Mobilehome News Around the State
Mobile home zoning OK’d to save affordable housing, head off conversions
By Kathleen Wilson | Source | [ED. NOTE: Sorry for the late posting of this article. A malware attack on our website prevented me from adding any new posts for a couple of weeks.] Mobile home parks in the unincorporated areas of Ventura County could not be redeveloped...
Santa Maria moves forward with model lease agreement despite residents’ concerns
By Zac Ezzone | Source | Gary Hall started his 20-slide PowerPoint presentation during the Nov. 19 Santa Maria City Council meeting with a joke. He told the council, “Yes, you’re getting tired of looking at me, and I’m getting tired of looking at you, too.” During a...
Mobile home zones in unincorporated Ventura County proposed to lock in affordable housing
By Kathleen Wilson | Source | A proposal that could be passed Tuesday would establish special zoning to prevent the conversion of mobile home parks in unincorporated Ventura County into higher-priced housing. The proposal goes beyond the current rules that require...
Cave fire swells to 4,100 acres overnight, threatening homes [and mobilehomes] in Santa Barbara County
By LEILA MILLER, HANNAH FRY, JACLYN COSGROVE | Source | SANTA BARBARA — Firefighters on Tuesday continued to battle a wind-driven brush fire that erupted a day earlier near Highway 154 in Santa Barbara County and burned quickly downhill, threatening thousands of...
Opinion: Space rent stabilization is needed to protect vulnerable residents in Belmont Shores Mobile Estates
By Terri Quinlan | Source | Belmont Shores Mobile Estates Resident Owners have observed the numerous improvements to Downtown Long Beach in anticipation of the 2028 Olympic Games. Participants from all over the world will no doubt be impressed when visitors see old...
Half their community burned in the Woolsey fire. Recovery is wreaking its own misery.
By Sonja Sharp } Source | Every day for a year, Marsha Maus has trekked up Mulholland Highway to tend to her garden. Her yard overflows with towering sunflowers and creeping vines, so green it looks neon. Her plot looks down on the 1960s-era section of Seminole...
Experts Say Prevention Is Key To Combat Rising Senior Homelessness In Long Beach
By Alena Maschke | Source | When Karen Angone received a notice in early October that the monthly rent on the mobile home plot where she and her 87-year-old mother live would increase by $355 effective January 1, she was shocked. Angone and her neighbors at the...
Anaheim City Council Shelves Mobile Home Rent Control Ordinance, Rent Increases for Seniors Start Today
By Spencer Custodio | Source | The Anaheim City Council has permanently shelved any discussion of a mobile home rent control ordinance, effectively singing a swan song for the seniors living at Rancho La Paz Mobile Home Park, who face rent hikes that kick in today....
