what the and i believe this law will be essentially an un forceable piece of legislation and i think whatever differences we may have about the short-term rental legislation i think that we can all be in agreement that when we pass a law by this body that we want that law to be enforced. this data is critical for a number of reasons as i mentioned to help our planning department staff in their enforcement of the law second it's also important in terms of understanding the impact of this new short-term rental law when it comes to our housing stock and the other thing is that the thing about enforcement is that given the nature of this industry without information to verify whether or not the rules are being followed, enforcement is simply impossible and the last thing that i would note is that we know this ordinance will address the issue of providing information as we move forward. we're also looking continuing to look at the issue of making sure is that the information that has been requested by the department which is information that is retro spective that that information be prov

from the planning department staff was essentially that that as currently written this law is un forceable and it's interesting a number of issues were raised but one of the fascinating things is that over the course of discussing this legislation, we have heard from hundreds if not thousands of folks who are engaging in short-term rentals and

from the planning department staff was essentially that that as currently written this law is un forceable and