Douglas County is working once again to kill the economy.
The Pandemic put millions of small businesses to an existential test. As a result, We face today the threat of losing all We had worked for. 
Lake Tahoe numbers show that 80% of Small business owners rely on Tourism to survive. So not only to keep the economy going, we can have better services, quality workers, and better benefits for our first responders, doctors, teachers, and social workers. 
There is no single industry that tourism doesn't touch. A BAN on VHRS in Douglas County means closing SMALL BUSINESSES!!!!!
Study shows that close to 150-200 million dollars in local spending will be out the door. We service families that come to rent homes. They eat in restaurants, buy groceries, go to Casinos, invest in equipment, go to the store, rent cars, use the local hair salon, buy souvenirs, etc. It will also put hundreds to thousands of local families out of work. Not to mention the funding that will be lost to Parks and Rec, Road improvements, Snow removal, and the Visitors Authority that helped create the Tahoe Blue Events Center. The VHRs paid for the center! Only to not get the benefit from it? The assets of Douglas County improved 5.5 million do to TOT. These funds help improve the County 
According to a U.S. Small Business Administration report, they employ almost half of all American workers. In addition, small Businesses represent 45% of the Economy of the US.
Nominal small business GDP measured $5.9 trillion in 2019. The three largest small business sectors contributing to it were (1) the real estate and rental and leasing industry; (2) wholesale and retail trade; and (3) the manufacturing and restaurants, local shops, and coffee shops
We would appreciate your support against the vote to eliminate 600 rentals that will eliminate 150-200  million dollars from local spending. 

Please share this petition so We can prove to the local government that the small fraction of people who want quiet at night and no traffic will have to live in a ghost town with no services at all.

The average small business employee earned in Lake Tahoe $45,857 in 2019. The larger the business, the higher the average employee pay. The smallest companies (those with 1-4 employees) are an exception but make good paying jobs, so We can afford to live here. Please help save the jobs and small local small businesses in Douglas County !!! Dont support the measure!!!