Short Term Rental Alliance of San Diego

We are a group of regular people living in the City of San Diego utilizing home-sharing sites such as AirBNB, VRBO, and many others list private rooms, couches, or our entire homes online to share with other people when they come to town.

Our alliance was established in January 2015 to lobby our local politicians in the City of San Diego to create beneficial, meaningful, and clear regulations for home-sharing & short term rentals. Read more about why we came into existence here.

We have established our website to provide information to other hosts, city politicians, our neighbors, and the public about home sharing and short term rentals, the benefits they bring to San Diego, current regulations that affect hosts, and proposed changes to municipal and tax laws.

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Savings Renting A Private Room via Home Sharing vs Hotel

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Savings Renting A Home via Home-Sharing vs Hotel Room

Get Involved & Take Action

Your voice matters! Whether you are a host, employee, business, or neighbor – you are a stakeholder in the conversation for sensible short-term rental regulation in San Diego. Please join the STRASD newsletter to stay informed, share your voice with your City Council member, and continue to share the finest our wonderful city has to offer with the many guests from around the world staying in an STR here in San Diego!

Share Your Voice

City Council Hearing – July 16th

The San Diego City Council will hold an open meeting on Monday July 16th in the City Council Chambers at the Civic Center to decide the fate of short term rentals and we need you there! The council will be voting on a proposal from the Mayor’s Office which would include:

Permitting with fees
Affordable housing impact fee to be charged nightly
Good Neighbor Policies
Minimum 3 night stays in coastal and downtown zones
Limit on number of permits a person can obtain

Please note that this is only a proposal and there are still competing proposals that the city council may consider that would ban short term rentals in some or all parts of San Diego.

If you support short term rentals in San Diego it’s important that you show up on Monday July 16th to support the Mayor’s proposal and make your voice heard!

What: San Diego City Council to vote on the fate of short term rentals in San Diego

When: Monday July 16th at 10:30 AM for the press conference in support of Short Term Rentals with the City Council meeting starting at 12:00 PM.

Where: San Diego Civic Center – City Council Chambers – 202 C Street. San Diego, CA 92101 – Floor 12 – Space will be limited to please arrive early, we recommend 10:00 AM.

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Common Questions

A short-term rental is defined by the City of San Diego as any living space that is rented for less than 30 days.

Individuals who list all or a portion of their home on a home sharing service, and host someone for less than 30 days are considered a short-term rental.

Hosts are individuals who choose to list all or a portion of their home as available to share with another individual. Most of the STRASD members list their homes on online services such as AirBNB, VRBO, etc. to connect with individuals looking for a place to stay in San Diego with a more intimate connection with locals.

Our guests utilize home sharing to get a better feel for our town, find the “hidden gems” that locals cherish (such as good restaurants, activities, etc.), and also mitigate the financial burden of staying at a traditional hotel/motel.

Anyone! Guests come from around the world, which is part of what makes becoming a host so rewarding. Guests coming to town for vacation, work, or to audition neighborhoods before moving to San Diego will log onto websites such as AirBNB or VRBO to find a place to stay.

Guests are typically looking for a “local, intimate” experience that corporate, commercial hotels can’t provide – they want to meet new people, make new friends, experience the best our city has to offer, and also mitigate the financial burden that staying with a commercial, corporate hotel/motel would entail.