
enjoy
the
city,
enable
us
to
give
back
to
others
and
help
us
to
continue
to
support
the
Rejuvenation
of
Philadelphia.
Thank
you
for
your
time.
T
S
Thank
you
for
giving
me
the
opportunity
to
testify
by
restricting
short-term
rentals
with
the
ordinance
implemented
in
January.
The
city
is
hurting
visitors,
residents
and
itself.
Rental
income
is
important
for
my
livelihood.
I
don't
represent
a
large
real
estate
corporation,
like
other
members
of
the
public,
who
have
testified.
I'm
a
small
business
owner
I
own
a
couple
of
investment
properties
in
District
8
in
the
Northwest.
The
income
that
I
was
earning
from
short-term
rentals
was
viled
to
my
livelihood
and
my
retirement
I'm,
a
highly
rated
Airbnb
host.
S
Many
of
our
guests
are
grandparents,
parents
and
siblings,
who
want
to
see
their
family.
They
stay
in
the
Northwest
to
be
near
their
family
members.
They
appreciate
a
clean,
comfortable
Airbnb
as
a
home
away
from
home.
We've
had
no
problems
with
any
parties
or
any
other
disruptions
in
our
neighborhood.
We
know
our
neighbors
and
we
treat
them
with
respect,
and
we
feel
that
we
offer
a
good
service
for
the
guests
that
stay
with
us.
S
Other
Philadelphia
residents
rely
on
short-term
stays
for
accommodation
for
a
number
of
reasons
they
might
be
moving
between
long-term
rentals
or
perhaps
they
can't
afford
long-term
rentals
myself.
I
stayed
in
airbnbs
for
a
number
of
months,
while
I
was
looking
for
a
home
to
buy,
so
it
was
a
very
convenient
way
to
learn
more
about
the
various
neighborhoods
in
the
city,
so
the
city
is
hurting
these
residents
by
making
it
more
difficult
for
them
to
find
affordable,
flexible
housing
options.
S
It
would
be
too
expensive
for
me
personally
to
have
stayed
in
the
hotel
during
the
several
months
that
I
was
getting
familiar
with
the
city.
Lastly,
the
city
is
hurting
Itself
by
effectively
closing
down
the
majority
of
short-term
rentals
by
imposing
a
complicated,
time-consuming
and
expensive
rezoning
process,
the
city
cuts
off
a
steady
stream
of
tax
revenue.
Many
tourists
who
come
to
Philadelphia
need
affordable
accommodation,
expensive,
Center,
City
hotels
are
not
an
option
for
some
visitors.
S
With
this
ordinance,
the
city
is
punished.
Pushing
visitors
to
stay
in
neighboring
counties
where
more,
affordable,
hotels
and
motels
are
plentiful.
The
city
not
only
loses
that
valuable
hotel
tax
revenue
and
also
loses
revenue
from
restaurants
and
ancillary
services
that
people
would
find
in
the
counties
they're
not
going
to
eat
in
restaurants
in
Philadelphia,
necessarily
if
they're
staying
outside
the
city.
S
I
have
no
problem,
registering
my
property
and
obtaining
rental
licenses.
I've
done
I
do
have
a
problem
with
a
poorly
considered
and
implemented
process
that
arbitrarily
impacts
my
livelihood,
the
community
and
the
city
as
a
whole.
I
ask
that
you
support
short-term
rentals
by
removing
the
rezoning
requirement
from
the
short-term
Rental
process.
Thank
you
for
listening.
U
Hello,
my
name
is
lakia
I'm,
a
registered
nurse
I
have
lived
in
the
city
of
Philadelphia.
All
my
life
I
have
been
a
registered
nurse
for
the
last
18
years
and
my
husband
and
I
have
decided
to
purchase
a
property.
It's
a
three-story
multi-multi
building
with
two
apartments
in
the
store
in
the
brewery
Town
section
it
was
an
abandoned
building
and
we
decided
to
try
to
help
uplift,
the
upcoming
neighborhood,
by
purchasing
the
building
and
fixing
it
up
and
starting
the
Airbnb
and
putting
this
store
downstairs.
U
U
We
cleaned
the
Alleyways
I
have
also
employed
young
women
in
my
business,
which
goes
against
what
they
someone
actually
said
about
us
taking
jobs
from
young
women,
I,
actually
employed
a
young
African-American
woman
who
actually
cleans
my
Airbnb
between
every
guest
and
since
then
she
has
actually
started
her
own
cleaning
business
so
now
she's
her
own
business
owner
and
she
actually
cleans
airbnbs
all
over
the
city.
So
my
business
has
actually
helped
someone
else
grow
a
business
during
covet.
U
Inspections
to
get
rezoned
and
I've
been
waiting
for
about
three
months
to
get
an
appointment
with
Ellen
I,
so
I
am
now
actually
just
letting
travel,
nurses
or
any
travel
health
care,
professional,
actually
rent
the
building
at
a
much
lower
cost.
This
has
impacted
my
family
because
I'm
because
I'm
a
nurse,
my
children,
don't
actually
qualify
for
a
lot
of
the
College.
U
So
these
variances
and
these
new
rules
that
you
guys
have
put
out,
is
really
impacting
my
family
and
making
it
harder
for
us
to
save
and
make
sure
that
our
children
have
a
better
future,
so
I'm
hoping
that
there's
something
that
can
be
done
with
the
new
rules
and
the
new
regulations
that
can
help
everybody,
the
neighborhood,
the
city,
the
Airbnb
owners,
come
up
with
a
better
solution.
I
appreciate
your
time.
Thank
you.
U
F
Yes,
hello,
my
name
is
Louis
Baum
and
I.
Thank
you
for
this
opportunity.
I'm
a
member
of
the
46th
Ward
Democratic
committee
rco,
and
the
Citywide
rco
Coalition.
While
many
people
represented
by
these
groups
would
concur
with
the
views
I
present,
they
are
my
own,
the,
whereas
parts
of
resolution
230112
speak
eloquently
to
the
concerns
about
tourism,
enhancing
City
revenue
and
addressing
the
desires
of
those
who
want
to
run
airbnbs.
F
But
for
me
my
neighbors
and
many
philadelphians.
The
issue
is
the
livability
safety,
stability
and
visibility
of
our
communities.
We
are
the
residents,
taxpayers
and
voters
who
have
chosen
to
live
in
the
row,
houses
twin
and
Twins,
and
apartments
of
Philadelphia's
low
density,
residential
communities.
F
We
asked
for
revisions
to
current
law
to
better
allow
enforcement
of
present
requirements
such
as
owner
occupancy.
We
ask
for
proactive
enforcement
of
those
requirements
and
we
asked
for
a
documented
process
to
reliably
engage
the
city
for
Action
when
neighbors
have
a
problem
with
safety,
nuisance
and
violations.
F
Finally,
we
asked
for
in
the
enforcement
for
non-overs
no
non-owner
occupied
properties
that
may
or
may
not
use
a
licensed
booking
agent.
The
problem
is
not
just
Bad
actors:
every
building
unit
that
becomes
a
short-term
rental
property
is
one
less
homeownership
or
one
less
long-term
apartment
available
for
use.
This
lowers
availability
and
raises
prices.
F
F
The
line
needs
to
be
brightly
drawn
to
prevent
multiple
properties
in
an
area
from
being
taken
over
for
short-term
rental
and
needs
to
exclude
the
people
who
are
running
multiple
properties
as
a
primary
business.
This
is
especially
true
in
neighborhoods
undergoing
gentrification,
because
it
is
obvious
that
the
conversion
of
properties
to
short-term
rentals
drives
away
drives
long-term
neighbors
out
many
Philadelphia
properties
have
been
purchased
by
Outsiders
and
corporations.
The
disruption
of
the
home
ownership
and
the
incursion
of
short-term
renters
to
stabilizes
our
communities,
changing
them
from
places
of
mutual
support
and
caring
to
commercial
Enterprises.
F
The
well-known
problems
of
noise,
nuisance
and
lawlessness,
ruin
neighborhood
integrity
and
require
the
undue
and
effort
on
the
part
of
neighbors
to
attempt
resolution.
The
fundamental
question
is:
should
one
owner
have
the
right,
whether
it
is
by
law
or
via
City,
in
action
to
repurpose,
one
or
more
properties
such
that
the
direction
and
character
of
a
neighborhood
is
permanently
altered?
Despite
objections
of
those
who
have
invested
their
lives
in
those
neighborhoods,
the
non-owner
occupied
short-term
rentals
are
illegal
in
under
Philadelphia
code.
Make
no
mistake:
this
is
not
a
recent
change.
F
About
eight
years
ago,
Philadelphia
began
to
allow
homeowner
occupants
to
rent
a
room
in
the
limited
lodging
program,
more
detailed
license
requirements
became
effective
last
year.
The
required
reporting
for
this
program
is
brought
to
light.
What
everyone
knew
that
there
are
quite
a
number
of
illegal
operations.
F
F
There
are
many
complaints
about
delays
at
l
I
and
the
zba.
This
is
a
problem
across
all
users
of
those
organizations.
These
problems
need
to
be
fixed,
like
many
other
causes
for
a
zba
backup,
the
short-term
rental
backup
would
be
reduced
if
the
zba
accurately
enforced
the
unnecessary
hardship
requirement.
According
to
code,
then
people
would
not
purchase
properties
that
inflated
prices,
because
they
feel
a
good
chance
of
getting
a
variance
for
whatever
they
want
to
do.
F
V
Hello,
my
name
is
Marianne
I
am
a
host
in
District,
Five
I
just
want
to
say
a
few
things
about
what
makes
Airbnb
and
short-term
rental
special
for
me
and
why
I
think
it's
important
that
we
keep
this
in
Philadelphia,
first
off
I
get
to
meet
people
from
all
over
the
world,
all
kinds
of
backgrounds
always
of
life,
and
this
alone
has
expanded.
My
family's
knowledge
and
appreciation
of
the
diversity
of
everyone
in
this
world,
which
I
think
is
very
important
right
now.
V
It
allows
me
to
spend
more
time
at
my
home
with
my
family
and
I'm,
a
widowed
single
mom.
So
this
is
it's.
It's
important
that
I
be
here
I'm,
sometimes
the
first
impression
that
people
get
when
they
come
to
Philadelphia
and
I'm,
not
gonna
lie.
We
don't
have
the
best
impression
on
people.
A
lot
of
the
first
questions
that
I
get
when
people
are
booking
are
how
safe
is
it
and
I
have
to
tell
them
that
my
neighborhood
is
incredible.
We
have
such
a
tight
Community.
V
All
of
my
neighbors,
you
know
blocks
away,
have
stayed
hosted
their
family
so
that
they
can
come
and
visit
because
they
don't
have
the
room.
I
I
actually
live
and
work
in
this
1880s
wool
Mill,
which
is
amazing,
historic
building
and
have
the
proper
everything
to
be
doing
this
because
you
know
I've
got
the
cmx
and
all
that
stuff,
but
I
feel
that
a
lot
of
bad
hosts
out
there
have
made
it
not
a
favorable
situation
for
the
rest
of
us.
V
Some
of
the
other
things
that
I
would
just
like
to
highlight
is
that
I
actually
live
here.
So
I
meet
every
single
one
of
the
guests
that
come
to
my
house.
I
greet
them.
I
give
them
recommendations
on
where
to
get
the
best
cheesesteak.
In
my
opinion,
where
to
go
shopping.
This
is
the
historical
sections
to
go
visit.
What
they
should
see,
what
they
don't
have
to
bother
seeing
if
they're,
not
interested
I
posted
families
for
college
visits
and
graduations
births
of
babies,
weddings,
funerals
cancer
treatments,
I
mean
everything
across
the
board.
V
I've
hosted
I
have
not
hosted
parties,
I,
don't
have
people
throwing
trash
I,
don't
have
people
parking
illegally
and
doing
these
things
that
people
are
complaining
about.
I
have
heard
of
these
people
my
husband's
a
contractor.
My
current
husband
he's
down
downtown
repairing
a
lot
of
these
bad
host
properties
and
tells
me
of
the
horror
stories
that
these
people
are
doing.
They're.
V
Most
of
us
are
doing
our
best
to
make
the
best
of
this
city
and
and
show
the
best
of
everything
that
we
have
to
offer,
as
opposed
to
just
trying
to
make
an
extra
five
thousand
dollars
a
month
on
top
of
multi-millions.
But
most
of
these
bad
hosts
are
doing
they're
just
buying
properties,
and
these
are
the
people.
I
think
that
you
need
to
be
regulating
and
now
I'm
starting
to
go
off
and
I
am
going
to
just
end
it
there
and
say.
Thank
you
very
much
for
your
time.
V
M
W
W
You
know,
as
a
teen
I
went
and
served
in
the
Air
Force
and
I
returned
back
to
Philadelphia.
To
start
a
non-profit
in
my
community
that
was
very
successful
for
years,
worked
with
the
Rendell
Administration
to
bring
100
million
empowerment,
Zone
grants
to
the
city
of
theft
and,
as
the
volunteer,
writing
that
particular
Grant
very
successful
in
bringing
it
and
helping
Revitalize
underserved
areas
of
the
city.
I'm
proud
of
the
work
that
I
did
in
1998
I
went
out
to
become
my
own
business.
W
Owner
became
a
consultant
and
I
started
my
company
in
2002.,
and
you
know
in
all
of
those
years.
You
know
I
never
needed
any
support
whatsoever
in
developing
my
business
growing
it
having
people
working
with
me
together
in
different
Community
projects
and
then
in
2015
I
was
fortunate
I'd
been
in
San
Francisco,
working
with
a
lot
of
startup
owners,
including
folks
that
work
at
Airbnb
and
learning
about
this
shared
housing,
short-term
rental,
community
and
in
2000
2014.
W
You
know
one
three
bedroom
unit
and
expand
to
eight
three
bedroom
units.
All
within
the
Chinatown
area,
next
to
the
convention
center
and
we
were
very
profitable,
bring
in
at
least
25
to
30
000
a
month
and
helping
you
know,
but
paying
also
rent
between
1800
and
2800
a
month
to
those
owners.
So,
besides
the
revenue
being
paid
to
owners
for
those
property
usage,
taxes
and
all
that
were
being
paid
to
the
city-
and
we
were
able
to
you
know
also
profit
as
a
company.
W
Now
just
so
you
get
clear
when
I
talk
about
my
company
I'm.
Actually
talking
about
me.
I
am
a
one
owner,
limited
liability
company
that
opportunity
was
provided
for
me
as
someone
who
grew
up,
you
know
only
knowing
jobs.
Only
knowing
that
I
could
have.
You
know,
work
for
someone
else
and
when
I
got
the
opportunity
to
start
my
company,
I
was
very
proud
to
be
independent.
W
Now,
as
many
of
you
have
heard
other
guests
and
host
or
hosts
talking
about
their
business,
you
know
we've
had
over
400
positive
reviews,
we're
on
all
the
platforms,
verbal
Airbnb,
TripAdvisor,
all
positive
reviews,
and
you
know,
operating
eight
three
bedroom
units.
We
opened
our
property
up
to
all
the
type
of
guests
that
you've
already
heard
of
people
from
all
over
the
world.
You
know
and
we
hired
our
part-time
staff.
We
paid
contractors
we
recycled
dollars
into
local
communities
by
purchasing
products.
I
know
Target
and
Home.
W
Depot
have
a
lot
of
the
revenue
of
my
company
right
and,
as
we
all
know,
in
2000,
you
know
19,
that
pandemic
shut
down
severely
impacted
our
business
model.
You
know
we
went
from
having
eight
units
that
we
could
operate
to
having
to
reduce
down
to
two
and
barely
keeping
up
with
the
rent,
and
you
know
we're
forced
to
give
up
our
six
leases
bookings
were
all
canceled
tens
of
thousands
of
dollars
of
losses
with
furniture
that
we
had
to
give
away
pretty
much
in
storage.
It
impacted
my
company
and
my
personal
reputation.
W
I
can
no
longer
rent
from
these
building
owners
due
to
the
reduced
revenue,
and
we
no
longer
you
know
have
those
those
Partnerships
I
also
now
have
emergency
SBA
Loans
that
I
didn't
have
before
that
are
now
coming
due
and
there's
little
to
no
revenue
from
the
short-term
rental
that
was
anticipated.
We
have
not
rebounded
from
that
pandemic
and
the
revenue
is
still
not
with
us,
and
since
the
zoning
process
was
even
first
talked
about
and
delayed
several
months.
Even
then
we
still
didn't
qualify
because
our
buildings
are
rmx
three
or
you
know
so.
W
They're
just
they're,
don't
qualify
as
commercial
units.
We've
helped
contribute
making
this
city
a
world
heritage
City.
We
help
this
City
win
the
2026
MLB
All-Star
game,
with
our
hosting
we've,
helped
to
encourage
the
2026
FIFA
World
Cup.
These
are
all
things
done
by
people
like
myself
and
others
that
you've
heard
of
who
have
been
Community
Partners
to
this
industry
and
to
the
city.
So,
as
you
know,
there's
a
statement
that
you
all
may
have
heard:
don't
throw
the
baby
out
with
the
bath
water.
W
The
legislation
you
have
put
in
place
and
the
hindrances
that
is
caused
have
effectively
knocked
off
90
percent
of
operators
such
as
myself
from
these
platforms
with
the
difficulty
of
this
licensing
and
unnecessary
process.
You
know
the
FDR
process
started
back
in
2015
when
city
council
will
approved
this
entire
city
as
a
Airbnb
eligible
City.
You
wanted
the
only
cities
that
were
were
able
to
do
that
and
it
encouraged
a
lot
of
people
and
including
Bad
actors
to
come
into
the
environment
and
take
over
properties.
W
W
The
other
thing
I
would
like
to
say
you
know:
Str
hosts
are
not
licensing
experts,
we're
not
expedited
and,
as
you've
heard
as
many
of
us
we've
been
forced
to
do
emergency
triage
to
try
to
recover
from
our
lost
revenue
and
having
the
time
to
spend,
to
try
and
go
through.
Like
the
woman
shared,
you
know,
just
the
eclipse
system
alone,
it's
been
a
hindrance,
and
some
of
us
have
just
said:
forget
it,
we
just
don't
have
the
ability
to
do
it.
W
But
I
first
have
to
ask
the
committee
to
really
think
through.
Like
you
know,
what's
your
you
know
when
these
issues
of
parties
and
other
dangerous
business
and
again
I
know
that
throughout
the
city
they're
complaints
for
many
different
reasons
and
again
there
are
many
reasons
why
businesses
leave
many
reasons
why
residents
leave
one
being
the
large
gun
violence
issue
we
have,
but
that's
again,
not
an
l
and
I
issue,
but
I
would
ask:
was
the
real
research
done
to
identify
the
actual
problem?
W
You
know
these
parties
happen
because
people
actually
lie
when
they
go
on
these
platforms.
They
lie
to
the
owners
and
the
host
when
they
communicate
their
intentions,
and
even
if
we
took
all
the
steps
of
that
yes,
we
still
cannot
stop
those
who
have
bad
intent
reasons
and
again,
as
any
business
owner.
That's
given
all
of
our
best
efforts
now.
Having
said
that,
I
will
give
these
recommendations
to
committee.
First
of
all,
thank
you
for
finally
reaching
out
to
the
community
at
large
and
looking
at
this
problem
holistically
and
I.
W
Think
we
need
to
continue
to
do
that.
In
the
past.
The
city
has
created
oversight
board
when
there
are
issues
of
police,
violence,
police
brutality,
other
issues
that
needed
to
be
addressed
in
the
city
and
I
think
that
there's
the
need
for
an
oversight
board
that
would
include
hosts
other
agencies
and
escr,
as
well
as
government
officials
that
can
sit
down
and
really
work
through
these
issues
to
deal
with
all
of
the
categories
that
apply
to
short-term
rentals.
You
know,
there's
a
lot
of
ignorance.
That's
out
there
about
what
a
short-term
rental
is.
W
Everybody
calls
it
an
Airbnb,
but
there
are
people
who
aren't
on
Airbnb.
So
again,
we
need
to
know
more
before
we
do
more
and
the
more
we
know
the
better.
We
can
address
the
issue
and
address
the
problems.
A
lot
pricing
thing
needs
to
be
appropriate
to
the
size
of
the
operation
of
the
operator.
You
know,
as
the
women
share
it
I.
If
I'm
in
my
house
sharing
my
house
with
my
two
bedrooms.
W
You
have
two
operators
or
two
licensing
options,
and
there
needs
to
be
several
more
categories
or
even
subsets
before
you
close
the
door
and
again
eliminating
some
of
the
undue
hardship
of
getting
through
that
process
and
also
assigning
additional
staff
for
the
90
percent
of
us
who
still
haven't
gotten
our
set
and
the
last
but
not
least,
again,
l.
I
enforcement
needs
to
happen
when
issues
arise
appropriate
to
the
incident
again,
don't
throw
the
baby
out
with
the
bathwater.
W
You
know,
for
someone
complaining
about
a
trash
issue
is
not
the
same
as
a
gun,
violence
issue
and
again
we
all
need
to
look
at
it
appropriate
and
deal
with
it.
You
know
inappropriate
response,
so
I
would
hope
that
this
committee
takes
a
serious
look
at
all
the
conversations
and
again,
like
I
said
my.
W
My
business
has
been
impacted
severely
I'm,
not
asking
for
anybody's
handout
I'm
going
out
here
and
doing
what
I
need
to
do,
whether
or
not
in
order
to
keep
my
business
alive
and
I
would
love
to
be
able
to
still
host
guests
in
my
home
with
the
rooms
that
I
have
without
you
know
this
undue
licensing
yeah
that
has
been
put
in
place.
Thank
you
for
the
opportunity.
B
B
Hearing
none
I
want
to
thank
the
panels
and
the
witnesses
for
their
participation.
Today
we
value
your
opinions
and
now
invite
all
panels
and
witnesses
to
please
disconnect
from
the
hearing
before
we
conclude
the
business
before
the
committee
today,
we
will
now
pause
the
proceedings
briefly,
as
multiple
participants
leave
the
hearing.