According to the San Diego Daily Transcript, it will soon be illegal to rent out "three or more rooms [that] are rented individually or separately, to tenants under separate rental agreements."

Is my household the type of situation they are trying to prevent? We have two cars parked on street - which we are able to do without parking in front of any neighbors' homes. The house is decently maintained, we don't produce an excess of noise, and there is no constant stream of people -- most people are probably unaware that the house is rented out to four separate adults.

This is an ordinance designed to mitigate a very real problem existing in some neighborhoods -- but as it is worded, it will affect many individuals whose living situation poses no nuisance to their neighborhoods.

Fortunately, by the time it goes into effect, housing prices will likely have dropped enough that I should be able to afford a place to live. Heck, apart from the down payment, I think can afford something now.

Lower-priced homes have dropped 30% in inflation-adjusted value since their peak in 2005. To put it another way: prices had increased to 270% of their historic average prices; they've dropped to about 186% of their historic prices.