SF fines two landords $2.25M for illegal Airbnb rentals
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SF fines two landords $2.25M for illegal Airbnb rentals
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Re: SF fines two landords $2.25M for illegal Airbnb rentals
#2Amusing bit of hyperbole in the very first line of the article:
“San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera is laying down the law — literally. “
Nowhere in the article is it explained how they “literally” are laying down the law.
Re: SF fines two landords $2.25M for illegal Airbnb rentals
#3Amusing bit of hyperbole in the very first line of the article: “San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera is laying down the law — literally. “ Nowhere in the article is it explained how they “literally” are laying down the law.
What's hyperbolic about that? The article says:
"As part of city law, San Francisco requires property owners renting out units for less than 30 days to register with the city’s office of short-term rentals, as well as be a permanent resident of that unit."
They were breaking the law, Herrara enforced said law.
Re: SF fines two landords $2.25M for illegal Airbnb rentals
#4Amusing bit of hyperbole in the very first line of the article: “San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera is laying down the law — literally. “ Nowhere in the article is it explained how they “literally” are laying down the law.
What's hyperbolic about that? The article says: "As part of city law, San Francisco requires property owners renting out units for less than 30 days to register with the city’s office of short-term rentals, as well as be a permanent resident of that unit." They were breaking the law, Herrara enforced said law.
You literally need to look up the definition of what literally means.
Re: SF fines two landords $2.25M for illegal Airbnb rentals
#5Amusing bit of hyperbole in the very first line of the article: “San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera is laying down the law — literally. “ Nowhere in the article is it explained how they “literally” are laying down the law.
The phrase "to lay down" has this meaning-
> to state officially what someone must do or how they must do it
As in,
> The Natural Resources Department has laid down tough standards for water quality.
Using that meaning this "literally" seems to work just fine.
Re: SF fines two landords $2.25M for illegal Airbnb rentals
#6Holy crap, they made 700k in profit on Airbnb? How much would they have made as just landlords?
Re: SF fines two landords $2.25M for illegal Airbnb rentals
#7Earlier quoted context omitted.
What's hyperbolic about that? The article says: "As part of city law, San Francisco requires property owners renting out units for less than 30 days to register with the city’s office of short-term rentals, as well as be a permanent resident of that unit." They were breaking the law, Herrara enforced said law.
You literally need to look up the definition of what literally means.
Funny you should say that! The definition of literally changed in August 2013 to also include figuratively due to popular usage.
https://www.salon.com/2013/08/22/according_to_the_dictionary...
I was quite surprised when I randomly found out yesterday.
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Re: SF fines two landords $2.25M for illegal Airbnb rentals
#9Earlier quoted context omitted.
What's hyperbolic about that? The article says: "As part of city law, San Francisco requires property owners renting out units for less than 30 days to register with the city’s office of short-term rentals, as well as be a permanent resident of that unit." They were breaking the law, Herrara enforced said law.
You literally need to look up the definition of what literally means.
Literally (adv):
1) in a literal sense or manner.
2) (informal) used in an exaggerated way to emphasize a statement or description that is not literally true or possible
I literally just did.
Re: SF fines two landords $2.25M for illegal Airbnb rentals
#10Amusing bit of hyperbole in the very first line of the article: “San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera is laying down the law — literally. “ Nowhere in the article is it explained how they “literally” are laying down the law.
I suspect the author was thinking of the angle that a hotel/motel is mostly for "laying down". Though it's a pretty weak connection.