Andy Oliver has successfully petitioned Long Beach's Community Development Department to ban short-term rentals within College Estates. His win also spawned nine similar petitions around the city.
The victory was the culmination of nearly a year of work, which included trying the city's complaint hotline, speaking with a councilmember and, ultimately, founding an online advocacy group.
An ordinance allows individual neighborhoods to petition their census block, and if more than half of the neighbors sign on, residents can ban unhosted short-term rentals
California resident Christina Nigrelli spoke to Fox News Digital about her group the Long Beach Safe Neighborhood Coalition to ban un-hosted short-term rentals.
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