California MHP News

Thu, Jun 11, 2026 – A legal group known for spearheading libertarian causes has jumped in to support a Sonoma County mobile home park owner’s fight against local and state rent stabilization and tenant protection laws.

The Pacific Legal Foundation, a right-leaning national public interest law firm, filed an amicus brief last month in a federal case pending before the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals on behalf of Evergreen Windsor Mobile Home Park, LLC.

Owners of the 23-unit mobile home park, off Old Redwood Highway, sued the town of Windsor last October in federal court after the town council passed an emergency moratorium precluding the mobile home park from shutting down.

Evergreen Mobile Home Park owners alleged municipal regulations governing park closures and rent increases illegally infringed on their property rights.

The U.S. District Court for Northern California dismissed the suit in favor of the town on Feb. 24, stating that Evergreen’s “right to exclude,” or have total control over access to their property, was not permanently affected by the urgency ordinance. That Windsor rule remains in effect after the town council extended the moratorium on Nov. 5, 2025 through this August.

After the owners, Nick Ubaldi and his family, who control at least five mobile home parks in Sonoma County and more than 30 across California, appealed the decision on Feb. 26, the Pacific Legal Foundation joined their side. The group filed its amicus brief May 20.

Mon, Jun 1, 2026 – If you are planning on purchasing a home in one of California’s 5,224 mobile/manufactured home and RV parks, here are your basic options in order of Best to Worst Case Scenarios.

1. Option 1 – Buy the Home, Buy the Land/Lot (HOA Fee), Resident Owned Community (ROC)
2. Option 2 – Buy the Home, Lease the Land/Lot (Space Rent), Rent Stabilization Ordinance (RSO), Private
3. Option 3 – Buy the Home, Lease the Land/Lot (Space Rent), RSO, Corporate
4. Option 4 – Buy the Home, Lease the Land/Lot (Space Rent), No RSO, Private
5. Option 5 – Buy the Home, Lease the Land/Lot (Space Rent), No RSO, Corporate

Note: Labels: Private = Privately Owned, Corporate = Corporate Owned