Mobilehome News Around the State
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...
Santa Rosa mobile home park owners seek multi-hundred-dollar rent increase
By Marisa Endicott | Source | Owners of Santa Rosa’s Carriage Court mobile home park plan to petition the city to raise rents by 75% — more than $400 monthly — on the land beneath the residents’ homes. Park owners across Sonoma County have increasingly turned to the...
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...
Two Inland Empire mobile home parks facing power shutoff after operator allegedly fails to pay electric bills
By Rob McMillan | Source YUCAIPA, Calif. (KABC) -- At least 200 residents at two mobile home parks in the Inland Empire are facing the threat of a power cutoff, because the operator of the properties allegedly hasn't paid the electric bill in more than a year. "We're...
Can I Still Get Mobilehome Homeowners Insurance in California?
This new article by GSMOL State Secretary Carol Brinkman offers hope to homeowners who are having trouble getting or renewing homeowners insurance. Check it out on our Know Your MH Rights page, along with other articles by GSMOL Attorney Bruce Stanton and GSMOL Vice...
To Fight Rising Rents, These Fresno County Residents Bought Their Mobile Home Park
By Madi Bolaños | Source | After years of fighting rising rents, a group of mostly Oaxacan farmworkers in Fresno County have done the seemingly impossible: purchased their mobile home park from its corporate landlord. The group officially closed escrow on the park...
