MZ Discusses Proposed Santa Cruz County Vacation Rental Dwelling Ordinance With Supervisor John Leopold And Dr Anthony Abene From Good Neighbors Of Santa Cruz County

John-- you're not making any friends with this ordinance. Already, Robert Bailey (Bailey Properties), Ted Burke (owner of Shadowbrook and Crow's Nest), the Realtors Association, Santa Cruz Business Council, Senior Alliance and numerous others have formally cast their votes against this. At public hearings, you're seeing 6-to-1 voices against this ordinance.

Please end this unpopular crusade, and go fight other battles.

Dave (Live Oak)

No economic impact study has been done yet Leopold finds it ok to pass such an ordinance AND he doesn't even know the details in the ordinance! Maybe having read HIS ordinance before the show would have been a good start? !

John & Ellen,

You should know I will be in your FACE anyplace you are holding meetings publicly, and will be your worst nightmare with all of my homeowner friends politically for this extremely unpopular legislation which you are experimenting with.

If you continue to push this stupid and selfish legislation down our throats - when we need more money in this County, not less. You will feel our wrath! We are your larger CONSTITUENTS, not the small group of selfish, self-centered, weathly complainers.

I will do everything in my power to ensure you never get elected again, if you continue down this path, and this discrimination continues to wast our time and money.

I am retired, and depend on my rentals as I invested here in good faith. We are the entrepreneurs that our Government is supposed to be supporting.

So, get with the program - politicians!

Respectfully,

I'm not clear about why you four are so afraid of an ordinance that solves many of the problems introduced by those who make their living from renting tourists their property.

Paying taxes is part of the cost of doing any business, so that can't be your issue.

Getting along with your neighbors is simply part of civility, so that can't be it either.

So, here's the deal. Pick out the part that has you so angry.

•Registration of vacation rentals with the county (with payment of Transient Occupancy Tax)

•A local contact person for neighbors to call in the event of problems.

•A posted sign at each vacation rental with the name and number of the person to call.

•Cost recovery for the Sheriff's Department when they have to respond to problems at a vacation rental.

•Dispute resolution for problem rental houses.