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<br />14.Typically, hosts list their homes for rent on websites like airbnb.com and vrbo.com. <br /> <br />2 Sometimes the rental periods are for less than 30 days. These STRs provide vital income to <br /> <br />3 property owners like hosts, making <br /> <br />4 STR platforms. It is likewise well-established that STRs drive tourism to <br /> <br />1 <br />5 localitieslike Santa Ana and Orange County. They also provide a cost-conscious alternative to <br /> <br />6 expensive hotels for lower-income families seeking to visit Santa Ana and nearby attractions like <br /> <br />2 <br />7 Disneyland. And it is not just tourism: STRs offer essential accommodations for individuals and <br /> <br />8 families that need flexible housingincluding residents facing life transitions, students, traveling <br /> <br /> <br />9 nurses and other essential workers, and families of patients in healthcare facilities.STRs also <br /> <br />10 provide rooms in homes, offering a familial environment for those needing lower-cost <br /> <br />11 accommodations. <br /> <br />12 5. Home-sharing has made communities throughout California accessible to more and <br /> <br />13 more familieseven if only for a weekend. It fosters more vibrant and diverse communities and <br /> <br />14 a more robust tourism economy statewide. Without STRs, many desirable vacation destinations, <br /> <br />15 such as Orange County would likely be less accessible for a wide variety of families. <br /> <br />16 6. <br /> <br />17 crisis. Aspiring full-time residents who are unable to pay steep residential move-in costs, which <br /> <br />18 izeable security <br /> <br />19 deposit, can immediately occupy an STR without this substantial up-front fee and thereby <br /> <br />20 immediately supply housing and fill a critical gap in the housing crisis. STRs also play an <br /> <br />21 important role for aspiring residents seeking to sample, and then select, the type and location of <br /> <br />22 their preferred long-term rental housing and/or purchase of housing. <br /> <br />23 7. STRs have long served these purposes in Santa Ana. With the exception of a brief <br /> <br />24 2015 moratorium that expired on its own terms, STRs have been a recognized activity in Santa <br /> <br />25 Ana. Consistent with California case law recognizing that STRs <br /> <br /> <br />26 <br />1 <br /> Milken Institute analysis of Alissa Dubetz, Matt Horton, and Charlotte Kesteven, The Effects of Short-Term <br /> <br />Rentals on California, at 3-4. <br />27 <br /> <br />2 <br /> Dr. Philip G. King and Sarah Jenkins, Unequal Access: Protecting Affordable Accommodations Along the <br />28 <br />California Coast, at 6-7, 33. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> VERIFIED PETITION FOR WRIT OF MANDATE <br />AND COMPLAINT <br />3 <br /> <br /> <br />