Mobilehome News Around the State
Mobile home residents seek rent control
Rental committee could expand Measure V protections By Mark Noack | Source | [ED. NOTE: Judy Pavlick, interviewed in this article, is a member of the GSMOL Legislative Action Team (LAT) Committee.] Barely a year old, Mountain View's experiment with rent control has...
FEMA bringing trailers, mobile homes to Sonoma County to house fire victims
By J.D. Morris | Source | One month after the most destructive wildfires in California history destroyed more than 5,000 Sonoma County homes, state and federal emergency officials are beginning the complicated task of moving displaced residents into...
Yucaipa City Council accepts biennial review recommendations provided by mobile home rent review commission
By Manny B. Sandoval | Source | On Monday, Nov. 6, Yucaipa City Council held a special meeting pertaining to the biennial review of mobile home rent stabilization ordinances and resolutions. This means that the council was either accepting or not accepting the Mobile...
Park about to reopen
By Guy Kovner | Source | Residents of fire-ravaged Journey’s End Mobile Home Park will soon be allowed back into the property at the north end of Santa Rosa, possibly as soon as today, but the bigger question — whether they will ever be able to call it home again —...
As a Seaside resident faces eviction from her mobile home, a community rises up to protect her.
By David Schmalz Alice Norton, a 73-year old resident of Seaside Mobile Estates, stands on her patio with a handful of her neighbors. A look of grave concern is drawn on her face. Seated nearby is attorney David Brown – also a Marina city councilman – who has come to...
Journey’s End remains closed as asbestos testing continues
By Guy Kovner Journey’s End Mobile Home Park will remain closed at least until Wednesday pending the results of laboratory test results of materials found last week in the fire-ravaged community that may contain asbestos found last week in the fire-ravaged community,...
For Northern California fire victims, FEMA extends housing assistance
By Guy Kovner | Source | The Federal Emergency Management Agency has extended its temporary housing assistance program to Dec. 7 for people displaced from their homes by wildfires in eight counties, including Sonoma, Napa, Lake and Mendocino. FEMA’s Transitional...
Asbestos keeps some Santa Rosa fire victims away from belongings
By Leslie Brinkley | Source | SANTA ROSA, Calif. (KGO) -- It may be days before fire victims in a Santa Rosa mobile home park will be able to access their belongings as EPA officials investigates danger from asbestos at the park. What was Jouney's End mobile home park...

