san francisco votes have rejected a measure that could have impacted airbnb by limiting short-term home and apartment rentals. joining me now to talk about this more, cnbc's olivia sterns. >> voters in san francisco rejected proposition f, the so-called airbnb initiative. the measure would have put limits on short-term housing rental in these start-up's hometown. would have been a very symbolic precedent for airbnb. a former clinton aide, now director of global policy at airbnb put o you the a statement calling it a win for the middle class. he wrote, "tonight voters stood up for middle class families right to share their homes and imposed an extreme hotel-backed industry measure. this is a victory for the middle