Vacation Rentals in the City of Santa Barbara

Vacation Rentals and the City of Santa Barbara It’s been a couple years since I’ve added to this blog and for numerous reasons.  For starters, there is active litigation that many of my clients are currently involved in…they are suing the City of Santa Barbara for attempting to take away their property rights in both

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Lawsuit Filed Against City of Santa Barbara for Legal R-4 Short Term Rentals

Well, we knew it would end up here.  Let me tell you that one thing I have learned over the last 2 1/2 years in trying to legally permit a short term rental in the City of Santa Barbara is that the city is under the “rule” of the staff in the City Planning Department

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Santa Barbara City Council Denies Short Term Rental in Allowed Use R-4 Zone

In probably one of the absolute worst legal decisions the city of Santa Barbara has ever made, City Council on Tuesday, July 18th decided to vote 5-2 that “housing stock” was more important that an owners right to use their home in the allowed use zone as is protected and permitted by right. These zones

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Short Term Rentals in the City of Santa Barbara will Prevail

One thing I have learned over last 2 years is that I cannot wait for this nightmare to be over.  To see firsthand how shady Santa Barbara city staff have been is a huge wake up call and frankly my first experience in, and swift exit out, of politics. What I do know is that

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Enforcement Cases in City of Santa Barbara for Short Term Vacation Rentals

For anyone that has followed my journey to get a property in the R-4 “legally allowed” zone in Santa Barbara permitted since August of 2015, you know that it is IMPOSSIBLE to get the permit.  Well guess what, not only is it impossible, we have come to find out, for 1 unit,  it is actually not

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Vacation Rentals Santa Barbara R-4 Group Created

Currently we have over 30 property owners in the R-4 areas of Santa Barbara that are working together to shed light on this horrific unattainable process and hopefully enact change  for people wanting to vacation rent or short term rent their properties in Santa Barbara. The City of Santa Barbara process to convert your property

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We R-4 Property Rights where it is legal to have a vacation rental in Santa Barbara

Calling all owners of  R-4 Properties within the City of Santa Barbara that currently short term rent or wish to in the future! Are you aware of the process the City of Santa Barbara has in place to obtain the permit for a vacation rental or short term rental STR in the R-4 Zone? After

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Looking for Owners of Legal Vacation Rental Properties in Santa Barbara

If you have followed our journey towards obtaining the permit for a vacation rental in Santa Barbara, you know how ridiculous and onerous this process has been and started for us back in August of 2015.  To date, the City of Santa Barbara has only been able to permit  1 legal vacation rental in over

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Vacation Rentals in Santa Barbara, a year later in the process

For anyone that has followed this blog, you know the struggles and challenges we all have faced in regards to the permitting of “legally zoned” vacation rentals in the City of Santa Barbara.  The city has come down hard on all vacation rentals in Santa Barbara as of June of last year with the anti-AirBnB

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Can I still vacation rent my home in Santa Barbara?

That’s the question on everyone’s mind and asked a lot over the past few months. There are no easy answers…remember, we are dealing with the City of Santa Barbara and their newly enforced requirements in regards to vacation rentals.  Keep in mind, they do not want to permit any vacation rentals as they see this

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