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Airbnb does victory lap after Proposition F defeat,
but it's not over yet

Airbnb celebrated at its San Francisco headquarters Wednesday, with the company’s head of global policy and public affairs Chris Lehane boasting about winning the vote in nine of the city’s 11 supervisorial districts Tuesday to defeat the contentious ballot measure to restrict short-term rentals, Proposition F. And while there were smiles all around at Airbnb HQ, there was also a sense that the battle isn’t over. In fact, it’s only beginning. Click Here to Read Full Story

 

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