Paper Tiger?

So the Newport Beach City Council voted 6-0 (Council member Webb was absent) to put a 45 day moratorium on new group home and permits for Short Term Rentals, which could be extended to two years. On paper, and in the OC Register article, this sounds like a good step in the fight against the proliferation of Sober Living Homes in Newport Beach, more specifically, on the Balboa Peninsula, with the only hiccup being that this moratorium would also deny new permits for Vacation Rentals. This is good, for the transient factor that the vacation rentals bring, but bad because of the financial hit that vacation rentals usually bring in. But upon reading the Daily Pilot's take, this moratorium doesn't really do anything, and I mean ANYTHING, to address to real problem. According to City Attorney Robin Clauson, "Facilities that house six or fewer people, hold a state license and don't operate in conjunction with other facilities are exempt from the ban because under state law they must be treated like residential homes." Well...I thought the problem was those kinds of facilities. If the facilities house more than 6 people, then the City could have a say, but these facilities have been able to skirt these restrictions by putting less than 6 people in them anyway. It's always been this way, so these Sober Living homes have put up these homes all of the place with less than 6 people, two to three on a street. It sounds like this moratorium doesn't even change anything except keep Short-term rental owners from getting new permits. So where are these home owners going to get their $2500-$5000 a week? Yup, you got it, to the Sober Living Homes what will house less than 6 people. Am I missing something or did this moratorium do nothing?