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From: Odile Ayral
Date:01 /06/2015 10:52 PM (GMT- 08:00)
To: "Marx, Jan", "Ashbaugh, John", "Carpenter, Dan"
Subject: Homestays
Mayor Marx and City Council Members,
"Christianson, Carlyn" , "Rivoire, Dan"
One of the problems with official meetings in general is there is no time allotted for rebuttal. When we hear
you discuss a topic, sometimes something clicks but it's too late. Please, let me illustrate what I mean.
Suppose I own a house with a mother -in -law cottage in the backyard. You said this cottage could not be rented
as a homestay. On the other hand, I can move out of my house and into the cottage, then rent my house as a
homestay (this is what the president of SLO hosts does). Is this logical? Absolutely not. In both cases, you
have an entire place rented out to tourists, so why discriminate against one scenario and accept the other? In
both cases, you have a vacation rental, not a homestay.
I believe you need to take a look at the following site, if you have not already done it, and look at the specific
details (number of guests, money, etc.) It's enlightening.
VRBO.com #428124 - Historic Award - Winning Downtown Bungalow Built in 1888
Odile Ayral