GSMOL News
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...
GSMOL Regional Conference in Santa Maria, September 9, 2023
Capitola leaders approve mobile home rent stabilization ordinance
By PK Hattis | Source | CAPITOLA — The Capitola City Council voted unanimously Thursday to add mobile home rent stabilization measures to its municipal code just days before a steep increase in rental prices for residents of Cabrillo Mobile Home Estates Park were set...
Capitola City Council to consider mobile home rent control ordinance
By PK HATTIS | Source | CAPITOLA — Following a public outcry earlier this month from Capitola mobile home park residents condemning a significant rental increase from their property owner, Capitola leaders will consider taking action this week to address the...
