Barcelona settled on the poorest possible policy implementation to control crowding out resident renters… They issued 10k golden licenses, to essentially winners of a lottery.
Those owners were protected from market competition and made astronomical sums. Those flats we’re businesses only.
SF has got it right. Prove you own it, register with the city, cap at 90 days a year. Rent your own place when your gone for a long while, no incentive to turn it into a hotel.
