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WESTERN MOBILEHOME ASSOCIATION
Representing California Mabifehome Park Owners and Operators Since 1945
December 18, 1989
STATEMENT TO THE SAN BERNARDINO CITY COUNCIL
by Clay Hage, Regional Director
The San Bernardino parkowners Association opposes the
Mayor's proposal to extend the Rent Increase Moratorium for
four more months.
To extend the rent freeze is unfair and unnecessary.
Unfair because the freeze is the second in two years.
Unfair because the tenants have stalled negotiations
since September 24, and the moratorium only rewards them
for their tactics. parkowners initiated the talks and
welcomed a freeze to promote talks. We shouldn't be
punished for coming to the table with proposals while the
other side comes to the table with chisels to chip away at
them.
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Six times we have brought proposals to the table, six times
the tenants' committee has chopped them to pieces. On
December 8, the parkowners were ready to adopt a City-spon-
sored compromise, only to have the tenants scuttle the
plan. On December 15, even the mayor backed off the City
proposal and watered it down even further to the tenant's
advantage.
parkowners have been subjected to a position of negotiating
against themselves. Since September 6, the rules have
constantly changed. The parkowners have had to bear the burden
of tenants delaying tactics and the mayor's blatant parti-
sanship in changing the groundrules for negotiations.
The continued freeze is unnecessaary. Our side will continue
to negotiate under the threat of a full-blown rent control
ordinance. We are close to a settlement, which would now
be in place if the tenants had NOT dragged their feet.---
Remember the self-imposed 6-month freeze from September 1987
to March 1988. Remember that it was the parkowners who
proposed an agreement draft to negotiate on September 6.
Remember that it was the parkowners who brought ideas to
the table on six occasions. Remember that the parkowners
were ready to accept your compromise two weeks ago.
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An extended freeze is an insult to our willingness to
cooperate, communicate and negotiate. The tenants' com-
mittee has been irresponsible and should not be rewarded
for it.
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We will continue the talks and agree to an equitable
solution before the middle of January.
REGIONAL OFFICE 3773 Tibbetts Street Suite B . Riverside. CA 92506. (714) 684-9300
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ORDINANCE NO.
ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO AMENDING SECTION-
2(E) OF ORDINANCE NUMBER MC-675 ENTITLED AN "ORDINANCE.
PROVIDING THAT RENTS FOR MOBILE HOME SITES SHALL NOT EXCEED
THOSE IN EFFECT ON THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ORDINANCE. "
TO EXTEND THE MORATORIUM PERIOD, AS DEFINED THEREIN, FOR AN
ADDITIONAL ~ DAYS AND SETTING FORTH THE URGENCY THEREOF.
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THE MAYOR AND COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO
DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION l.
WHEREAS, those conditions relative to the
general health, safety and welfare in existence at the time of
the original adoption of Ordinance Number MC-675 continue in
existence at this time.
SECTION 2.
2(E) of Ordinance Number MC-675 is amended
to read as follows:
"Moratorium Period":
The period of time beginning on
the effective date of this ordinance and continuing
for 240 calendar days thereafter; or until such time
as the Mayor and Common Council establish a procedure
for the adjustment and for regulation of rents,
whichever occurs first.
SECTION 3.
This is an urgency ordinance which shall
take effect immediately upon its adoption.
The facts supporting
the urgency are that the original mobile home rent "moratorium"
ordinance is about to expire and the mobile home tenants/owners
and the mobile home park owners are still engaged in negotiations
to achieve a fair and equitable solution to the problem of
significant rent increases for persons living in mobile homes who
cannot seek other housing in the same way that an apartment
renter could. Should this original ordinance expire the delicate
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ORDINANCE . AMENDING SECTION 2(E) OF ORD. NUMBER MC-675
"ORDINANCE. . PROVIDING THAT RENTS FOR MOBILE HOME SITES SHALL
NOT EXCEED THOSE IN EFFECT ON THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS
ORDINANCE. . ." ETC.
balance will be upset while negotiations are still proceeding.
To extend this ordinance will protect the public health, safety
and welfare in that the provision of affordable housing for a
significant segment of our community is essential to the
betterment of the City as a whole, and this ordinance will help
to attain that end.
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing ordinance was duly
adopted by the Mayor and Common Council of the City of San
Bernardino at a meeting thereof, held on the
day of , 1989, by the following vote, to wit:
Council Members:
AYES
NAYS
ABSTAIN
ESTRADA
REILLY
FLORES
MAUDSLEY
MINOR
POPE-LUDLAM
MILLER
City Clerk
The foregoing ordinance is hereby approved this
day
of
, 1989.
W.R. HOLCOMB, Mayor
City of San Bernardino
Approved as to form
and legal content:
JAMES F. PENMAN,
Ci~tO=ey,
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