The San Diego City Council's Rules Committee will discuss a proposed ballot measure on Wednesday, which would tax vacant second homes and short-term rental properties, but not before proponents and opponents have dueling news conferences outside City Hall.

A coalition of short-term rental hosts from across the city, the San Diego Short-Term Rental Alliance and representatives of the San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce will speak at 8:20 a.m. outside the city hall to advocate against the proposal, while 10 minutes later, the ballot measure's sponsor, Councilman Sean Elo-Rivera, will speak in support of the tax.

If approved by the Rules Committee at its 9 a.m. meeting and later by the full San Diego City Council, the measure would be placed before voters on the June 2026 ballot. It woul

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