No signature, no veto. Bowser warns short-term rental restriction bill may be unconstitutional.

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser has returned the D.C. Council’s short-term rental restriction bill unsigned and without a veto, seemingly allowing it to become law while warning the legislation may be unconstitutional.

In her letter to the council, dated Jan. 15, Bowser said the Office of the Attorney General “has advised that the legislation is unlikely to survive a potential legal challenge and therefore is legally insufficient.” She specifically cites a similar bill enacted by New York City that…