Lawsuit targets Hermosa Beach’s short term vacational rental ban
by Kevin Cody A lawsuit that contends Hermosa Beach’s ban on short term vacation rentals in the coastal zone (1,000 feet east of the mean high tide) is unlawful has been filed by Hermosa resident Todd Koerner. Koerner was issued a $2,500 fine for advertising a room in his Manhattan Avenue home as a short term vacation rental on Airbnb and VRBO last October. Hermosa banned short term rentals (under 30 days) in 2016. Non conforming residences in commercial zones are exempt from the ban. Manhattan Beach also passed a ban on short term rentals in the coastal zone in 2016. But it lifted the ban, after losing a suit against the ban that went to the California Supreme Court in 2022. Frank Angel, the attorney who prevailed in the case against Manhattan’s short term rental ban (Keen v. City of Manhattan Beach), is representing Koerner in challenging Hermosa’s ban. Angel told the Hermosa Beach Council during its Tuesday, March 11 meeting, “Manhattan Beach found out the hard way, after listening for too long to their city attorney selling them on the hoax that their local police power somehow allowed them to enforce a categorical ban throughout coastal zone…without securing Coastal…
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