{"id":7103,"date":"2015-11-04T08:55:38","date_gmt":"2015-11-04T07:55:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travindy.com\/?p=7103"},"modified":"2016-03-02T13:15:58","modified_gmt":"2016-03-02T12:15:58","slug":"protesters-occupy-airbnb-headquarters-on-eve-of-san-francisco-vote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/2015\/11\/protesters-occupy-airbnb-headquarters-on-eve-of-san-francisco-vote\/","title":{"rendered":"Protesters occupy Airbnb headquarters on eve of San Francisco vote"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-7104\" src=\"https:\/\/travindy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/gettyimages-482178468.jpg\" alt=\"gettyimages-482178468\" width=\"722\" height=\"482\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/gettyimages-482178468.jpg 4000w, https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/gettyimages-482178468-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/gettyimages-482178468-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/gettyimages-482178468-1024x684.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 722px) 100vw, 722px\" \/>Dozens of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sfweekly.com\/thesnitch\/2015\/11\/02\/housing-and-homeless-activists-storm-and-occupy-airbnb-hq\" rel=\"nofollow\">protesters<\/a> descended upon Airbnb\u2019s headquarters in San Francisco Monday, one day before the city\u2019s residents vote on whether to impose regulations on short-term rentals.<\/p>\n<p>Affordable housing and homelessness activists occupied the company\u2019s headquarters for more than an hour to decry the practice of home-sharing that forms the core of Airbnb\u2019s business model, <em>SF Weekly<\/em> reports.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are over 3,000 homeless children in San Francisco,\u201d said organizer Maria Zamudio. \u201cAirbnb\u2019s practice of turning homes into hotels is exacerbating those conditions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The proposal, known as Proposition F, is being put before citizens on Tuesday and would limit the number of annual short-term rentals in the city. Airbnb has <a href=\"http:\/\/time.com\/4096042\/airbnb-san-francisco-proposition-f-campaign-rentals\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">spent<\/a> over $8 million on a campaign to combat the legislation.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Source: <em><a href=\"http:\/\/time.com\/4097686\/airbnb-protest-headquarters-san-francisco-vote\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Protesters Occupy Airbnb Headquarters on Eve of San Francisco Vote | TIME<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Protesters descended upon Airbnb\u2019s headquarters in San Francisco Monday, one day before city residents vote on imposing regulations on short-term rentals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":6591,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,131,675,16,138,534,676],"tags":[521,269,314,298],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ 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