Coastal resources: local coastal program: coastal development permit: non-owner-occupied short-term rentals.

Plain English Breakdown

The official source does not provide specific details on how this law will affect tourism or alternative accommodations for visitors.

Coastal Resources: Short-Term Rentals

This law allows local governments in California's coastal areas to restrict or prohibit non-owner-occupied short-term rentals if they need more affordable housing and the restrictions do not stop public access to the coast.

What This Bill Does

• It lets local governments ask for special permission from the California Coastal Commission to limit or ban non-owner-occupied short-term rentals.
• Local governments must show that these limits help solve significant local housing needs.
• The California Coastal Commission has to agree if the rules are fair and still allow public access to the coast.

Who It Names or Affects

• People who live in coastal areas of California
• Local governments near the coast
• Owners of non-owner-occupied short-term rental properties

Terms To Know

Coastal Development Permit

A special permission needed to build or change something on the coast.

Local Coastal Program

Plans made by local governments about how to use land near the ocean.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill does not specify what happens if there are no other places for visitors to stay.
• It is unclear how this will affect tourism in coastal areas.

Official Summary Text

SB 1318, as amended, Allen.
Coastal resources: local coastal program: coastal development permit: non-owner-occupied short-term rentals.
The California Coastal Act of 1976 generally requires each local government lying in whole or in part within the coastal zone to prepare a local coastal program for that portion of the coastal zone within its jurisdiction. The act establishes the California Coastal Commission and prescribes procedures for the preparation, approval, and certification of local coastal programs.
Existing law
The act
requires any proposed amendments to a certified local coastal program to be submitted to, and processed by, the commission in accordance with specified procedures. The act generally requires anyone wishing to perform or undertake any development in the coastal zone to obtain a coastal development permit
from the commission before certification of the local coastal program or to a local government after certification of a local coastal program, as provided. The act finds and declares that it is important for the commission to encourage the protection of existing and the provision of new affordable housing opportunities for persons of low and moderate income in the coastal zone and requires the commission to encourage housing opportunities for persons of low and moderate income.
This bill
would
would, notwithstanding specific provisions of the act,
require the commission to approve a coastal development permit or a local coastal program amendment
submitted by a local government
restricting or prohibiting non-owner-occupied short-term rentals, regardless of the availability of other visitor-serving
accommodations, as provided.
accommodations, if the local agency made findings that it was necessary to address significant local housing needs and the commission determines that the permit or amendment strikes a reasonable balance between local housing needs and public access to the coast.

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