While the state of California and some cities have been making it legal to construct accessory dwelling units, cities commonly prohibit short-term rentals in th

While the state of California and some cities have been making it legal to construct accessory dwelling units, cities commonly prohibit short-term rentals in these accessory dwelling units. (Reference: Berkeley’s BMC 23C.22.020.D [1], and San Francisco’s Planning Code 207(c)(4)(D) [2]). In such cities, it seems that the law discourages you from adding an ADU with kitchen if you want to rent it out on Airbnb (or if you want to rent it out long-term, for that matter, if rent control would apply). It’s less restrictive to add bedrooms without the kitchen. I don’t think Airbnb will be able to build test homes in these restrictive cities either. [1]: https://www.codepublishing.com/CA/Berkeley/html/Berkeley23C/Berkeley23C22/Berkeley23C22020.html#23C.22.020 https://www.codepublishing.com/CA/Berkeley/html/Berkeley23C/... [2]: http://library.amlegal.com/nxt/gateway.dll/California/planning/article2usedistricts?f=templates$fn=default.htm$3.0$vid=amlegal:sanfrancisco_ca$anc=JD_207 http://library.amlegal.com/nxt/gateway.dll/California/planni...