Airbnb is clearly doing whatever it can to defeat Prop F , the ballot measure that would outlaw listing a San Francisco apartment unit on Airbnb , or other home - sharing website , for more than 75 days per year . Uber, which likewise butts heads with regulators and entrenched rivals around the globe, hired David Plouffe, President Obama’s former campaign manager, as its senior vice president of policy and strategy a year ago, although he moved on after eight months to being a board member and strategic adviser. Recently , the company announced it has hired former White House Counsel Michael Lehane to be its new head of global policy and public affairs . Lehane , nicknamed the " Master of Disaster , " is a high - profile spin ##ner best known for managing the fallout from the Monica Lewinsky affair during Bill Clinton"s scandal - plagued presidency , and has apparently already been working as a consultant with the " No on F " campaign .
Airbnb is clearly doing whatever it can to defeat Prop F , the ballot measure that would outlaw listing a San Francisco apartment unit on Airbnb , or other home - sharing website , for more than 75 days per year . Recently , the company announced it has hired former White House Counsel Michael Lehane to be its new head of global policy and public affairs . Lehane , nicknamed the " Master of Disaster , " is a high - profile spin ##ner best known for managing the fallout from the Monica Lewinsky affair during Bill Clinton"s scandal - plagued presidency , and has apparently already been working as a consultant with the " No on F " campaign .