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A Night of Unity and Strength in Petaluma
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GSMOL MRL Handbook 2025 Now Available On Our Website!
In the past, the Senate Select Committee for Manufactured Homes has produced an MRL Handbook, which included the current Mobilehome Residency Law, other state laws applying to MH parks, the RV Park laws, the Frequently Asked Questions that have been submitted to their...
AB 2782: Repeal of the Civil Code 798.17 Long-Term Lease Exemption
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Will the New Long Term Lease Law Take Effect January 1? GSMOL Attorney Bruce Stanton answers this question
AB 2782, sponsored by GSMOL, was approved by the Governor on August 31, 2020, and took effect January 1, 2021. Civil Code 798.17 has long provided that leases which exceed 12 months in length are exempt from local rent stabilization ordinance (RSO) protection. AB...
County Supervisors Take Steps to Protect Senior Mobile Home Parks
The board votes to prepare a temporary moratorium on changing 55-and-up parks to all-ages By Daniel Green | Source The Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors responded to community outcry over a proposal to convert a senior mobile home park to an all-ages community...
Santa Barbara County BOS Directs Staff to Draft Moratorium on Senior Park Conversion
Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors Video, October 8 2024 Supervisors Direct Planning Department to Work on Moratorium and Senior MHP OverlayThe Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors on October 8, 2024, took up the subject of a moratorium on converting any...
Park protection – Senior residents advocate for zoning protections after management group plans to convert a Santa Maria mobile home park to all-ages
By Taylor O'Connor | Source | Rhonda Anderson moved from Casa Del Rio to Del Cielo Mobile Estates after a corporate property management company took over and hiked her rent up by $300. Now, she’s scared it might happen again. Del Cielo, an Orcutt-based 55-and-older...
Petaluma’s newest city fee aimed squarely at mobile home park owners
The fees to close or convert a mobile home park in Petaluma “may be substantial,” the city attorney said. By Jennifer Sawhney | Source | Amid an ongoing fight with mobile home park owners who officially signaled their intent to close two parks where nearly 200 city...
Orcutt mobile home residents concerned about proposed age policy change
By Olivia González-Britt | Source | Source includes KSBY News video Pamela Barilone bought her home at Del Cielo Mobile Estates in Orcutt five years ago to enjoy life in a senior community. “We've got a quilting day and we have potlucks and so we have a lot of...
Homeowners in Petaluma Continue to Fight Against Unfair Rent Increases
Update from Jodi Johnson, GSMOL Chapter 1252 President, Youngstown Senior Community ED. NOTE: For some of the background on this, see a previous story posted here. We learned July 1st that a closure letter to the city of Petaluma had been served on the city by park...