Airbnb hosts ask City Council to reject Parker's short-term rental tax

Catch up quick: Parker's plan, revealed last week, would levy a 6-percentage-point tax increase on short-term rentals, like Airbnb, bringing the total state and city tax to 21.5%.

• While traditional hotels would see a 0.6-percentage-point tax increase, keeping their total tax to 16.1%.
• The combined revenue raised — roughly $15 million annually — would go toward addressing homelessness in the city.

Driving the news: Airbnb's five-figure ad blitz will appear in digital and print news outlets this week, a spokesperson for the company tells Axios.

• The campaign includes a full-page printed ad in the Philadelphia Inquirer of a letter calling on council members to reject Parker's proposal.
• It's signed by roughly 400 short-term rental hosts.

What they're saying: "We are not asking to pay nothing. We already pay taxes. We already register and follow the rules," the letter says. "We just do not want to be singled out to protect someone else's bottom line."

The big picture: Parker has increasingly targeted app-based companies to help fund her city agenda.

• The mayor is also facing pressure from rideshare company Uber over her proposed $1-per-ride tax.

What's ahead: City Council is poised to discuss Parker's tax proposal at a committee hearing Wednesday.

• June 11 is the legislature's last scheduled session.
• That's when members of City Council will likely vote on the hotel tax proposal, Parker's roughly $7 billion budget, and several more pieces of legislation tied to the upcoming fiscal year that starts July 1.