The long-running friction between short-term rental operators and the City of Santa Barbara has come to a head, with one operator filing a lawsuit challenging the city’s restrictions on the rentals.

Our Santa Barbara staycation ― eagerly awaited and desperately needed after a crazy couple of months ― came very close to ...

The city of Santa Barbara lost a five-year legal battle over its ban on short-term vacation rentals in the coastal zone. Joshua Molina Noozhawk.com The owner of Paradise Retreats on Tuesday won a five ...

The Santa Barbara City Council considered a plan to allow vacation rentals citywide at Tuesday’s meeting. (Joshua Molina / Noozhawk photo) A proposal to allow vacation rentals in residential ...

(CN) — California’s novel coastal protection law — the California Coastal Act — protects public access along the state’s entire 840-mile coast and ensures affordable accommodations are available to ...

The city of Santa Barbara is looking to legalize short-term vacation rentals nearly citywide, but make it much harder to operate them. On Tuesday, the Santa Barbara City Council is scheduled to ...

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. -- The City of Santa Barbara has worked out an interim policy for short term vacation rentals in the coastal zone area. The policy will be called The Coastal Zone Short Term ...

Santa Barbara is sharpening the blades against short-term rentals, which, despite being illegal in most of the city, continue under the radar — and out in the open — with an estimated 1,000-1,500 ...

SANTA BARBARA, Calif.-The popularity of vacation rentals and the limited supply of permanent housing in Santa Barbara has led to numerous legals challenges. On May 4, Theo Kracke, the CEO of Paradise ...

Santa Barbara’s ban on most short-term vacation rentals near the beach was rejected Tuesday by an appeals court. The city’s decision in 2015 to treat rental homes as hotels effectively banned them in ...

Santa Barbara’s ban on most short-term vacation rentals near the beach was rejected Tuesday by an appeals court. The city’s decision in 2015 to treat rental homes as hotels effectively banned them in ...