Over the next four weeks, the Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee will consider four significant bills targeting mobilehome parkowners and managers.

WMA needs your help to reach out to key legislators on the committee to encourage them to vote NO on the following bills:

• AB 456 (Connolly) – This bill prohibits management from requiring repairs or improvements to the interior of a mobilehome, preapprovals of the repairs or improvement, or a homeowner to obtain or provide an inspection of any portion of the interior of the mobilehome prior to the home being sold in place to another buyer.  Click here to read the text of AB 456.

• AB 635 (Ahrens) – This bill removes the expiration date for the Mobilehome Residency Law Protection Program (MRLPP) and requires the Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) to refer up to 25 of the most “severe and deleterious” complaints to the Attorney General despite the fact the authority for HCD to review the validity of MRLPP complaints was removed in 2023 at the request of the sponsor of AB 635.  Click here to read the text of AB 635.

• AB 806 (Connolly) – This bill prohibits management from denying the approval of a tenant to install an air conditioner or cooling system in his or her home regardless of the capacity of the park’s electrical system.  It also requires parkowners to install a cooling center in a common area of the park that can be used by residents, but it does not allow for the cost to be passed on through rent.  Click here to read the text of AB 806.

• AB 925 (Addis) – This bill requires mobilehome parks to add more information to the emergency preparedness plan to include a copy of the private fire hydrant test and certification report, a written statement that the gas system within the park has been inspected by a person with professional knowledge of those systems, identification of an agent of park management who shall be available to residents in case of an emergency and for the plan to be updated each time that agent is not available.  Click here to read the text of AB 925.

AB 635 and AB 925 will be heard in the Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee this Wednesday, April 9.  AB 806 and AB 456 will be heard later this month. 

WMA really needs your help.  Please send an email to the following Assemblymembers expressing your opposition to these legislative proposals and copy Chris Wysocki, WMA’s State Legislative Advocate at chris@wma.org.

Assemblyman Matt Haney, Chair, Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee

Assemblymember.Haney@assembly.ca.gov

Assemblywoman Anamarie Avila-Farias

Assemblymember.Avila-Farias@assembly.ca.gov

Assemblywoman Jessica Caloza

Assemblymember.Caloza@assembly.ca.gov

Assemblyman Robert Garcia

Assemblymember.Garcia@assembly.ca.gov

Assemblyman Ash Kalra

Assemblymember.Kalra@assembly.ca.gov

Assemblyman Alex Lee

Assemblymember.Lee@assembly.ca.gov

Assemblywoman Sharon Quirk-Silva

Assemblymember.Quirk-Silva@assembly.ca.gov

Assemblywoman Buffy Wicks

Assemblymember.Wicks@assembly.ca.gov

Assemblywoman Lori Wilson

Assemblymember.Wilson@assembly.ca.gov

A suggested template to send these legislators is below:

“Dear Assemblymember …

“As the owner [or manager] of [Insert Park Name], I am writing to ask that you vote NO on AB 456, AB 635, AB 806, and AB 925 when they come before you in the Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee.

“AB 456 seeks to stop dangerous mobilehomes with old aluminum wiring that can easily catch fire from being removed from the park if it is up for sale. Entire parks have burnt to the ground because one mobilehome with bad wiring caught fire, and AB 456 prevents us from making sure the entire community is safe.

“AB 635 makes the MRLPP permanent, even though it has proven to be a failure – only a handful of complaints are valid, and the number will likely go down even further once mandatory park manager training goes into effect.

“AB 806 forces parks to allow tenants to install air conditioning units in their homes even if the park’s electric system cannot handle the increased load.  It also forces parkowners to install HVAC cooling centers, and the cost of installing these cannot be passed on through rent increases, meaning park owners will lose money paying for the system and paying for the energy used to keep a space cool even if nobody is using it.

“AB 925 puts more burdens on parkowners and managers by requiring them to provide even more information in their emergency preparedness plans.  The additional language required by the bill will make the plan almost incomprehensible instead of simplifying the document.  Mandatory park manager training will cover emergency preparedness, so AB 925 is not necessary and not helpful to residents in times of disaster.

“Thank you for your service, and I hope you will vote NO on these four separate bills.

Sincerely,

XXXXX

Park Name

Park Address”

Thank you in advance for your help in defeating these bills.  Please email Chris Wysocki at chris@wma.org if you have any questions or need help with what to write.