Any STR/airbnb in the city of Oakland?

[Kevin Gomes]

I am looking to purchase property in Oakland and considering what are my options to house hack. I have a few questions for anyone who is currently AirBnBing in Oakland. Noticed that there are a lot of listings even in spots not zoned for any type of commercial activity at all. I'd be willing to take answers offline too if you don't want your name and possible strategy to be indexed by google/public.

1. Do you have a business license?
2. Literally Oaklands website says 2 oposite things. From the planning committee, its code is pretty strict on STRs, but the biz tax website (http://www2.oaklandnet.com/w/OAK055544) is all about collecting STR #.
3. Are you zoned in a place where you can conduct airbnb?
4. Since Airbnb pays the Transient Occupancy Tax, do they also give Oakland your address and income numbers?

Basically, can I AirBnB in Oakland? Does anyone on here do it?