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		<title>New rules for short term rentals</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Charles M. Kelly]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Sep 2025 20:18:31 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Avalon City Council recently adopted new rules for short term rentals. The vote was unanimous. This was a Consent Calendar item. Consent items are voted on collectively, without discussion, unless a council member pulls one or more items for further discussion. This item was not pulled. Mayor Anni Marshall asked the city manager to [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Council looks at short term rentals</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Charles M. Kelly]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2025 20:19:28 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Council to introduce new rules for licenses and permits at future meeting By Charles M. Kelly The City Council on July 15 considered the introduction of an ordinance that replaces the part of the Municipal Code that regulates the trasnient rental licensing system. However, following discussion among city officials and the public, the council directed [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Letters to the Editor: published Sept. 20, 2023</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Sep 2023 18:07:23 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Against killing Island deer The Catalina Island Humane Society Board strongly opposes the decision by the Catalina Island Conservancy to kill all the deer on Catalina Island. The Conservancy wants things to be “the way they were”. But how far back can you go? Should all the Eucalyptus trees be removed along with the grapevines? [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Letters to the Editor: published Sept. 22, 2023</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Sep 2023 17:27:48 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[To the Community of Avalon First of all, thank you to all our past and present parents for entrusting us with your children. You are giving us the opportunity to use our gifting and education to help shape and mold these children into responsible, caring, happy children. We love every minute of it. Thank you [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Residents look at ways to approach short term rentals</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Charles M. Kelly]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Sep 2023 18:18:09 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Council extends moratorium on transient rentals Part of an ongoing series on housing. The Avalon City Council on Friday morning, Sept. 15, voted 4-zero to extend the moratorium on short term rentals for 10 months and 15 days. That’s the maximum length of the extension allowed by law, according to the city attorney. Mayor Anni [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Vacation rentals on Sept. 15 council agenda</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Charles M. Kelly]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Sep 2023 18:53:16 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Moratorium on issuing transient rental licenses ends next Friday The City Council will hold a hearing on whether to extend the moratorium on licensing short term rentals beyond the 45-day limit. The hearing is set for 10 a.m., Friday, Sept. 15, which is also the day the transient rental license moratorium expires. (In related news, [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Short term rental townhalls continue</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Charles M. Kelly]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Sep 2023 18:49:33 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Staff gathers public input on the impact of vacation rentals First of two parts. Avalon city staff held another townhall meeting on Wednesday, Aug. 30. This was the second townhall meeting on the issue. Four individuals attended the first townhall (on Aug. 22), according to City Manager David Maistros’ recent report to the council. Twenty [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Letter to the Editor: published Sept. 9, 2023</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Sep 2023 18:32:43 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Review of short term rentals in Avalon As a property owner at 357 Descanso, and a part time resident I would like to comment on the current STR issue under review. Our property has been in the Paulson/Gaines family since 1936. Both long term and short term rentals have been utilized here for many years. [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Short term rentals and quality of life</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Charles M. Kelly]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Sep 2023 18:41:35 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[City staff townhall meeting discusses impacts of vacation rentals Second of two parts. On Aug. 22, Avalon city staff led the discussion about short term rentals at a town hall meeting that was held both in-person and on Zoom and Facebook. This is the second installment of that story. Meeting As the Islander left off [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Town starts talking about short term rentals</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Charles M. Kelly]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Aug 2023 19:17:24 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[First town hall on vacation rentals looks at impact on quality of life First of two parts. Avalon city staff led the discussion about short term rentals at a town hall meeting that was held both in-person and on Zoom and Facebook. A one-hour video of the Tuesday, Aug. 22, meeting is available on the [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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