By Howard Fischer | YourValley
PHOENIX — Efforts to restore some sort of regulation of vacation rentals are in limbo.
The stalemate comes after legislation to give cities and counties back some of the powers they lost four years ago went down in defeat Thursday in the state House. Opposition came from both sides, with some seeing it as as an infringement on property rights and while others said the measure does not go far enough.
The 35-25 vote came despite last-ditch efforts by Rep. John Kavanagh, R-Fountain Hills, to convince colleagues from both sides of the political aisle that his HB 2875 was a reasonable approach to deal with the most serious problems created after the state took regulatory powers away from cities and counties four years ago.
