Resolution endorsing settlement of the lawsuit filed by Airbnb, Inc. and HomeAway.com, Inc. against the City and County of San Francisco and authorizing a Tolling Agreement; the lawsuit was filed on June 27, 2016, in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, Case No. 16-cv-03615; entitled Airbnb, Inc., et al. v. City and County of San Francisco; the lawsuit involves a challenge to Ordinance Nos. 104-16 and 178-16, which regulate hosting platforms that provide booking services for short-term residential rentals; material terms of the settlement include a framework for Airbnb and HomeAway to take reasonable care to verify that short-term rental listings are lawfully registered before offering booking services, Airbnb and HomeAway’s agreement to remove unregistered listings on their websites, Airbnb and HomeAway’s payment of $40,000 each to the City plus $5,000 each annually to establish an Application Program Interface, and the City’s agreement to toll statutes of limitation.

Committee

Clerk of the Board

Requested by

City Attorney

Introduced

May 9, 2017

On agenda

May 9, 2017

Passed

June 2, 2017

Enacted

June 2, 2017

Enactment no.

208-17