California MHP News

Thu, Jan 23, 2020 – On Fri, Jan 10, 2020, US Senator Sherrod Brown (D) from Ohio, Ranking Member of the Senate Banking Committee, submitted the following letters to the CEOs of the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac). The letters are identical with the names Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac interchanged, they open with…

I am writing regarding the increase in private equity investment in and ownership of manufactured housing communities (MHC) and a troubling trend of rent increases and resident displacement in many of these communities. I have seen first-hand how residents in these communities, many of whom are elderly and have fixed incomes, have experienced rent and other housing cost increases with few consumer protections. The information I am requesting here will help me better understand Fannie Mae’s role in financing private equity-owned MHC properties and what resident protections, if any, are included in the Enterprise’s financing process.

For homeowners residing in an MHC, housing costs come in two parts – the home loan and the lot rent. If either of these components of housing cost become overly burdensome, homeownership may no longer be affordable for an MHC resident. Over the past several months I have seen reports and heard directly from residents of MHCs in Ohio and throughout the country who have seen lot rent increases, coupled with new fees and other charges, that are unsustainable for existing residents. Many news reports of rent increases have come shortly after the MHC was purchased by a private equity fund that subsequently raised rents. Given the number of these news reports and private equity’s destructive track record, I am increasingly concerned that investment in communities without regard for the needs of existing tenants could result in displacement and fewer, not more, affordable housing opportunities.

As stated above, there is little data on MHCs. There is even less data available on private equity’s involvement in all segments of the American economy, including MHCs. While the Enterprises are just one of many outlets for financing MHC purchases, I would like to better understand the role that private equity has played over the last several years in MHC ownership from the Enterprises’ perspective. I would also like to understand what steps Fannie Mae is taking to ensure that residents of the communities it finances are not forced out by irresponsible rent increases.

From the 2020 MRL Introduction:

For the 2020 edition, SB 274 (Dodd) amended the companion law (CIV 798.34) to designate one companion at a time, not exceeding three companions per calendar year. The bill also requires a park manager to renew tenancy to those affected by a wildfire or natural disaster (CIV 798.62). Lastly, this bill amended (CIV 798.74) to clarify the park manager’s role in prior approval of a mobilehome purchase. Legislation signed by the governor not affecting the MRL but that is significant to those living in mobilehomes: SB 508 (Leyva) require that all mobilehome owners receive a copy of their insurance disclosure forms and Bill of Rights.

Thu, Jan 16, 2020 – Cooper and other residents are fighting a $220-per-month rent increase the city approved in November. The average rent at the park is $470, with about 30 of 84 renters paying around $399 per month.

Under a Santa Paula ordinance, annual rent increases for mobile home spaces are limited to increases in the Consumer Price Index, and they cannot exceed 7% of existing rent.

However, park owners can apply for a rent increase to cover the cost of a completed capital improvement project. This is what Gregg Kirkpatrick, owner of the Oaks Mobile Estates, did after spending more than $2 million to upgrade and replace the property’s utility system and clubhouse.

The park ownership is offering residents two options to pay for the increase.

The first option would involve a $220.98-per-month increase implemented incrementally over the next five years. Residents who choose this option would see a $25 increase in 2020, a $59 increase in 2021 and a $66 increase in 2022.

Alternatively, residents can enter a 25-year lease with the owner, which would involve a $25-per-month increase in 2020 and 5% annual increases every year after that for the remainder of the lease.

Note: The long-term lease is a tool used by park owners to remove homeowners from rent control protections.

Thu, Jan 9, 2020 – Westwinds Mobile Home Park resident Rob Leeper was astonished when he found a letter taped to his home Friday, informing him his family could be out of a place to live by the fall of 2022.

We were like what the heck? You know how much it costs to move one of these things? Leeper said of his 1,800-square-feet, 3-bedroom, 2-bath home. We would like to stay here if we could. We are a small village in a huge city.

Westwinds, located at 500 Nicholson Lane in North San Jose, hosts more than 700 mobile homes. The notices came from the management company, MHC Operating, which sued the property owner, Nicholson Family Partnership, early last week, stating they have no obligation to remove any of Westwinds residents before or upon the expiration of its lease.

Now, San Jose lawmakers have stepped in to try and assuage the roughly 1,600 mobile home park residents’ concerns. Mayor Sam Liccardo and Councilmember Lan Diep, whose district includes the park, held a news conference Thursday morning to announce a plan to expedite a land use designation that would protect the park and others like it.

The designation would mean a mobile home park owner cannot change what goes on that land without a general plan amendment, which is more difficult to obtain and requires approval from city officials. The designation would need to go through the planning commission, housing commission and City Council.

Wed, Jan 8, 2020 – Two of Iowa’s Democratic U.S. representatives took steps Tuesday to address what they say are dramatic rent hikes reported at several Iowa mobile home parks purchased by out-of-state companies.

Rep. Cindy Axne, a Democrat who represents Iowa’s 3rd District, introduced a bill Tuesday to provide federal grants to local groups seeking to purchase and maintain mobile home communities.

Iowa 1st District Rep. Abby Finkenauer, also a Democrat, called for a Federal Trade Commission investigation into the practices of the out-of-state companies purchasing mobile home parks and increasing rents around the country.

Axne’s bill and Finkenauer’s letter come after Havenpark Capital Partners, an investment firm from Orem, Utah, purchased several mobile home parks in Iowa and began increasing rents by as much as 69%. Finkenauer’s letter notes media reports that another out-of-state company, Impact Communities, raised rents by 60% over the past two years at a mobile home park in Dubuque.

Also on Tuesday, Finkenauer sent a letter to Federal Trade Commission chairman Joseph Simons calling for an investigation into the reports of out-of-state investment companies buying mobile home parks and hiking rents.

Finkenauer referred to some of Havenpark’s recent purchases in the letter, as well as media reports that Impact Communities, a large mobile home park chain, has raised rent 60% over the past two years at Table Mound Mobile Home Parks in Dubuque.

Tue, Jan 7, 2020 – WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Abby Finkenauer (IA-01) sent a letter to Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chairman Joseph Simons calling for an investigation into the predatory and unfair business practices occurring at Table Mound Mobile Home Park and other mobile and manufactured home parks in Iowa.

In recent months, media reports have documented how out-of-state investment companies are purchasing mobile and manufactured home parks, then drastically increasing rent and fees on residents, and pressuring them to sign one-sided lease agreements. As it can cost up to $5,000 to relocate a manufactured home, some residents have no choice but to pay the rising costs or risk losing their homes altogether. This makes residents – many of whom are living on fixed incomes – especially vulnerable.

I am incredibly concerned that hardworking Iowans are being taken advantage of by out-of-state companies looking to make a quick and easy buck,” Congresswoman Finkenauer said. “Mobile and manufactured home park residents in our district are fighting back and I will continue standing with them because these stories are heartbreaking. I also want these so-called investors, looking to get rich off exploiting Iowans, to know this treatment of people in our state will not stand. I believe these companies are bad actors and that they need to be investigated.

Previous News

Sun, May 5, 2019 – Though Havenpark Capital is just three years old, it has racked up complaints related to its business practices with consumer protection officials and housing advocates in several states, Watchdog found.
Investor Firm that Hiked Lot Rents at Iowa MHPs is Subject of Complaints in Other States

Mon, Jan 6, 2020 – On Wed, Jun 26, 2019, the Joint Legislative Audit Committee (JLAC) approved an audit request by Senator Connie M. Leyva (D-Chino) to review the efficacy and ongoing issues related to the California Department of Housing and Community Development’s (HCD) Mobilehome Inspection Program. According to the California State Auditor, the results of that JLAC Approved Audit will become available in May 2020.

2019-111 – Department of Housing and Community Development – Mobilehome Park Inspections
Est. Release Date: May 2020 » Audit Scope (PDF)

Wed, Jun 26, 2019 – SACRAMENTO – Earlier today, the Joint Legislative Audit Committee (JLAC) approved an audit request by Senator Connie M. Leyva (D-Chino) to review the efficacy and ongoing issues related to the California Department of Housing and Community Development’s (HCD) Mobilehome Inspection Program.

As the Chair of the Senate Select Committee on Manufactured Home Communities, Senator Leyva continues to hear from mobilehome residents and owners about the insufficient oversight and follow-up by HCD that allows some mobilehome parks to fall into severe disrepair, as well as risk the public health and eventually the housing options of their residents. In recent years, HCD has identified inadequate gas meters, accumulation of combustible materials and exposed live electrical parts at mobilehome parks. Media reports also identified a mobilehome park in Northern California with poor infrastructure that was without power for several days during an extreme heat wave in 2018 that endangered the health and safety of elderly residents.

While I appreciate the important work that HCD does to protect the health and safety of mobilehome parks and their residents, there is clearly still much work to do to meet the needs of mobilehome residents across our state,” Senator Leyva said. “Mobilehomes provide a critical option for affordable housing in California, so it is important that we do all that we can to make sure that the state is inspecting mobilehome parks fully and properly so that we can keep residents healthy and safe. There is no excuse for mobilehome residents to ever have to live with exposed electrical parts or without power for days because of poor infrastructure so, depending on the results of the audit, we will likely need to find a way for the state to have better and likely more frequent oversight of these parks. I thank my JLAC colleagues for approving this important audit that will ultimately help to improve living conditions at mobilehome parks and the quality of life and safety of their residents.

The independent audit will include an assessment of HCD’s statewide mobilehome park inspection process and efforts, as well as review and evaluate follow-up visits made to parks by inspectors to ensure compliance. With nearly 5,000 mobilehome parks and 2 million mobilehome residents in California, the Mobilehome Park Maintenance (MPM) Inspection Program is crucial in maintaining the quality of life for these residents.

The California State Auditor will conduct the audit over the next several months and issue a public report once the analysis is completed.

Sun, Jan 5, 2020 – On Wed, Sep 26, 2018, Governor Brown signed Assembly Bill 3066 which gives California Mobile Home Owners a way to enforce the Mobilehome Residency Law and stop egregious abuses by predatory park owners.

Background: AB 3066, authored by Assemblyman Mark Stone, was a re-introduction of AB 1269 from last year, which was vetoed by Governor Brown. AB 3066 was introduced in June of 2018 reviving the efforts started by AB 1269 and GSMOL Members throughout the state. The continued and relentless response by GSMOL Members and their urgent call-to-action caused AB 3066 to pass through the State Assembly and Senate and earn a signature by the Governor. Now that AB 3066 is a law, it should be called The Mobilehome Residency Protection Program or MRLPP, which is congruent with the name used by HCD.

Key Provisions of AB 3066: 6. In order to fund this new authority and these duties, HCD will assess a $10 annual maintenance fee on park owners who will be allowed to pass this fee on to residents (i.e. less than 84¢ a month). This will NOT be part of your space rent and will be a clearly defined line item. Most of us agree that 84¢ a month is cheap insurance to pay for the protection (and which we hope we will never need!)
GSMOL MRLPP

Mon, Oct 1, 2018 – Congratulations are in order! We (GSMOL) are happy to announce that as of Wed, Sep 26, 2018, Governor Jerry Brown signed AB 3066 – The Mobilehome Residency Law Protection Act into law.

AB 3066 was advocated for and sponsored by GSMOL and its members throughout California. Without support from you, our members, this wouldn’t have happened. So THANK YOU for all of your hard work on spreading the news and calling your legislators.

Legislative Counsel’s Digest

This bill would enact the Mobilehome Residency Law Protection Act. Beginning July 1, 2020, the bill would establish the Mobilehome Residency Law Protection Program within the Department of Housing and Community Development, pursuant to which the bill would require the department to provide assistance in resolving and coordinating the resolution of complaints from homeowners relating to the Mobilehome Residency Law, as provided. The bill would require the department to refer matters within its jurisdiction to its Division of Codes and Standards and authorize it to refer matters not within its jurisdiction to the appropriate enforcement agency. The bill would require the department to select complaints for evaluation under the program, as provided. The bill would require the department to contract with one or more qualified and experienced nonprofit legal services providers and, if a complaint submitted to the program is not resolved during a 25-day period for negotiation between management and the complaining party, the bill would require the referral of complaints selected for evaluation to an appropriate enforcement agency or one of those nonprofit legal services providers, as provided. The bill would require management to provide specified information to the department within 15 business days from the postmark date or electronic transmission of a request for that information and require the imposition of a noncompliance citation of $250 for each failure to comply.

Beginning January 1, 2019, the bill would require the department to assess upon, and collect from, the management of a mobilehome park subject to the Mobilehome Residency Law an annual registration fee of $10 for each permitted mobilehome lot located within the mobilehome park, to be paid at the time of payment of the annual operating fee imposed under the Mobilehome Parks Act. The bill would authorize management to pass this fee on to the homeowners within the mobilehome park. The bill would require that all moneys collected pursuant to its provisions be deposited into the Mobilehome Dispute Resolution Fund, which this bill would establish, and make those moneys available, upon appropriation by the Legislature, for purposes of implementing the Mobilehome Residency Law Protection Act, as provided.
AB 3066 Mobilehome Residency Law Protection Act

Sat, Jan 4, 2020 – This table of Investors, Park Owners and/or Park Management Companies is a work in progress as of Sat, Jan 4, 2020. The number of Sites data may not be accurate and is rounded up to the nearest quarter (25, 50, 75, 00). The MHPHOA are performing ongoing research in this area to see if we can accurately account for the total number of Sites for each entity listed. Address and Website information are accurate based on recent audits performed for data verification against publicly available records.

Fri, Jan 3, 2020 – Even though mobile homes remain the largest form of affordable housing in California, a state of California/Stanford University report said that because mobile home park property is worth five to six times more if it is instead used for high density development, the homesteads long known as trailer parks are “vanishing.” There have been no new mobile home parks built in California since the 1980s.

Oceanside is thought to be a haven for mobile home park ownership because of a 1982 rent-control ordinance. Yet some warn the future is looking bleak for some of Oceanside’s 2,500 mobile home tenants.

For decades there were 17 Oceanside mobile home parks, most built in the 60s or 70s. But in 2017 the owner of the 21-space La Playa Vista park flat out ignored the city’s ordinance that mandated a mobile home park owner advise the city and then get approval of its closure. Condos are being planned for the La Playa property on Tremont Street west of Coast Highway. There are now 16 Oceanside mobile home parks. And by the end of the year there may be 15.

Bob Richards was a jet fighter in Vietnam who lives in the 433-space Rancho San Luis Rey Mobile Home Park. He says that when he tried to sell his home the sale was thwarted because park management harassed him by demanding, among other things, that he tear down the six-foot wall surrounding his home even though there are other six-foot-high walls in his park and Oceanside city codes specifically say fences up to six feet tall are legal.

‘I had a buyer from Palm Springs who was approved’, says Richards. ‘They came after me’, he says of Star Management which runs Rancho San Luis Rey. He says Star would not relent on its demands to tear down the fence which halted the sale. ‘They are completely predatory. They don’t want it to look like too many people are leaving because it will look bad to their investors. My buyer decided to walk away because he saw what [Star Management] did to me’.

Walshaw says some of the parks are buying up the homes within the park, allowing the owner to collect market rate rent ($2,000 to $2,500) versus rent-controlled space rent which is usually around $500. That, plus the effort to convince mobile home owners to sign away their rent control with new leases, has drastically taken down the amount of Oceanside residents still on rent control.

Thu, Jan 2, 2020 – According to data obtained from the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD), there are 5,251 Active Mobile Home and RV Parks totaling 452,721 lots/spaces in the State of California. Of those 452,721 lots/spaces, 363,931 are mobile home spaces, 66,474 are RV lots with drains and 22,316 are RV lots without drains.

There are 692 Closed Mobile Home and RV Parks totaling 21,164 lots/spaces. Of those 21,164 lots/spaces, 11,370 are mobile home spaces, 6,931 are RV lots with drains and 2,863 are RV lots without drains.

As of Thu, Jan 2, 2020, the HCD has data for a total of 5,943 Mobile Home and RV Parks totaling 473,885 lots/spaces which includes Active and Closed listings. Of those 473,885 lots/spaces, 375,301 are mobile home spaces, 73,405 are RV lots with drains and 25,179 RV lots without drains.

HCD Note: HCD has enforcement of 81.4 percent of the parks and 75.5 percent of the lots in the State of California. The overall average park size is 86 lots; 80 for Mobile Home Parks, and 88 for RV Parks.

According to data obtained from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (HIFLD) and as of Thu, Feb 14, 2019, there are 45,642 Mobile Home and RV Parks in the U.S.

The below Top 10 Largest Mobile Home and RV Park listings in California are based on the HCD Mobile Home and RV Parks Active Listings as of Thu, Jan 2, 2020.

California – Top 10 Largest Mobile Home Parks

#	Mobile Home Park Name	Address	City	ST	Zip	SPC
	Casa de Amigos Operated By: Casa de Amigos Ltd	1085 Tasman Dr	Sunnyvale	CA	94089	923
	Plaza del Rey Operated By: Plaza del Rey Owner LLC	1225 Vienna Dr	Sunnyvale	CA	94089	800
	Hemet West Mobile Estates Operated By: Western States Mobilehome Parks	5001 W Florida Ave	Hemet	CA	92545	771
	Westwinds Operated By: MHC Operating LP	500 Nicholson Ln	San Jose	CA	95134	723
	Swan Lake Mobile Home Park Operated By: Hamner Park Associates	5800 Hamner Ave	Eastvale	CA	91752	716
	Los Alisos Mobile Home Estates Operated By: Miller, Willis Ranch Co	772 Garden Grove Blvd	Westminster	CA	92683	705
	Casa Del Lago Mobile Home Park Operated By: San Jose Investments Ltd	2151 Old Oakland Rd	San Jose	CA	95131	618
	Adobe Wells Operated By: Mobilehome Communities	1220 Tasman Dr	Sunnyvale	CA	94089	613
	Oakridge Mobile Home Park Operated By: Oakridge Ltd	15455 Glenoaks Blvd	Sylmar	CA	91342	600
	Plantation on the Lake Operated By: Plantation Company LLC	10961 Desert Lawn Dr	Calimesa	CA	92320	557
						7,026

California – Top 10 Largest RV Parks With Drains

#	RV Park Name	Address	City	ST	Zip	Lots
	Golden Village Palms RV Resort Operated By: GVP LLC	3600 W Florida Ave	Hemet	CA	92544	1,019
	Silent Valley Club Operated By: Silent Valley Club Inc	46305 Poppet Flats Rd	Banning	CA	92220	850
	Caliente Springs RV Park Operated By: Timothy Manthei	70200 Dillon Rd	Desert Hot Springs	CA	92240	677
	Soledad Canyon Operated By: MHC TT Inc	4700 Crown Valley Rd	Acton	CA	93510	641
	Fountain of Youth Spa Operated By: Fountain of Youth Spa Corp	1500 Spa Rd	Niland	CA	92257	615
	Wilderness Lakes Operated By: MHC NAC Inc	30605 Briggs Rd	Menifee	CA	92584	523
	Sands RV Resort Operated By: Sun Sands RV LLC	16400 Bubbling Wells Rd	Desert Hot Springs	CA	92240	507
	Mountain Lakes Operated By: Robert Burlingame	277 Lytle Creek Rd	Lytle Creek	CA	92358	494
	Rivers Edge RV Resort Operated By: Brenda Agular	2299 Winterhaven Rd	Winterhaven	CA	92283	480
	Catalina RV Spa Operated By: Catalina Spa & RV Inc	18800 Cork Hill Rd	Desert Hot Springs	CA	92240	477
						6,283

California – Top 10 Largest RV Parks Without Drains

#	RV Park Name	Address	City	ST	Zip	Lots
	Lawsons Landing Operated By: Carl Vogler	137 Marine View Dr	Dillon Beach	CA	94929	1,000
	Calaveras Timber Trails Association Operated By: Calaveras Timber Trails Association	1071 Avery Sheep Ranch Rd	Avery	CA	95224	500
	Lake of The Springs Operated By: MHC TT Inc	14152 Frenchtown Rd	Oregon House	CA	95962	465
	Holcomb Valley Ranch Operated By: Holcomb Camp	34300 Holcomb Valley Rd	Fawnskin	CA	92333	400
	Soledad Canyon Operated By: MHC TT Inc	4700 Crown Valley Rd	Acton	CA	93510	385
	De Anza Campland Operated By: Campland on the Bay	2211 Pacific Beach Dr	San Diego	CA	92109	339
	Thousand Trails Pio Pico Operated By: Thousand Trails Vehicle Park	14615 Otay Lakes Rd	Jamul	CA	91935	336
	Morgan Hill Preserve Operated By: MHC TT Inc	12895 Uvas Rd	Morgan Hill	CA	95037	298
	Annetts Mono Village Operated By: Annetts Mono Village Inc	13425 Twinlakes Rd	Bridgeport	CA	93517	281
	Lake Minden Operated By: MHC NAC LP	1256 Marcum Rd	Nicolaus	CA	95659	274
						4,278

HCD MH and RV Parks Search

California – Top 10 Largest ROC Mobile Home Parks

#	Mobile Home Park Name	Address	City	ST	Zip	SPC
	Palm Desert Greens Operated By: Palm Desert Greens Association	73750 Country Club Dr	Palm Desert	CA	92260	1,922
	Tri Palm Estates Operated By: Tri Palm Unified Owners Association	32851 Desert Moon Dr	Thousand Palms	CA	92276	1,629
	Sierra Dawn Estates Operated By: Sierra Dawn Estates Homeowners Association Inc	950 S Lyon Ave	Hemet	CA	92543	1,474
	Sabre City Estates Operated By: Researching…	Doolittle Dr	Roseville	CA	95747	726
	Desert Crest Operated By: Desert Crest Community Association	69400 N Country Club Dr	Desert Hot Springs	CA	92241	582
	Black Lake Mobile Estates Operated By: Researching…	234 Crosby Way	Nipomo	CA	93444	555
	The Groves Operated By: The Groves Homeowners Inc	5200 Irvine Blvd	Irvine	CA	92620	533
	Golf Knolls Mobile Home Park Operated By: Golf Knolls Association	29070 Camino Alba	Murrieta	CA	92563	520
	Rancho Carlsbad Operated By: Rancho Carlsbad Owners Association Inc	5200 El Camino Real	Carlsbad	CA	92008	504
	Portola Country Club Operated By: Portola Country Club Homeowners Association Inc	42500 Portola Ave	Palm Desert	CA	92660	499
						8,944

ROC in California

U.S. Mobile Home and RV Parks

According to data obtained from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (HIFLD) and as of Fri, Sep 20, 2024, there are 56,094 Mobile Home and RV Parks in the U.S. Top 10 States are highlighted in green.

#	State	Parks
	Alabama	2,485
	Alaska	125
	Arizona	1,571
	Arkansas	991
	California	5,121
	Colorado	783
	Connecticut	115
	Delaware	226
	Florida	5,926
	Georgia	1,511
	Hawaii	0
	Idaho	533
	Illinois	854
	Indiana	1,094
	Iowa	495
	Kansas	564
	Kentucky	929
	Louisiana	1,842
	Maine	374
	Maryland	230
	Massachusetts	212
	Michigan	1,104
	Minnesota	642
	Mississippi	879
	Missouri	1,080
	Montana	642
	Nebraska	296
	Nevada	452
	New Hampshire	322
	New Jersey	219
	New Mexico	727
	New York	1,684
	North Carolina	3,267
	North Dakota	307
	Ohio	1,407
	Oklahoma	761
	Oregon	1,022
	Pennsylvania	1,686
	Rhode Island	52
	South Carolina	2,528
	South Dakota	361
	Tennessee	1,492
	Texas	3,682
	Utah	345
	Vermont	225
	Virginia	1,382
	Washington	1,396
	West Virginia	801
	Wisconsin	951
	Wyoming	401
	Totals:	56,094

HIFLD Type Breakdown	Parks
Mobile Home Parks (MHP)	53,055
Recreational Vehicle (RV) Parks	3,039
Totals:	56,094

HIFLD Size Breakdown	Parks
Small – Less than 50 Units	39,899
Medium – 51 to 100 Units	9,086
Large – 101 Units or More	7,109
Totals:	56,094

Wed, Jan 1, 2020 – A summarized ordered list view by most recent date of Mobile Home Owner News for the 2019 year with duplicates merged and non-relevant topics removed. You can press Ctrl+F on your keyboard to bring up the Find/Search dialog and enter the search term to find on this page.

Wed, Jan 1, 2020 – Historical Assembly Bill (AB) NOT Passed – Thu, Feb 18, 2016 – AB-2351 Mobilehome parks: rent control. Introduced by Assembly Member Roger Hernández – An act to repeal Section 798.17 of the Civil Code, relating to mobilehome parks.

The Mobilehome Residency Law governs the terms and conditions of residency in mobilehome parks, and exempts a rental agreement that satisfies specified criteria, including that it be in excess of 12-months’ duration, from any ordinance, rule, regulation, or initiative measure adopted by a local governmental entity that establishes a maximum amount a landlord may charge a tenant for rent.

This bill would repeal these provisions. The bill would make a statement of legislative findings.