San Diego City Councilmember Sean Elo-Rivera is proposing a tax on second homes and full-time vacation rentals that he says could help close the city's structural budget deficit.

The proposal came during Elo-Rivera's at Politifest, Voice of San Diego's annual event on local politics, in a session titled "How do we get the city we want?"

"In the weeks to come, our office is going to be proposing a tax on vacation homes and full-time, full-home vacation rentals," Elo-Rivera said. "There are 11,000 homes in San Diego right now that are not being used to be lived in by San Diegans. There is a cost to that, and we need to generate revenue from that."

Elo-Rivera did not say how much the tax would be or how it would be levied, but said his office estimates it could generate between $100 millio

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