Mobilehome News Around the State
Yucaipa’s Mobilehome Rent Review meeting gets heated
By Manny B. Sandoval | Source | The Mobilehome Rent Review Commission held a contentious meeting on Thursday, Oct. 19 and reviewed the Mobilehome Ordinance and Administrative Rules. Item number two, regarding the biannual review, drew dozens of public comments...
Council approves rent control for Vallejo’s mobile homes
By John Glidden | Source | Eighteen months after inadvertently repealing its rent stabilization ordinance for mobile home parks, the Vallejo City Council on Tuesday approved reestablishing rent control for tenants. Tenants staged protests recently demanding City Hall...
Sonoma County, Santa Rosa consider new housing policies to help fire recovery
By J. D. Morris and Kevin McCallum | Source | Hoping to kick-start the region’s recovery from this month’s destructive wildfires, Sonoma County and Santa Rosa government leaders are preparing to act Tuesday on a series of new policies primarily focused on housing the...
Arcata City Council introduces redrafted mobile home rent stabilization
By Hunter Cresswell | Source | On Wednesday evening the Arcata City Council approved of a redrafted mobile home park rent stabilization ordinance that can be adopted at the next meeting if no further amendments are requested. The introduction of the ordinance passed...
Affordability crisis hits LA’s trailer parks
By Rina Palta | Source | Los Angeles County officials say rising rents and low vacancy rates aren't limited to rental apartments— the affordability crisis is now hitting the region's mobile home parks. In response, the L.A. County Board of Supervisors will consider...
Council takes first vote on Vallejo mobile home rent control
By John Glidden | Source | Rent stabilization for mobile home parks may soon return to the city. The Vallejo City Council voted 6-0 during its Oct. 10 meeting to hold on first reading an ordinance which would protect those living in mobile home parks from excessive...
Mobile home park residents continue to fight for their rights
By Ariel Carmona Jr. | Source | More than 30 residents from local mobile home parks gathered at the Willits Library to hear a presentation from a couple of Ukiah-based attorneys in the aftermath of demands made by an out of the area management company which has...
Mobile homes often trade in a ‘gray market.’ Owners now have a chance to avoid back taxes.
By Hudson Sangree | Source | Nearly 21,000 families in the four-county Sacramento region, and about a half-million across California, live in homes that are theoretically mobile. For many, buying a home that’s up on blocks is one of the last opportunities for...

