how you could be evicted for renting your home on air bnb. tenants are cashing in and landlords are fed up. >> there is not a matter of acceptability, to me. this is criminal deception. >> gm's ceo under fire for a second day. the claims the company covered up a deadly defect. ,,,,,,,,,,,, tough on tenants who rent o their spaces on air bnb... as consumerwatch reporter j watts explains -- there's bn a >>> landlords are starting to get tough on tenants who rent out their spaces on air bnb. as kpix 5 consumerwatch reporter julie watts explains, there's a sharp uptick on eviction notices in san francisco. >> reporter: it's no four star hotel but jeff katz's living room has been a hit on air bnb. >> it's a great neighborhood. >> reporter: he said he saved about $3,500 letting tourists sleep on an air mattress while he slept in the next room. >> did i get rich off of this? no. but it was a pleasant experience. >> reporter: now he is paying for it. >> this was on the door when i got home. >> reporter: last week, the special ed. teacher got an evict

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air bnb is based in the city and today the chronicle reports it will collect taxes directly from guests. the money will begin flowing to the city this summer and could amount to millions of dollars a year. air bnb reportedly is hoping to avoid cop flick with regulators if it diseases -- conflict with regulators if it decided to go public. >>> a little more time to enroll in health insurance. the state has extended the deadline to april 15th. that's a couple extra weeks and you won't have to prove that you tried to apply. that's because the national and covered california websites were so overwhelmed as millions rushed to meet the deadline. >>> up next, amazing rescue video from the middle of the ocean. how the sailor survived being lost at sea for more than an hour. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, getting a big boost from ale recent storms. but is it enough to help relieve the >>> the sierra snow pack is getting a big boost from the recent storms but is it enough to help relief from the drought? why state surveyors are keeping their expectations low. that story and much more coming up tonight at 5:0

. >> reporter: rentening out your home on air bnb is illegal in most of san francisco. now there is a proposal to crack down even heard on those residents who break those rules. today, the home sharing community pushed back. >> the reason we started this was to try and bridge the cost living gap here in the city. >> the word of the day outside city hall, share. >> the apartment that really love and share it with great people. >> air bnb is trying to find legal footing in a city where the housing market is hot and housing issues are a flash point. >> a city that is really fing expensive. >> lawmakers are trying to make up rules that would allow short term rentals in very narrow and limited circumstances. >> what we still believe should remain illegal is the wholesale conversion of san francisco's residential housing into short term rentals. >> the threat now comes from a proposed ballot measure that would not only restrict short term rentals, but it would offer financial rewards to those who snitch on law break home owners. >> i was absolutely shocked when i got the noti

that supervisor chu live in an apartment building where the adjoining units are leased out via air bnb likes it. >> reporter: supervisor chu has agreed to allow the rental of units. they say allowing strangers access to multi unit apartment buildings created security concerns. they also question who would be held responsible when things go wrong. >> we are not making a lot of money out of this. you know, we are the vast majority of us are ordinary folks trying to make ends meet. >> city officials expect the whole public hearings on the matter in the next coming weeks. >>> a new close up look at a new fire fighting -- new at 5:00, a new close up look at a firefighter tool on the waters of san francisco bay. up to now, san francisco firefighters say they've had no choice but to ask for help from other agencies when there was emergencies on the water. but starting next week, a new boat will be put into service. it's already been part of a search. claudine wong took a close look ate and what it's going to mean for our city and our safety. >> reporter: it takes just minutes. >> get it fired

over 11 million guests are now using air bnb. every year.ers like gaston and alexa de los reyes, use airbnb to rent out this studio in their philadelphia home. for them, it's a way to earn a little extra. >> it's a very reliable and significant source of income for us. >> reporter: for travelers, it's a new way to save a lot of money on your next trip. in new york city, a one night stay in this one bed, one bath apartment, starts at just $200. no hotel amenities of course, but it makes up for that in location. it's just steps away from the heart of times square. book a hotel room around here and you could be paying as much as $700 a night. new york's attorney general facing off in court today alleging that many of the rentals are illegal and costing the state tens of millions of dollars in taxes. airbnb responds we are proud to stand up and against the overbroad government sponsored fishing expedition. a spokesperson for hotel association of new york city tells abc news these illegal facilities are impinging on available housing stock. lost

serves as a warning to others before ee investigating tenants in hopes of cashing in on sites like bnb. >> for quite some time everybody recognized there is a housing crisis here in the city and county of san francisco. >> reporter: his suit points to the thousands of illegal short term vacation rentals on sites like these as part of the problem further reducing the number of available homes and driving up prices. the landlords in his suit face finds. herrera hopes it sends a broader message. >> we are going to do what we can to ensure people are law- abiding. >> reporter: proposed legislation would legalize short term vacation rentals as long as the owner lives in the property. they are illegal now unless you have a special permit. "airbnb" removed one of the landlords listed in the suit. no one because available for comment today. if you have a problem, call us at 888-5-helps-u. >> the lawsuit will get their attention. >> thank you. >>> the wife of an american doctor gunned down today in afghanistan says she forgives the attacker. heightened security outside a hospital in kabul after

. >> it is interesting, when you , ink of ebay or air bnb don't think of design with those companiesirst. them a greatnk designers, i love their website. but that is not the point. joe and brian are industrial designers. they design physical things. they love the physical environment. they get the physical environment, the space. the website is like an artifact of that. the website is a scaling mechanism for their sweet understanding of the physical environment. the design is over here, not on the web. >> what is the wrong way to go out -- about design? who is doing design poorly? >> i don't like to throw apples at people. >> i figured you would not. what are some common mistakes? >> i think it is common to get the technology going and then realize, we forgot to make it powerful for people to use. so they will spray that on the top, kind of like lip stick on the pig. and what happens? technology is always a game changer. design was something that was pretty frivolous and never had a big impact. but if you have a significant design, design of a business model, and great technology, sc

you work with twitter, air bnb. what do those companies get?ople who are developers and designers need a very wide breadth of skills. just getting a computer science degree does not work. >> does it require learning about a particular process? >> we presume our students do not know anything. and then we take them all the way to job ready. once you get a job in tech, you have to keep adding to that. we do see ourselves as the trade school of the future. i really hope that the educational model in america and the world moves back to the model of coming out of high school and choosing a trade. going to school for that trade. if you can afford university, that is great. i do not think that should be the default for people in the future. >> workers in high-tech jobs are paying 17% to 20% more than employees in other fields. go high-tech. how about working at aereo, the streaming service dukes it out at the supreme court. we talk about the future with investor barry diller. what is harder? running 10 miles through electric shocks and barbed wire or r

it is interesting when you see bnb, youbay or an air don't think of them as design companies. >> i loveheir website. that is not the point. joe and brian are industrial designers. they design physical things. i love the physical environment. and the the space physical environment. the website is an artifact of that. the website is a scaling mechanism for their sweet understanding of the physical environment. the design is all here, not on the web. >> what is the wrong way to go about design? who is doing design poorly? i never like to throw rotten apples at people. >> i figured you wouldn't. it is a bad way to go about it? the wrong way-- to go about it is very common. realize you forgot to make it palatable for people to use. so we'll sprayed on top. i will call it lipstick on the pig. i never liked that. why does it happen? because technology was always a game changer. why would you care about design? design was something that was maybe pretty frivolous and never had a big impact. design has been a big problem too, how we talk about it. have a significant design, you have great techno

. >> if you don't know air bnb.>> while the apartments sit empty. >> don't do it. yeah. make your apartment work for you. stop working for your apartment. you said one guy left a suitcase. >> that's right. pimps are using it now for hookers. and there was one a few weeks ago in chelsea. a guy rents out the place, 300 bucks for a night. leaves. realizes he forgot something in his apartment. comes back later and there's a massive orgy underway in his apartment. so air bnb agreed to pay for all the damage, whatever that was, put him up in a hotel. >> lot of lysol. >> they're working out the kinks and flaws. >> people coming over the border to rent apartments. >> exactly. exactly. that's what donald trump was talking about. here to talk about the economics of air bnb and donald trump's suggestion that people cross the border for sex, the director of the earth institute at columbia university, professor jeffrey sacks. and also associate editor for "the washington post" david ignatius. also in washington, nbc chief foreig

it is interesting, when you think of ebay or air bnb, i don't think of design with those companies first>> this is important to point out. people think a great designers, i love their website. but that is not the point. joe and brian are industrial designers. they design physical things. they love the physical environment. they get the physical environment, the space. the website is like an artifact of that. the website is a scaling mechanism for their sweet understanding of the physical environment. the design is over here, not on the web. that is their secret. >> what is the wrong way to go about design? who is doing design poorly? >> i don't like to throw apples at people. >> i figured you would not. what are some common mistakes? >> i think the worst way is common. to get the technology going and then realize, we forgot to make it palatable for people to use. so they will spray it on top. lipstick on the pig. i never liked that. why does it happen? technology was always the game changer. you want to because it had great tech. why would you care about design? design was something that

local winners this year include air bnb and best travel app.yahoo owned tumbler, one for having the best community website and best social application. and google, the awards were made to recognize excellence on the internet. >>> coming up in sports, the pressure on the san jose sharks now with a do or die seventh game coming up at the shark tank. >>> and 90-degree heat our chief meteorologist bill martin is tracking and how long >>> new at 10:00, an alameda family says an amusement center is discriminating against them. and it wants the state to step in. ktvu's amber lee joins us live she's in livermore where she talked to civil rights group that talked with her family. >> reporter: we're at boomers which offers miniature golf. a family tells us they were stopped from getting on go carts because of what they were wearing. for singh and three younger cousins the visit to the park last july was not fun and games when they tried to ride the go carts. the park has opposed a policy that says all patrons are not allowed to wear head ware of any type

local winners this year include air bnb and best travel app.yahoo owned tumbler, one for having the best community website and best social application. and google, the awards were made to recognize excellence on the internet. >>> coming up in sports, the pressure on the san jose sharks now with a do or die seventh game coming up at the shark tank. >>> and 90-degree heat our chief meteorologist bill martin is tracking and how long it will last. >> one family was stopped from getting on a ride at a bay area park. find out how and why they're fighting back. >>> new at 10:00, an alameda family says an amusement center is discriminating against them. and it wants the state to step in. ktvu's amber lee joins us live she's in livermore where she talked to civil rights group that talked with her family. >> reporter: we're at boomers which offers miniature golf. a family tells us they were stopped from getting on go carts because of what they were wearing. for singh and three younger cousins the visit to the park last july was not fun and games when the

notices ov >>> landlords in san francisco are cracking down on tenants who rent out space through the air bnbte. the landlords claimed the tenants violated city ordinances by renting their rooms. >> they are limited in the rent they can collect from a tenant but yet the tenant can then go out and use the owner's property to obtain big profits. and that's not fair. >> ordinarily what we're seeing is that landlords are interested in increasing the rent. the market's hot. they would like to get long- term tenants out. >> most of the leases outlaw sublets. but many new leases specifically ban short term or vacation rentals. >>> it is the end of an era. the south bay's last remaining roller skating ring closing in may. and as kiet do reports, it's bittersweet but apparently it's time to move on. >> reporter: san jose's one and only roller skating rink has always been a metaphor for life. ♪[ music ] >> reporter: a place to try new things. fall in love. conquer fears. and when you stumble, pick yourself up and try again. ♪[ music ] >> reporter: but after four decades of making memories for hundreds

bnb has to thank barry manilow's drummer for this. so who knows how this goes down at the end. cheryl: this is interesting. here in new york, tracy, you know this, this is good question for fred, the new york attorney general is asking for data from airbnb especially here in new york city, i have a lot of friend that do do airbnb but they know they shouldn't legally be doing it according to new york city law. >> they shouldn't because they're not in the hotel business and not in the rental business. so, nothing like a grand jury subpoena or request from the attorney general to kind of have what we call in the law a chilling effect. i leave it to the business people about you know how this will affect the ipo. this is pass-through. they will collect this money from renters and that will be end of it. and move on. >> fred, from a tax angle too, airbnb was kind of stupid that their host was report this income anyway. come on now, you are sending a w-9 to these guys? doesn't make sense. >> like the real estate version of tips in a restaurant. >> exactly. that is exactly right. >> b

you highlighted two stories in your piece about air bnb, one couple here in new york city, went on vacationwas a sex party happening while they were away. i hate when that happens as well. another story of folks in san francisco that came back and found that their i.d. was stolen, pretty much all of their belongings were stolen. this is frightening stuff. >> well, yeah look, things are going to happen. things will happen in a hotel in a taxicab. what you need is a system that understands that those things are going to happen and does everything to prevent them from happening, when it does happen, you have insurance, you have guarantees to make up for any damage. for instance, the example in san francisco -- >> how do you make up for sex parties though? >> you pay them -- you pay people a lot of money and fumigate the house, i assume. >> jason, one of the things that you point out in the article is that we engage in commerce with total strangers every day, we hand out credit cards to shop clerks, get in the back seat of taxis driven by cabbies we never met, ingest food prepared this closed k

priceline should take over bnb and why don't zillo and trulia merge?could snare grubhub and mcdonald's can capture zoe's kitchen, but of course, i'm being fanciful and facetious because none of these things are going to happen. i know we had a good day today, but as i focus on all these newly public companies and their recently ipo brethren, i think people are missing something big. so many of these companies that hit the market would never have come public in the first place if their businesses were that good. that's right. if they're really good they should have been acquired before they had a chance to come public. the fact that they weren't and i'm looking at the crop in the last six months. that's a sign that the real economy didn't value them as much as the public markets. that someone like adam and the hard-charging ceo of the cornerstone and demand and the brilliant boss of work day didn't buy the human cloud plays that came public and the always-inquisitive sales force.com before they hit the public market tells you these newly public companie

. >> this would apply to web sites like air bnb.slation come residents need to register with the city before hand. final approval is not expected for several hours. >> erica: take a look at what this trend around the web. miley cyrus is taken a break from twerking, the least for now. she has been hospitalized for a severe allergic reaction to antibiotics. the 210 cedar tweet to an apology and a fall to her fans for he21 year k and apology and a photo to her fans from her hospital bed. this not the first time the she had issues and had to deal with this. she fell ill with the floor earlier this month, causing the cancellation of the concert in charlotte, north carolina. >> anny: paul walker's family is now stepping into the finish as his role in the fast and furious seven. his brother, caleb and cody, are born to fill in for the remaining seems. the movie's producer made the announcement at a facebook pose just today. walker died in a fairy cries during last november, forcing a halt to production. >> mark: maybe it was the blood moon

. >> this will apply to web sites such as air and bnb/ under this legislation, residents will need togister with the city before hand. final approval is not expected for several months. >> erica: check out this video. this past weekend leonardo dicaprio headed to coachella just like pretty much everyone else. here is really letting loose, the wolf of wall street actor was caught dancing. but someone did manage to put this video on instagram. you can see him hopping around among the crowd, looks like he is tried to disguise himself a bit. >> these are san francisco's fire hydrants but they are painted and causing problems. i will explain in [doorbell rings] hey. hey. what's this? it's u-verse live tv. with at&t u-verse... you can watch live tv from your device. hey. hey. anywhere in your home. [doorbell rings] hey. hey. so you won't miss a minute of the game. call now to get a u-verse bundle for the same great price for 2 years. guaranteed. [boy] mom!ughs] [mom] yes? [boy] whoa,whoa,whoa... [mom and dad] [laughing] [boy] whoa,whoa,whoa... [mom] you've got two left feet,boo. don't wor!

san franciscans who rent out their homes on websites like air bnb may soon on the right side of the lawrict guidelines. david chu is proposing a law to allow people to rent their apartments if they are permanent residents and live in the apartments at least three quarters of the year. they would also have to pay the city's 14% hotel tax and landlords would be able to put a ban on short-term rentals in their leases. now opponents are worried these rents homes could end up being used as defacto hotels. supporters say this bricks some sort of regulation to a huge underground business. >>> there's a big battle over hundreds of acres of open space in san ramon. the two faced off. lafferfy wants to develop the preserve near 680 and crow capian road. it is planning to build 740 single family homes, condos, townhouses and senior housing units. but people who bought homes there in the last 20 years say they were promised only 200 homes will be built on the open space. a coalition of people signed petitions to show their opposition to the project. they say the plan development would crowd neighbo

charges against the world's biggest banks, chris bank suisse is under fire for offering tax shelters and bnbibas. feds say it's to finish banks without putting them out of business. >>> and twitter's stock hits a new low. despite the fact that the service actually added 14 million monthly active users. and its revenue nearly doubled in the first quarter. stocks were down 10% in afterhours trading. this may be a sign that twitter is to remain a niche service. >>> and "usa today," federal governments could lose $47 billion if congress fails to add to the highway trust fund. the money currently in the fund goes only to existing projects. the funding comes from the federal tax on gas and diesel fuel. but that has not been raised since 1993. >> great for the country's infrastructure. >>> "the new york times" a top international olympic committee official says the preparations for the 2016 summer olympics in rio are, quote, the worst he has experienced. the comments add to mounting concerns the country's not prepared to host the event without international assistance. it also comes just weeks, of