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From: Councilman Ralph Hernandez Subject: Mobile Home Initiative
Dept: 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 Golf
Contact person: Phil Arvizo Phone: 5208
Supporting data attached: Yes Ward:
FUNDING REQUIREMENTS: Amount:
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Finance:
Council Notes:
75-0262 Agenda Item No.
GOLDEN STATE. MOBILHOME
OWNERS LEAGUE (GSMOL)
RESOLUTION OPPOSINU THE MISLEAllllVV
"RENTAL ASSISTANCE" INITIATIVE
t6 ul our �urisdicAi0a art WILRLAS nOb111bne 7wli
overwhelmingly senior citizens and low-income families living on
fixed retirement or seve.rly-limited incomes; and,
WHEREAS nearly 100 California counties, cities and towns
have passed some form of mobilhome rent protection ordinance
to safeguard these vulnerable. elderly and low-incuine families
from excessive rent increases; and,
WHEREAS mob111Wnic owners arc somewhat captive due to
the shortage of available mobilhome park rental spaces;
WIIEREAS this body opposes any statewide pre-emption of
local control to make policy responding to the crisis in mobilhome
park space rents and availability; and,
WII)MEAS 111i�Lill,wu� vw,twa vfl�u f��f--it llu,i, wily aaa_t,
their homes. wlmi, Iliry cannel pay r,xcrssivr. rents; and,
WHEREAS an initiative. nnw in rirrulation, misleadingly
titled the "Rvatal Assistance" initiative would void the meaningful
protections in those 100 ordinances; and,
WNFR F.A S that initiative is being misrepresented as one
which would assist mobilhome owners in meeting their rents,
rather than one, whinh wnulrl allnw mnhilhnmr. park landinrti4 to
- raise rents without restriction; and,
THEREFORh 13h 1't'RESOLVED THAT this body opposes the
"Rental Assistance" initiative cow,,ntly in circulation, and directs
that such opposition be communicated to the Legislature and the
Governor and those advocacy organizations to which we belong.
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aBallot
Park Owners Fighting
Over Lack of Support!
By Bumsl lyoo&ft home park rent control ordi-
nances, "blasted one local
All is not well in the mobile- MHET's position in an Al-
home park owners camp. At liance publication, charging
least according to the March -the local park owners' group r City and County
edition of a Sacramento has joined up with GSMOL to : governments
newsletter that is devoted to oppose his initiative."
park ownership issues. It The newsletter also said, . are rejecting
seems that the different park "Further confusing matters,the f initiativel
owner organizations are fight- board of Directors of the West- Has your city council or
ing over how things are going em Mobilehome Association county board of supervisors
with the fraudulently named voted to support the efforts to passed a resolution condemn-
"Mobilehome Rental Assis- get the initiative on the Nov. ing the so-called fraudulent
tance & Fairness Act" initia- ballot. But its affiliated politi- rent initiative?
five for the November 1994 cal action committee, the The California League of
ballot. Also the controversy al- WMA-PAC, recommended , Cities has come out against
legedly is serious enough to that 'no financial,moral,polit- this initiative and several city
cause a large majority of park ical or other support be given councils have followed their
owners to withhold their finan- to the Kaplan initiative." lead and passed strong resolu-
cial support for the initiative. In the article, Kaplan al- lions supporting that stand. We
The article says that: "Cali- legedly takes his shots at his know there are many more
fomia park owners are perhaps peers,and:"Charges the signs- than what we have listed
confused by who's where on ture-gathering effort is being I below, so if your city or coun-
the idea of putting the initia- opposed by 'people with hid- ty is not here, please contact
five on the ballot. The Orange den, non-disclosed agendas,' the Californian:
County Mobilehome Educa- who 'may have a personal in- Auburn, Azusa, Huntington
tion Trust (MHET); which in- terest in maintaining the states Beach, Milpitas, San Jose, San .
cidentally has nothing to do quo' (of local rent control)." Dimas, San Marcos, Santee and
with education or trust, and its The most revealing item in many others that we need to know
affiliated Inland Empire this article says that; "Oppo- abom Alvo cores the Home Of-
MHET. have strongly Support- nents point to polling data that five if you need a sample resolution
ed it on the ballot. But the San they say shows the initiative to give to your governing may.
Jose MHE T vote doesn't favor has little likelihood of pass-
the qualification effort." ing." The author closes with:
Jeff Kaplan, who founded .7he issue has split park own-
and runs the California Mo- ers who are most active in in-
bilehome Parkowners Al- dustry affairs, and the contro-
liance. and originally came up versy may well cause the
with the statewide ballot mea- larger majority of park owners
sure to phase out local mobile- to sit on their wallets."
THE CALIFORNIAN - APRIL 1994