This article originally appears on The San Diego Union Tribune.

Legislators have delayed a statute that would have significantly reduced the availability of short-term rentals in San Diego, California, and eventually, the lawmakers could indefinitely delay the legislation. On July 10, 2019, a well-known legislator announced that the statute would not be submitted for at least one year....

When Airbnb was simply a link between a few people looking for a cheap place to sleep for the night and a couple of folks with extra air mattresses, no one paid much attention. Today, as the short-term vacation rental market has boomed into a million dollar industry, everyone is taking notice. With that...