Kracke v. City of Santa Barbara

Filed 5/4/21 CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT DIVISION SIX THEODORE P. KRACKE, 2d Civ. No. B300528 (Super. Ct. No. 56-2016- Plaintiff and Respondent, 00490376-CU-WM-VTA) (Ventura County) v. CITY OF SANTA BARBARA, Defendant and Appellant. Prior to 2015, the City of Santa Barbara (City) encouraged the operation of short-term vacation rentals (STVRs) along its coast by treating them as permissible residential uses. In June 2015, the City began regulating STVRs as “hotels” under its municipal code, which effectively banned STVRs…