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vacation rentals on Oliver Street and one on Cass Street. CONTINUED FROM Page 1 “Pacific Beach is surrounded by three colleges,” Baron said. “The ple showed up. The audience dividstudents have to live somewhere ed between frustrated residents who and PB’s central location to the collive next to disruptive vacation leges and the beaches make it ideal rentals and indignant rental ownfor them.” ers who said their tenants are For Leslie Barnes, renting out her respectful and their properties are house in the summer supplements well-kept. her income so that she can afford to Nancy Kramer said she has poured thousands of dollars into furnishing her 30 rental properties and that she seeks responsible tenants who will respect her property. She said residents upset with poor behavior in the neighborhoods are confusing vacation rentals with Jil Coolidge mini-dorms that house too many college students. Kramer said she keep her home. rents her residences to families in But for other neighbors, the town for occasions like weddings, rental properties degrade their qualfunerals, graduations or reunions ity of life. Jennifer Sprofera said the or to see a soldier off to Iraq. vacation rentals are “commercializ“If I had my choice, I’d take a ing” the neighborhoods and she clean, well-maintained vacation wondered about the legality of the rental next door over too many sturentals in the SF zone. dents crammed into a house any“The city prohibits commercial time!” Kramer said. use in a residential neighborhood,” Kramer argued her guests call to she said. “The city charges TOT complain about student noise down taxes on the vacation rentals. It the street. She said her renters often doesn’t make any sense. I’m not arrive in one van and generate less against vacation rentals – only in traffic than single families that own residential zones.” several vehicles. M. Matthews, who did not want Leonard Baron disagreed that to disclose her full name, said her vacation rentals hurt the neighborvacation rental neighbors are conhood fabric. He believes the deluge sistently loud after 10 p.m., urinate of low-quality apartment rentals in public and ruin the character and bars are pushing families out of the neighborhood. Baron owns two and livability of the neighborhood.
Another woman, who refused to provide her name, said at the meeting that she does not feel comfortable hosting her daughter’s Brownie parties when the tenants of the vacation rental next door get drunk, smoke pot and have loud sex. “It’s really hard to legislate common courtesy,” said Jil Coolidge. “It’s both a blessing and a curse to live at the beach.” PBCPG board member Jim Krokee plans to meet with the city attorney’s office to discuss existing ordinances that could remedy the situation. “The first step is to find out what ordinances are on the books and maybe that resolves the question,” Krokee said, referring to noise or lease ordinances to control undesirable behavior. “We may find that there’s enough out of there – if it’s enforced by the city – that these problems may be alleviated.” Krokee said the PBCPG will form a subcommittee that represents various viewpoints to discuss the problem, options, solutions and compromises. People interested in sitting on the committee or who wish to offer a perspective or solution should email Jim Krokee at jokrokee11@msn.com. “It sounded like at the meeting that even people who had vacation rentals were trying to have decent rentals where people would be orderly and not offend anyone,” Krokee said.
computer without the owner’s permission. Kittle agreed to accept a stipulated 365-day jail term, said Deputy District Attorney James Teh. Although the maximum sentence is eight years, the prosecutor agreed to a one-year jail term. Kittle was arrested on March 9 in the apartment of a woman who lives in the 600 block of Tourmaline Street. The woman had suspected someone entering her residence as
she noticed things were out of place. She also realized that her computer history showed porn websites that she did not visit, according to Teh. The woman apparently installed a surveillance camera inside her apartment and was monitoring it from another location when she saw someone in her unit. She called the police, who arrested Kittle. Other residents said they were surprised to see porn websites on their Internet history. The defendant’s attorney could not be reached for comment. The manager of the apartment complex also could not be reached for comment. Kittle was housed at the George Bailey Detention Facility on $125,000 bail, but San Diego Superior Court Judge Kathleen Lewis changed his status to “no bail” after Kittle pled guilty. Kittle will be sentenced on May 27.
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