Mobile home park with water damage seeks $1 mil – Flash Player Installation

Posted on July 6, 2010 by comocal

Published: June 25, 2010

Updated: 8:43 a.m.

Mobile home park with water damage seeks $1 million

By JAIMEE LYNN FLETCHER

THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER

Huntington Shorecliffs filed a claim with Surf City after heavy rains flooded property.

HUNTINGTON BEACH– Huntington Shorecliffs Mobile Home Park wants at least $1 million in damages after the property was flooded during heavy rains this year, saying the city’s drainage pipes aren’t the proper size to handle the flow of water.The company filed a claim, which is a precursor to a lawsuit, on June 15 saying they haven’t fully assessed the damage on the property but want the city to compensate the mobile home park when they learn of the exact cost. officials said they are looking into the claim and have not yet taken any action on it.The company’s lawyer, Robert S. Coldren, wrote a letter to the city saying the Huntington Shorecliffs’ park was damaged along with some residents’ personal property. He added some residents have filed lawsuits against the company for the rain damage.Coldren also wrote the mobile home park lost rent income and had to pay for renovations of the park and drainage system.Huntington Shorefcliffs is currently working with the city to resolve any drainage issues, the letter says.Contact the writer: 714-796-7953 or jfletcher@ocregister.com

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Vacant mobile home park land in Cathedral City to be auctioned | mydesert.com | The Desert Sun

Posted on July 6, 2010 by comocal

Vacant mobile home park land in Cathedral City to be auctioned

Blake Herzog • The Desert Sun • June 25, 2010

For sale: Five acres in Cathedral City, with 150 palm trees and a lot of baggage.

The U.S. Trustee’s Program on Saturday will have an auction for the former site of Marie’s R.V. and Mobilehome Park at 67-500 Jones Road, behind the Boomer’s miniature golf and amusement park.Jack Pope, a field agent for U.S. Trustee Robert Goodrich’s office, said the property was valued at $3.3 million about two years ago, just before the real estate market crashed.A would-be buyer had then offered about $2 million but ultimately wasn’t able to close the deal. So an auction will take place on the site at 10 a.m. Saturday, without any opening bid.“I’ll just call it in to see if it’s approved,” Pope said, adding that a trustee’s court representative would be there to tell him “on the spot” whether the bids are acceptable.Pope said he did not know how many bidders there might be on Saturday, but there is at least one seriously interested bidder. Pope would not identify the bidder but said it would likely be ready to disclose plans if the bid succeeds.The trailer park was notorious for its substandard living conditions, City Councilman Paul Marchand said.“What wasn’t there? There were problems with electricity, raw sewage — the conditions were worse than Third World,” he said.Local officials worked for years to try to close down the park and the former owner and manager were ordered to pay Cathedral City $172,210 in legal fees.Almost a year earlier, park residents were given a combined $220,000 to cover moving expenses.Pope said the last of the roughly 70 families that had been living there left about eight months ago.“(Goodrich) did a great job at getting all these people relocated,” he said. “He did a job nobody else could do.”In your voice|Read reactions to this story Newest first Oldest first

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ESCONDIDO: Mobile-home group endorses Crone, Barron for council

Posted on July 6, 2010 by comocal

ESCONDIDO: Mobile-home group endorses Crone, Barron for council

StoryDiscussionBy DAVID GARRICK – dgarrick@nctimes.com

Posted: July 1, 2010 7:31 pm 

ESCONDIDO —- A group representing the city’s 7,000-resident mobile-home community has endorsed Jim Crone and Richard Barron in this fall’s race for Escondido City Council.

Members of the group, the Coalition of Escondido Mobile/Manufactured Home Voters, said in a news release that they believe Crone and Barron are the best possible choices among the crowded field, which also includes incumbent Marie Waldron, former Councilman Ed Gallo, Carmen Miranda, Jason Everitt, Matthew Herold and Adam Brooks.

“Crone and Barron not only have a deep concern for Escondido, but each understands the issues facing mobile/manufactured home owners and each has personal connections with park residents, ” the new release said.

The two candidates who receive the most votes Nov. 2 will win four-year terms on the council.

Candidate interviews were conducted by 90 members of the mobile home group, representing 11 of the city’s 23 mobile home parks.

Previously, the mobile home group endorsed former Councilman Tom D’Agosta for mayor over incumbent Councilmen Dick Daniels and Sam Abed.

For details about the coalition, visit cemhv.org.

Call staff writer David Garrick at 760-740-5468.

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Mobile Park Residents Face Eviction – Pulse of the Bay – The Bay Citizen

Posted on July 6, 2010 by comocal

Posted in Pulse of the BayLast updated 07/05/2010 

Mobile Park Residents Face Eviction

By Sandip Roy, New America Media on July 2, 2010 – 6:53 a.m. PDT

Mobile home residents gave State Senator Leland Yee an earful at a meeting at the Franciscan Mobile Home Park in Daly City, reports FilAm Star. Their main concern, reports Cesar Nucum, Jr., is what they described as an “unfair eviction process.” One resident complained that delinquent renters, mostly low-income, often had only three days notice to pay up.

Otherwise they faced eviction. “Normally, you have a longer period than three days. Any place you rent, if you cannot pay, you do not get an eviction notice right away,” said Rosendo ‘Sonny’ Quiniquini, one of the residents.

Residents complained that their rental fees had gone up by $50 a month even though Linc Housing Corporation which manages the mobile home park got $50 million from Daly City through bonds based on a promise that 20 percent of the population, low-income residents, would be able to get reduced rent.

Yee promised the residents he would look into whether there was any misuse of public funds. But the residents are worried their mobile park, which has about 500 homes, could be on its way out. Six other Linc properties have already become commercial developments.

“I really think we have a situation here where individuals are being evicted…individuals that are one step away from being homeless,” Yee said to FIlAm Star. “I will certainly find out what the state can do.”

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Capitola's arguments against Surf and Sand lawsuit fall short – Santa Cruz Sentinel

Posted on June 15, 2010 by comocal

Capitola’s arguments against Surf and Sand lawsuit fall short

By JONDI GUMZ

Posted: 06/12/2010 01:30:58 AM PDT

CAPITOLA — A federal judge has ruled in favor of the Surf and Sand Mobile Home Park challenging the city’s refusal to let the owner to close the park, which is one of the most affordable places to live in Capitola.

U. S. District Judge Robert Seeborg, in a ruling Wednesday, said most of the property owner’s claims for relief can go forward. Continue reading →

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Council delays rent control discussion

Posted on June 15, 2010 by comocal

THE UKIAH DAILY JOURNAL, CALIF. | JUSTINE FREDERIKSEN | Fri, Jun 4, 6:08 AM

Jun. 4–Issue tabled until budget workshops are completed

The Ukiah City Council voted unanimously Wednesday night to postpone discussions and further action on a proposed rent-stabilization ordinance for mobilehome parks.

“We need a clear understanding of the potential outcomes before we pick a path,” said Council member Doug Crane. “This step should follow (the budget strategic planning) discussion later this month. I hope that we simply continue this until we’ve had a chance to digest the budget and do some prioritization.” Continue reading →

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City Council moves ahead with expanded protections for SM renters

Posted on June 15, 2010 by comocal

City Council moves ahead with expanded protections for SM renters

By Nick Taborekwrite the author  June 14, 2010

CITY HALL — A plan that would strengthen rules that protect against evictions and extend protections to tenants who live in non rent-controlled units got the City Council’s initial approval last week, a step that could pave the way for the proposals to appear on a citywide ballot in November.

The proposals would extend basic eviction protections that tenants in rent-controlled buildings receive to all tenants in Santa Monica and would afford added eviction protections to senior citizens and those who are disabled or terminally ill. Continue reading →

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Is it time to improve San Francisco rent control?

Posted on June 13, 2010 by comocal

Is it time to improve San Francisco rent control?

June 11   Merrie Turner Lightner

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Is it time to question rent control? Rent Control Economics 101

It is not a surprise that the benefits and costs of rent control are hotly contested in San Francisco. Most tenants, especially those who are long term residents, will espouse the benefits of rent control concluding with the very real and very personal benefit: “I couldn’t live here without it.” Continue reading →

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Taken By Regulation – Reason Magazine

Posted on June 13, 2010 by comocal

Taken By Regulation

The 9th Circuit considers the constitutionality of rent control

Damon W. Root | June 11, 2010

According to the Takings Clause of the Fifth Amendment, “private property [shall not] be taken for public use without just compensation.” The classic example of this is eminent domain, where the government seizes property, compensates the owner with taxpayer dollars, and puts the property to an alleged public use. But what happens when government regulations violate property rights? Do regulatory takings require just compensation as well?

It depends. In Pennsylvania Coal Company v. Mahon (1922), the Supreme Court held that “while property may be regulated to a certain extent, if regulation goes too far it will be recognized as a taking.” But how far is too far? Continue reading →

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Council to Consider Changes to Rent Control Rules

Posted on June 11, 2010 by comocal

By Jonathan Friedman

Lookout Staff

June 8, 2010 — Santa Monica residents could have an opportunity to vote on enhanced tenant protection laws in the November election. The City Council on Tuesday will consider placing modifications to the City’s rent control law on the ballot.

The modifications were endorsed by a majority of the Rent Control Board and are opposed by Santa Monica’s longtime opponent on rent control issues as well as the Rent Control Board’s lone landlord. Continue reading →

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