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City and County of San Francisco
Legislation Details
File #:
Version:
1
170507
Name:
Settlement of Lawsuit and Tolling Agreement -
Airbnb, Inc. and HomeAway.com, Inc. - City to
Receive $80,000 plus $10,000 Annually
Status:
Type:
Resolution
Passed
File created:
In control:
5/9/2017
Clerk of the Board
On agenda:
Final action:
5/9/2017
6/2/2017
Enactment date:
6/2/2017
208-17
Enactment #:
Title:
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.
Sponsors:
Attachments:
1. Leg Ver1, 2. Airbnb Agrmt and Mutual Release - 050117, 3. DRAFT HomeAway Agrmt and Mutual
Release, 4. Board Pkt 052317, 5. Leg Final
Action By
Date
Action
Result
Ver.
RECEIVED FROM DEPARTMENT
Clerk of the Board
5/1/2017
1
RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED
President
5/9/2017
1
CALLED FROM COMMITTEE
Board of Supervisors
5/16/2017
1
ADOPTED
Board of Supervisors
5/23/2017
1
Pass
APPROVED
Mayor
6/2/2017
1