GSMOL News
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...
Not over yet: Mobile home park residents [in Chico] set sights on rent stabilization ballot measure
By Muna Sadek | Source | "Don’t give up on us," said Celeste Macklin. "Let us get this rent stabilization passed so we can get some happiness in our final years." Macklin was among the residents of Pleasant Valley Mobile Estates who attended Tuesday night's Chico city...
Owners of Youngstown Mobile Home Park hit Petaluma with 2nd lawsuit
The new suit claims Petaluma’s rules passed to protect seniors violate federal housing laws By Jennifer Sawhney | Source In yet another challenge to the city’s mobile home rules, the owners of Youngstown Mobile Home Park have filed a second lawsuit against Petaluma,...
San Jose mayor looks to protect mobile home park residents from eviction
The city has 58 mobile home parks -- the most of any city in the state. Watch Video including interview with GSMOL Region 1 Manager Martha O'Connell By Ian Cull | Source San Jose's mayor is among the local leaders pushing for new protections to keep mobile home park...
‘You’re killing us’: Castro Valley mobile home park residents told rent will double
By Brooks Jarosz | Source | CASTRO VALLEY, Calif. - Residents of a Castro Valley mobile home park fear they will be homeless after they received notices from their landlord doubling their rent, beginning early next year. Avalon Mobile Home Park on Castro Valley...
GSMOL Regional Educational Conference in Orange, September 30, 2023
[Thousand Oaks] Council OKs ordinance to protect city’s senior-living mobile home parks
By Stephanie Bertholdo | Source | Homeowners living in the Ranch Mobile Home Park, one of five senior mobile home parks in the City of Thousand Oaks, were victorious last week when the City Council approved an ordinance that would prevent the park owner from...
