Palm Springs STR’s go to court. Watch KESQ live in Riverside this AM

Watch KESQ News Channel 3’s Jeremy Chen live in Riverside as a neighborhood group today will request a judge bar the city of Palm Springs from issuing any new vacation rental certificates to prospective short term rental owners.

It’s a push-back against a vacation rental ordinance that went into effect last month.

The suit was filed by Protect Our Neighborhoods against the city of Palm Springs and the Palm Springs City Council.

It calls for a temporary restraining order directing the city to halt the issuance of any new vacation rental
certificates until the city conducts an environmental review into the effects of short term rentals or establishes new zoning regulations to treat vacation rentals like commercial businesses.

Read more on the divisive issue here.