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> The author is a "long-time SF resident" and pretending that an SF judge would want to jail somebody over renting out on Airbnb illegally?

It seems like giving judges that power because "they obviously won't use it" has gotten us into a lot of trouble in the past.

Agreed, the law shouldn't say you can send someone to jail for 6 months if we don't think that is reasonable

For sure. My point is the author's hyperbole doesn't elevate the conversation, but rather the opposite.