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ORINDA — With emotions running high in the community after the mass shooting at a Halloween night party at an Airbnb rental mansion, the Orinda City Council voiced support Tuesday for a ban on unhosted short-term rentals for 45 days.

An overflow crowd of nearly 200 people, many of whom lined the council chambers, streamed into the room, and another small group filled an overflow room in anticipation of the council meeting.

“Many of us are here because of the violence that shook Orinda on Halloween night, last Thursday,” said Mayor Inga Miller, in her opening remarks. “In Orinda, we pride ourselves on being a community focused on our youth, our sense of safety, and our sense of community. And, so as a community, we ask that you join us in a moment of silence for the victims of last week’s violence.”

Miller then read the names of the five killed — Tiyon Farley, 22, of Antioch; Omar Taylor, 24, of Pittsburg; Ramon Hill Jr., 23, of San Francisco/Oakland; Javin County, 29, of Sausalito/Richmond; and Oshiana Tompkins, 19, of Vallejo/Hercules. Miller also mentioned Armani Reynolds, of Vallejo, in his 20s, who is in a coma after the shooting.

“It’s over, period, for that type of (short-term) rental … We’ve got an incredibly important reason why we’re doing this — and I’m not at all worried that somebody can’t find some place else to stay to visit their relatives,” Councilwoman Darlene Gee said.

Councilwoman Amy Worth described the Oct. 31 mass shooting at 114 Lucille Way as “an incredible tragedy — our hearts go out to the victims.”

The public testimony lasted three hours — from 50 speakers, many of whom urged the council not to act hastily to ban all short-term rentals.

The comments ran the spectrum, from parents who worried about their safety and that of their children, to people who criticized Airbnb and those who defended it, saying the rentals helped cover the expensive cost of housing in Orinda and allowed them to stay in their homes.

Others questioned the police response to complaints about the party that night. Orinda patrols were delayed in going to the house earlier in the evening because they were helping investigate a home-invasion robbery in Lafayette.

But many of the speakers like Arleen Thomas, an Airbnb superhost in Orinda, defended the platform. Thomas said she was always on her property’s premises during any stays, and praised her house guests, who she said have included doctors, teachers, professors and students. She and others said an outright ban on short-term rentals was wrong, maintaining the city should target unhosted rentals, where the owner is not on the property.

After the moment of silence, Orinda police Chief David Cook gave a report on the chaos after the shooting at the Halloween party, attended by more than 100 people. Shots were first heard at 10:50 p.m. Police still don’t know whether there was more than one shooter or have any motives, according to authorities. No arrests have been made.

The city’s short-term rental ordinance was adopted in 2017 in response to a 2016 house party where a 21-year-old man was almost beaten to death, Orinda Planning Director Drummond Buckley told the council.

Orinda’s policy requires all short-term rental owners to submit a registration form and fee to the city. Violations of the existing ordinance can result in fines from $250 to $1,000, according to Buckley.

There are 32 active short-term rentals in Orinda, and another 19 non-active ones, Buckley said.

Among the speakers was Elise Torres, who lives on Lucille Way. She said the Airbnb party house shooting was a “terrible tragedy” and was “completely unacceptable.” She said she feared for her life and her children because automatic weapons — which were used to kill the house guests — were in the neighborhood on Halloween night.

“You can’t put profits over personal safety,” Torres said. “How do you regulate that?”

Cristobal Villarrroel Parra said he “felt hopeless. Something needs to be done — I don’t know what that is.”

Several speakers, including Torres and Parra, said they had reported large parties at the property on several occasions to the city. Orinda City Manager Steve Salomon said the owner had been cooperative with city officials after the reports of large gatherings — including one in February that resulted in a violation notice for the owner.

City officials said someone had emailed a complaint to the city at 9:35 p.m. Halloween night about a large party underway at the home, and Salomon added that he believed the person also had called police. Neither police nor the city would say whether police responded to that complaint.

Property records list the owner of the home as Michael Young Wang, but neighbors said he never appeared to move in or live there. Records show that Wang’s primary residence is in Concord. Airbnb has banned the person who booked the house.

On Wednesday, Airbnb Chief Executive Officer Brian Chesky said the home-sharing company will implement a sweeping verification system of all 7 million of its listings following the Halloween night shooting in Orinda.

After the Orinda shootings, Gov. Gavin Newsom; state Sen. Steve Glazer, whose district includes Orinda; and U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris, were among those calling for gun control reforms.

The council is expected to approve the moratorium on unhosted short-term rentals at its Nov. 19 meeting, and has up to two years to impose a permanent ordinance toughening its existing policy on short-term rentals. With an unhosted rental, the entire dwelling is left vacant for the short-term guests.

The five-member council was unanimous in agreeing on the emergency measure.

The shootings are the city’s worst mass killing in recent memory. Orinda’s last homicide was in 2012, when a man hacked his longtime girlfriend to death with a machete.

Staff writer Nate Gartrell contributed to this article.