Recommendation to request City Attorney to draft an ordinance to increase the enforcement tools available for the City against party houses; including holding property owners responsible if they rent out their homes for massive gatherings that disturb neighborhoods, block the public right of way, and threaten public safety.
Great. So we're going to just go through the agenda now, item 13. And you can read item 13. Item 13 is communication from Councilman Alston, Councilwoman Price, Councilmember Spinner and Councilmember Turanga. Recommendation to request City Attorney to draft an ordinance to increase the enforcement tools available for the city against party houses. I thank you, Councilman Austin. So thank you very much. I think the the item is pretty self-explanatory. I don't think we need to labor this too much this evening. Certainly there's a lot of issues and we've experienced unruly houses as a result of short term rentals. I've had conversations with staff most recently since Agenda is in this, and I'm very confident that much of what we have in this item will be addressed in our upcoming coming short term rental ordinance, which we expect back in the fall. But I do want to make sure that this this item is is strongly consider. And I know we've been having public discussions around that, that particular issue. I want to thank my colleagues, Suzy Price, their Super nine Councilmember Irakere, for signing on and support. This is an issue that is that we're hearing from residents about, and it's that's very important to quality of life. And so I would just ask that we study this issue, but I would like to amend my motion to have it included into the short term rental ordinance conversation. That's okay. Thank you, Councilwoman, for your support. I think this is an excellent item. I want to thank my colleague for bringing it. This is especially important. Well, it's important everywhere. Of course, it affects quality of life in every community, but especially our densely populated communities, because sometimes what your neighbors are doing feels like they're right in your living room when it's a very dense , densely populated area. So I wholeheartedly support this and I look forward to having the bigger discussion when we come back to short term rentals and addressing this specific issue, which perhaps covers the majority of concerns that a lot of my residents have about short term rentals. So if we can address this, it will help alleviate some of the other concerns related to short term rentals. So thank you for bringing it forward. Thank you. Councilmember Pearce. Yeah, I just want to say thank you for referencing the short term rental item and also that every party really does need a pooper. So thank you. There's that song. Every party needs a proper. That's why we invited you. It's the best song ever. You guys really. It's a fun song I thought we needed for the party. I think Suzy said that, and I'm just disappointed we don't have the same people that spoke at L.A.. You have to watch the L.A. Council meeting on the same item. You have my whole hearted support. Thank you. Okay. Ever motion in a second. Any public comment on this? Please come forward. Any other public comment. Okay. We'll just have the speaker and then we'll go to a vote. My name is and I can fe resident of sixth district. I have my hand here. I was walking down a little maybe in this one for the last one. I just wanted to say. I just think it's kind of weird, the emphasis on the conflation of homelessness with mental health and substance abuse. When the U.S. Conference of Mayors. The first two measures that this as a chief reason for homelessness. Is unemployment and lack of affordable housing. But it's okay in regard to this short, short term rentals. I mean, Airbnb, that's the reason why we're dealing with this. And as long as we don't enforce Airbnb or other enforced statutes, you know, penalizing people who, I don't know, kick out everyone in their building so that they can, you know, rent out homes and and property rental rates, rental properties for them to house, you know, Orange County and. L.A.. Residents coming down to go to summer and LBC or whatever. We're don't have the to claim I mean that's this is what we're having party houses where we allow something to creep up into the city fabric and now we're complaining about the realities that will come with it. You know you are Airbnb to dictate the rental market in the city we face. The we, the citizens have to have to live around these areas. We have to, you know, unfortunately carry the burden, get rid of Airbnb and we don't have to deal with this. Thank you. Thank you. We have a motion and a second. Please cast your votes.