Back To The Drawing Board For Vacation Rentals

Back To The Drawing Board For Vacation Rentals

By Leslie Andrews of http://www.desertlocalnews.com/index.php/blog/

TWENTYNINE PALMS, CA- The communities of Twentynine Palms, Wonder Valley and Joshua Tree have been very popular for vacation home rentals. However, the city has been having their share of talks about them, as they aren’t exactly legal in the city by the base. On Tuesday, the city council of Twentynine Palms voted unanimously to send the issue of legalizing vacation home rentals back to their planning commission.

According to Community Development Director Charles LaClaire, past city councils have talked and debated the issue. In the past, the issue was terminated, but was recently re-raised in light of many rentals appearing on internet advertising.

Sherry Hall, a resident of Santa Cruz, has a family business that deals with vacation rentals in Twentynine Palms. She insists that they are not in competition with hotels. “We’re not competing with the hotels. We’re promoting vacation rentals,” she explains. Hall later read from letters that her renters have sent her, explaining how renting a home rather than a hotel room gives them more freedom, especially during the holidays. Also, one reason why vacation homes are not legally regulated is because Transient Occupancy Taxes have not been collected from them. Hall explained that she is willing to pay them. More

Cactus Thorns has been online in one form or the other since 2001. What started as a personal blog documenting the corruption and lack of Due Process of the 29 Palms Community Development Department has turned into over these many years into a hugely popular Independent Alternative News Media Outlet. We have partnered with other media including The Desert Star Weekly, Joshua Tree Star, other blogs, indie media and an incredible staff of volunteer Reporters, Commentators and Opinion Makers to create one of the most read, honest and dependable alternative to the Local traditional Media services in the country. Thanks to you the reader we are in the 5% of most read sites in the World.

Connect me on Facebook | Twitter | Google + | LinkedIn | Website

Related posts:

1. Vacation Home Rentals back on the Planning Commission Agenda
2. Taking the “Roseannadanna” stance on Vacation Home Rentals
3. Vacation Rentals not good in my neighborhood
4. Pot Shops up in smoke, Door slams shut for Vacation Home Rentals.
5. Napa Valley: Put a stop to illicit vacation rentals

Tags: city councils, community development director, home rentals, hotel room, hotels, internet advertising, JOSHUA TREE, renting a home, santa cruz, sherry, transient occupancy, twentynine palms, vacation home, vacation rentals