LONG TERM LEASES

AB 2782 Lawsuit Update

As you are aware, Western Manufactured Homes Association (WMA) and Sandalwood Estates, LLC, filed a lawsuit against Governor Gavin Newsom and Attorney General Rob Bonta in their official capacities in late December 2023 for declaratory and injunctive relief to overturn Assembly Bill 2782 that eliminated long term leases from exemption under local rent control.

 

On December 13, 2024, the Supreme Court of the State of California held a Hearing on Motion for Preliminary Injunction and the matter was argued and submitted. At this time, the Court has taken the matter under submission and decision is yet to be made.

 

Staff will continue to keep you apprised of this matter as more information becomes available.  Should you have any questions, please feel free to contact me at 760-435-3377.

 

Leilani A. Hines Director Housing & Neighborhood Services lhines@OceansideCa.org 760.435.3377 (Office) 300 N. Coast Highway Oceanside, CA., 92054

From:

Leilani A. Hines

Director

Housing & Neighborhood Services

Under Mobilehome Residency Law, specifically State Civil Code Section 798.15, rental agreements must be in writing and provide for a number of provisions including Subsection (i), which requires a copy of a prescribed notice to be included in the rental agreement and that requires  management to also, prior to February 1 of each year, provide a copy of such  notice to all homeowners. 

 

Assembly Bill 2399, passed this year by the State Legislature and effective January 2025, now requires additional information regarding the Mobilehome Residency Law Protection Program, and how to contact the program, to be included in a specified notice of a mobilehome owner and mobilehome park’s rights and responsibilities that the mobilehome park must provide to all mobilehome owners on an annual basis and as part of the rental agreement.

 

For your convenience please find attached a copy of the specified Annual Notice effective January 2025 in accordance with AB 2399.  This information is also available on our website for Documents and Resources.

 

Should you have any questions, please feel free to contact our office.

MRL 798.51

CALIFORNIA CIVIL CODE § 798.51: 

[CA Mobilehome Residency Law] 

RIGHT TO ASSEMBLE, MEET, CANVASS, PETITION & INVITE SPEAKERS 

(a) No provision contained in any mobilehome park rental agreement, rule, or regulation shall deny or prohibit the right of any homeowner or resident in the park to do any of the following: 

(1) Peacefully assemble or meet in the park, at reasonable hours and in a reasonable manner, for any lawful purpose. Meetings may be held in the park community or recreation hall or clubhouse when the facility is not otherwise in use, and, with the consent of the homeowner, in any mobilehome within the park. 

(2) Invite public officials, candidates for public office, or representatives of mobilehome owner organizations to meet with homeowners and residents and speak upon matters of public interest, in accordance with Section 798.50. 

(3) Canvass and petition homeowners and residents for noncommercial purposes relating to mobilehome living, election to public office, or the initiative, referendum, or recall processes, at reasonable hours and in a reasonable manner, including the distribution or circulation of information. 

(b) A homeowner or resident may not be charged a cleaning deposit in order to use the park recreation hall or clubhouse for meetings of resident organizations for any of the purposes stated in Section 798.50 and this section, whether or not guests or visitors from outside the park are invited to attend the meeting, if a homeowner or resident of the park is hosting the meeting and all homeowners or residents of the park are allowed to attend. 

(c) A homeowner or resident may not be required to obtain liability insurance in order to use common area facilities for the purposes specified in this section and Section 798.50. However, if alcoholic beverages are to be served at any meeting or private function, a liability insurance binder may be required by the park ownership or management. The ownership or management of a mobilehome park may prohibit the consumption of alcoholic beverages in the park common area facilities if the terms of the rental agreement or the rules and regulations of the park prohibit it. 

(d) A homeowner, organization, or group of homeowners using a recreation hall or clubhouse pursuant to this section shall be required to adhere to any limitations or restrictions regarding vehicle parking or maximum occupancy for the clubhouse or recreation hall. 

(e) A homeowner or resident may not be prohibited from displaying a political campaign sign relating to a candidate for election to public office or to the initiative, referendum, or recall process in the window or on the side of a manufactured home or mobilehome, or within the site on which the home is located or installed. The size of the face of a political sign may not exceed six square feet, and the sign may not be displayed in excess of a period of time from 90 days prior to an election to 15 days following the election, unless a local ordinance within the jurisdiction where the mobilehome park is located imposes a more restrictive period of time for the display of such a sign.

 https://mobilehomes.senate.ca.gov/sites/mobilehomes.senate.ca.gov/files/1479-s_2024_mrl_pdf.pdf 

Provided courtesy of: MOBILEHOME ADVISORY COMMITTEE, INC. [Emphasis added above.]

Solar for Mobile Homes Bill Passed

SUB METERED MOBIL HOMES WILL NOT QUALIFY. 

THAT LET'S OUT MISSION VIEW WEST.

This bill was just passed and will take effect January 2025.

SB 1190 (Laird) Mobilehomes: Solar Energy System

This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would allow a homeowner or resident to install a solar energy system on their mobile home.

Read bill text and status here.

 SB1190

This bill would make any covenant, restriction, or condition contained in any rental agreement or other instrument affecting the tenancy of a homeowner or resident in a mobilehome park, in a subdivision, cooperative, or condominium for mobilehomes, or in a resident-owned mobilehome park that effectively prohibits or restricts the installation or use of a solar energy system, as defined, on the mobilehome or the site, lot, or space on which the mobilehome is located void and unenforceable. The bill would make it unlawful for the management or the ownership to prohibit or restrict a homeowner or resident from installing or using a solar energy system on the home or the site, lot, or space on which the mobilehome is located or to take other specified actions in connection with the installation or use of a solar energy system, except as specified. The bill would exempt imposition of reasonable restrictions on solar energy systems, as defined. The bill would require a solar energy system to meet applicable health and safety standards and requirements imposed by state and local permitting authorities. The bill would make any entity that willfully violates these provisions in a subdivision, cooperative, or condominium for mobilehomes, or a resident-owned mobilehome park liable to the homeowner, resident, or other party for actual damages occasioned thereby, and for a civil penalty paid to the homeowner, resident, or other party in an amount not to exceed $2,000.

City Council Meeting Calendar

 City Council Meeting Calendar 

Oceanside Channel, on Channel 19 through Cox Cable. Replays may be viewed the following Thursday at 2:00 pm, Saturday at 11:00 am, and Sunday at 5:00 pm or viewed online on the City of Oceanside YouTube Channel.

Recordings of the meetings can be purchased through KOCT upon request. For more information on purchasing recordings, or for airing and replay schedules, please contact KOCT at (760) 722-4433. For additional information concerning City Council meetings, contact the City Clerk at (760) 435-3000

2024 MRL

Here is a link to the 2024 MRL

The 2024 California Mobilehome Residency Law is important for us to read. If you want a hard copy of it, tell our manager and she will get one for you.

Price Grant Draftt

Here is a link to the Price Grant Grant Draft Important to Homeowners. 

MRL News

STATE OF CALIFORNIA - BUSINESS, CONSUMER SERVICES AND HOUSING AGENCY GAVIN NEWSOM, Governor 

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIVISION OF CODES AND STANDARDS 9342 

Tech Center Drive, Suite 500, Sacramento, CA 95826 -- P.O. Box 277820, Sacramento, CA 95827-7820 (800) 952-8356 / TTY (800) 735-2929 / FAX (916) 854-2564 HCD 

Website: www.hcd.ca.gov January 22, 2024

INFORMATION BULLETIN 2024-01 (MP, MRLPP) TO: Manufactured Home Homeowners Mobilehome Park Owners Legal Service Providers FROM: Kyle Krause, Deputy Director Division of Codes and Standards

SUBJECT: Assembly Bill 318—Mobilehome Residency Law Protection Program This Information Bulletin (IB) supersedes IB 2018-03 and provides notification of recent legislative changes to the Mobilehome Residency Law Protection Act (Act). 

The IB informs all interested parties of programmatic changes to the Mobilehome Residency Law Protection Program (MRLPP) as a result of the changes to the Act. The MRLPP provides an additional avenue to resolve Mobilehome Residency Law (MRL) disputes by connecting mobilehome homeowners residing in mobilehome parks with legal resources. 

Participation in this program does not delay civil actions to enforce MRL. The California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) administers the program by contracting with non-profit legal service providers (LSP) and referring complaints of alleged MRL violations the contracted LSPs to assist in the resolution of MRL complaints. 

Pursuant to the Act, HCD may not arbitrate, mediate, negotiate, or provide legal advice in connection with mobile home park rent disputes, lease or rental agreements, or disputes arising from lease or rental agreements, but may provide information on these issues. 

The MRLPP is funded by an annual registration fee of $10 for each permitted mobilehome lot, collected from mobilehome park management at the same time as the annual operating permit fees.

Mobile home park management may pass on and collect the fee or a portion of the fee from the homeowner at the time of rent payment. The annual registration fee must appear as separate line item in the bill and be accompanied by a clear written description of the purpose of the charge, along with contact information for HCD. 

 Information Bulletin 2024-01 Page 2 Assembly Bill 318 (Chapter 736, Statutes of 2023) (AB 318) extends the Act and MRLPP through January 1, 2027, and adds an annual reporting requirement. 

All complaints previously submitted to the MRLPP prior to January 1, 2024, will continue to be processed. 

Additionally, AB 318 eliminates several requirements of the MRLPP process. 

As of January 1, 2024, the Act no longer requires: 

• HCD to use good faith efforts to select the most severe, deleterious, and materially and economically impactful alleged violations of the MRL. 

• HCD to select a sample of these complaints that satisfy geographic representation of the state for evaluation. 

• Parties to negotiate in good faith to resolve the matter for 25 days prior to referral to an LSP. 

HCD will continue to intake all complaints and refer any alleged violations within HCD’s jurisdiction to the appropriate program within the Division of Codes and Standards, those not within the HCD’s jurisdiction to the appropriate enforcement agency, and any alleged violation of the MRL to a contracted LSP. 

For questions regarding this IB, outlined programmatic changes, or to submit an MRLPP complaint, contact HCD at MHAssistance@hcd.ca.gov or (800) 952-8356.

Credits

 Please look at next months, (June's) rent invoice.  Something to look forward to in the gas and electric section for their credits of $78.22 & $59.98.

This month's rent bill for May included gas and electric for the dates of  2-23-24 to 3-26-24.  

June's rent bill should cover the dates of 3-26-24 to 4-25-24, which is most of April. 

Our credits show up later because we do not get our bills as quickly as those living in single family homes.

Regulatory Fee Amendments

Regulatory Fee Amendments



Employee Housing, Mobilehome Parks, Special Occupancy Parks, and Manufactured Housing 

Information Bulletin (IB) 2024-02 provides notice of California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) fee amendments impacting California Code of Regulations, title 25, division 1, chapters 1, 2, 2.2, and 3. These amendments become effective April 1, 2024, and impact the following HCD programs:

 

1. Employee Housing Program
2. Mobilehome Parks Program
3. Special Occupancy Parks Program
4. Manufactured Housing Program

For questions regarding this IB, contact HCD’s Northern Area Office at NAOstaff@hcd.ca.gov or Southern Area Office at SAOstaff@hcd.ca.gov or call (800) 952-8356.

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