Santa Monica convicts its first Airbnb host

In a move to assert that its tough new regulations on Airbnbs and other short-term rentals can and will be enforced, the city of Santa Monica prosecuted a landlord who refused to stop renting out full units on Airbnb—and won.

The Santa Monica Lookout reports that the man, "who boasted that Santa Monica could never enforce a 2015 crackdow... read more...