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Home My WebLink About18- Council Office CITY OF SAN BEBNARDINO - REQUEST FOR ' OUNCIL ACTION From: Councilman Ralph Hernandez Subject: Mobilehome Initiative Resolution Dept: Council Office Date: April 19, 1994 Synopsis of Previous Council Action: April 4. 1994 - Directed preparation of resolution. Recommended Motion: Adopt Resolution Signature Contact Person: Philip A. Arvizo Phone: 5208 Supporting Data Attached: Yes Ward: FUNDING REQUIREMENTS: Amount: Source: (Acct.No.) (Acct. Description) Finance: Council Notes: Agenda Item No. _ 1 RESOLUTION NO. 2 RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF 3 SAN BERNARDINO OPPOSING THE "RENTAL ASSISTANCE" INITIATIVE. BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY 4 OF SAN BERNARDINO- AS FOLLOWS: 5 WHEREAS, mobilehome owners in the City of San Bernardino are 6 overwhelmingly senior citizens and low-income families living on 7 fixed retirement or severely-limited incomes; and 8 WHEREAS, nearly 100 California counties, cities and towns, 9 including the City of San Bernardino, have passed some form of 10 mobilehome rent protection ordinance to safeguard these vulnerable 11 elderly and low-income families from excessive rent increases; and 12 WHEREAS, mobilehome owners are essentially captive due to 13 the shortage of available mobilehome park rental Spaces, and the 14 high cost of moving mobilehomes; and 15 WHEREAS, this body opposes any statewide pre-emption of 16 local control relative to the crisis in mobilehome park space 17 rents and availability; and, 18 WHEREAS, mobilehome owners often forfeit their only asset, 19 their homes, when they cannot pay excessive rents; and, 20 WHEREAS, an initiative now in circulation, misleadingly 21 titled the "Rental Assistance" initiative would void the 22 meaningful protections in those 100 ordinances; and 23 WHEREAS, that initiative is being misrepresented as one 24 which would assist mobilehome owners in meeting their rents, 25 rather than one which would allow mobilehome park landlords to 26 raise rents without restriction; 27 NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT, the Mayor and Common 28 Council of the City of San Bernardino hereby opposes the "Rental 1 1 Assistance" initiative currently in circulation and directs that 2 such opposition be communicated to our local legislators and the 3 Governor. 4 I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution was duly 5 adopted by the Mayor and Common Council of the City of 6 San Bernardino at a meeting thereof, held on the 7 day of 1994, by the following vote, to-wit: 8 Council Members: AYES NAYS ABSTAIN ABSENT 9 NEGRETE 10 CURLIN 11 HERNANDEZ 12 OBERHELMAN 13 DEVLIN 14 POPE-LUDLAM 15 MILLER 16 17 City Clerk 18 The foregoing Resolution is hereb y approved this day 19 of 1994. 20 21 Tom Minor, Mayor 22 City of San Bernardino Approved as to form and legal content: 24 JAMES F. PENMAN, 25 City Attorney n 26 By- 27 28 DAB/is [Mobilehme.Res] 2 April 19. 1994 GOLDEN STATE MOBILHOME OWNERS LEAGUE (GSMOL) RESOLUTION Ul'YOSING 1 HE MISLLADIN6 "RENTAL ASSISTANCE" INITIATIVE WIILRLAS mobilhome owners in our lut,idret,on are overwhelmingly senior citizens and low-income families living on fixed retirement or Beverly-limited incomes; and, WHEREAS nearly 100 California counties, cities and towns have passed some form of mobilhumc rent protectiun ordinance to safeguard these vulnerable elderly and low-income families from excessive rent increases; and, WHEREAS mobilhume owners are somewhat captive due to the shortage of available mobilhome park rental spaces; WIILRLAS this body opposes any statewide pre-emption of Ic local control to make policy responding to the crisis in mobilhome park space rents and availability; and I «111M AS n&6b llw,u, v.m.x vft,u fv,&it tl,vir wily us,t, • their homes, whoa Il,ry ,:annol pay ru:rssivr. rrnts7 and, WHRRFAS an initiative. nnw in eirrulation, misleadingly titled the "Ruotal Assistance" initiative would void the meaningful protections in those 100 ordinances; and, x WHF.RF.AS that initiative is being misrepresented as one which would assist mobilhome owtaars in meeting their rents, • ,r. rather than nnn which wnuld allnw anhilhnmr. park landlnrelt M raise rents. without restriction; and, THEREFORE. HIS rl'RESOLV1 DTHAT this body opposes the "Rental Assistance" initiative currently ill circulativa, and direct% that such opposition be communicated to the Legislature and the Governor and those advocacy organizations to which we belong. =r • ,:J . .•.M.Y U-A... a.4n/:f.l pa+'TM ,+a- 9.'V7.4 .r V..�I V]i"/ �Ywa a Ballot Park Owners Fighting Over Lack of Support! By smra/W00&*W home park rent control ordi- All is not well in the mobile- nances, "blasted one local MHET's position in an Al- home park owners camp. At liance publication, charging least according to the March .the local park owners' group : City and County edition of a Sacramento has joined up with GSMOL to t newsletter that is devoted to oppose his initiative" governments park ownership issues. It The newsletter also said. : are rejecting seems that the different park "Further confusing matters,the ? lnitlativei ui over how are going board of Directors of the West- : Has your city council o- 8 B B g em Mobilehome Association count supervisors with the fraudulently named voted to support the efforts to . > board of n rvemn- "Mobilehome Rental Assis- et the initiative on the Nov. a resolution cond�a tance d: Fairness Act" initia- y,�� gut ins affiliated Bti ing the so-called fraudulent tive for the November 1994 cal action committee,d poiti- rent wnanve? ballot Also the controversy al- WMaction recommended . The California League of legedly is serious enough to that ,co financial,moral Cities has come ve agaima cause a 1 majority of 1�" this initiative and several dry � J ty P� ical or other support be given owners to withhold their finan- to the Kaplan initiative." councils have followed their clal support for the initiative. In the article, Kaplan al- ' lead and passed strong resohf �.: The park owners are that: "Call-aps legedly takes his shots at his know there arc many more forma Pe peers,and: "Charges the signs- confused by who's where on rare- atherin effort is bel - than what we have lintel the idea of putting the initia- o sed b B e ng : 7 below, so i[your city or cam rive on the ballot The Orange ppo y 'peopl with bid- ; ty is not here, please contact B den, non-disclosed agendas,' ' the Californian: Lion County Mobil eehhoome Ed�- who 'may have a personal in- : Apbum, Azusa, Huntington rerest in maintaining the stator ` Beach tat, San lose, San cidentally has nothing to do quo'(of local tent control)" w Santee with education or trust, and its Dimas, San Ma , Saee and The most revealing item m others that we teed so know affiliated Inland Empire this article says that: -Oppo- merry MH1 T. have strongly support- ncnts point m polling data tint , fiat Also manta pl Home Uf- ed it on the ballot But the San to ve ID need a sample body. they say shows the initiative fa - b�Ce Jose MH6T vote doesn't favor has lime likelihood of pass- ; the qualification effort" ing." The author closes with: j Jeff Kaplan, who founded "Ibe issue has spit pule own- and runs the California Mo- ers who are most active in lo- bilehome Parkowners Al- dustry affairs, and the contra• fiance. and originally came up versy may well cause the with the statewide ballot mea- larger majority of parts owners sure to phase out local mobile- to sit on their wallets" r� THE CALIFORNIAN - APRIL 1994 r S-4 Direct preparation of resolution opposing the proposed mobile home rent initiative. (See Attached) MOTION: That the Mayor and Council of the City of San Bernardino pass a resolution opposing the proposed mobile home rent initiative which is being circulated by some park owners. f DJ 19 4/4/94 1 CITY OF SAN BERN. IDINO - REQUEST F -,R COUNCIL ACTION From: Councilman Ralph Hernandez Subject: Mobile Home Initiative Council Office Date: March 30, 1994 Synopsis of Previous Council action: None Recommended motion: That the Mayor and Council of the City of San Bernardino pass a resolution against a proposed fraudulent mobile home rent initiative which is being circulated by some park owners. Signature ontectperson: Phil Arvizo 5208 Phone: supporting data attached: Yes Ward: =UNDING REQUIREMENTS: Amount: Source: (Acct. No.) (Acct. Description) Finance: it Notes: s0262 Aqenda Item No _