Last month, WMA and our co-plaintiff — a local parkowner in
Sonoma County — scored a major legal victory in a case we filed
last December. A Sacramento County Superior Court judge allowed
our lawsuit against Assembly Bill 2782 — legislation that would
destroy long-term leases — to move forward to trial.
The State of California attempted to have the case thrown out of
court by filing a demurrer, but the judge ruled: “the court finds
that the FAC (First Amended Complaint) sufficiently alleges a
substantial impairment of a contractual relationship.”
The City of Santa Ana has been a hotbed of rent control activity
for the last two years. The 2020 election ushered in a
progressive, ultra-liberal majority.
It has been a Democratic stronghold for many years, but the
council was always pro-business and pro-housing. That was then;
this is now. The new majority passed one of the most restrictive
rent control laws in California with no outreach or input from
property owners.
Civil Code Section 798.15 requires park management to provide
homeowners with a copy of a current Civil Code (Mobilehome
Residency Law) by February 1 of each year or provide a written
notice to homeowners that there has been a substantial change to
the Mobilehome Residency Law (MRL).
Homeowners may request a copy of the Mobilehome Residency Law by
providing a written request to park management. Park management
then has 7 business days to provide the booklet to the resident.
Management must also provide the Rights and Responsibilities
notice by February one of each year.
