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MORNING, CHICAGO POLICE ARE
PUTTING THE HUMBOLDT PARK
COMMUNITY ON ALERT AFTER A MAN
TRIED TO ABDUCT TWO TEENAGERS
AS THEY WERE WALKING THEIR
.MAC.
A MAN IN A WHITE VAN WITH GREEN
STRIPES DROVE UP TELLING THEM
THAT HE HAD THEIR SISTER
INSIDE.
HE BEGAN OPENING THE DOOR AND
THEY RAN OFF AND HE DROVE INTO
AN ALLEY TO BLOCK THEM ABOUT
THE GIRLS DID MANAGE TO GET
AWAY.
CONTROVERSIAL PLAN TO
RESTRICT HOME SHARING SERVICES
LIKE AIRBNB PASSES A PSEUDO- --
CITY COUNCIL.
THEY ARE FIGHTING THE
PROPOSAL AND SUSANNA WAS IN THE
CHAMBERS FOR THE VOTE AND SHE
JOINS US WITH A LOOK AT WHAT
HAPPENED.
GOOD MORNING.
Reporter: GOOD MORNING.
THE FULL COUNCIL TABLED THE
VOTE UNTIL JUNE 22.
IT DID PASS THE HOUSING AND
LICENSING COMMITTEE THIS
MORNING.
THE BOAT IS 17, YES, 9, NO.
ONCE THIS ORDINANCE PASSES --
Reporter: THIS CLEARS THE
WAY FOR A FULL COUNCIL VOTE
NEXT MONTH.
ALDERMAN AERIAL WIRE SAYS THAT
THEY NEED MORE TIME TO READ
THROUGH THE REVISED PROPOSAL.
IT IS VERY, VERY COMPLICATED.
MY HOPE IS THAT -- I THINK THAT
THE MAYOR'S YEARS AS LOUD AND
CLEAR -- I MEAN, IT WILL BRING
IN SOME GOOD REVENUE FOR THE
CITY OF CHICAGO. WE NEED AND.
HOWEVER, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE
THAT THE STARS GUY IS DOTTED
AND THE TEA IS COST AND
EVERYTHING WORKS OUT FOR
EVERYONE.
Reporter: UNDER THIS
ORDINANCE, THE CITY WOULD LIMIT
THE NUMBER OF SHORT-TERM
RENTALS REQUIRING THEM TO
REGISTER WITH THE CITY AND A
SURCHARGE TO PAY FOR HOMELESS
SERVICES AND REQUIRE HOMEOWNERS
TO REMAIN ON THE PROPERTY
DURING THIS DAY.
DOZENS OF AIRBNB HOST SHOWED UP
TO CITY HALL BEFORE THE
COMMITTEE ABOUT, URGING ALL OF
THOSE ALDERMAN TO REVISE THE
PROPOSAL.
THEY DO NOT WANT CITY COUNCIL
TO RATION THEY SAY THAT HOME
SHARING HAS HELD USED TO BE
ECONOMY AND IT HELPS PAY THEIR
BILLS.
THE SPECIFIC LAWS THAT I
DISAGREE WITH IS FOR SINGLE-
FAMILY HOMES, THE OWNER WOULD
HAVE TO OCCUPY THAT HOME.
OR BE THERE COME FOR US -- UP
TO 120 DAYS.
IT IS NOT CLEAR IF THEY WOULD
HAVE TO BE THERE WHILE THEY
GUSTS ARE THERE OR FOR FOUR
MONTHS.
ANYTHING DONE IN HASTE IS
THE WRONG DECISION SO I THINK
THAT WE NEED TO SPEND MORE TIME
UNDERSTANDING WHAT THE BILL
MEANS AND UNDERSTANDING THE
LANGUAGE BECAUSE IT IS GOING TO
BE HERE TUESDAY SO WE SHOULD
GET IT RIGHT THE FIRST TIME.
Reporter: THOSE WHO SUPPORT
THE ORDINANCE WON'T WANT
STRICTER REGULATION SAY THAT
THEY ARE AFRAID THAT INVESTORS
WILL BUY PROPERTY AND CREATE A
DE FACTO HOTELS AND THEY WORRY
ABOUT AIRBNB RUINING THE
CHARACTER OF CERTAIN
NEIGHBORHOODS.
WE WILL FIND OUT MORE ABOUT IF