San Franciscos attempt to more tightly control services like Airbnb has been voted down in a city-wide ballot.
The proposed initiative, Proposition F, was ambitious.
But in yesterdays vote, reports the San Francisco Chronicle, the proposalwas defeated 55 percent to 45 percent.
Airbnb fought hard to defeat it, spending $8 million on campaigning to overturn the proposal.
By comparison, backers of the Propostion F spent just $482,000 on campaigning.
The effort showed that home sharing is both a community and a movement.
If other cities propose similar legislation, it might not be $8 million of campaigning, but hundreds.
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