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SF Supes Vote to Violate Communications Decency Act

On Tuesday, which also happens to be primary day in California, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to amend the City’s Residential Unit Conversion Ordinance (the so-called Airbnb Law) to require Hosting Platforms such as Airbnb, Homeaway, etc., to assume responsibility for...Click here to read full story

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