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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.
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