Rent control ordinances are under attack all across our state. We have to stay vigilant and informed so that if the day ever comes when the WMA (park owners association) tries to challenge Prop K, we can defend ourselves. Below are stories from different cities across the state.
Petions to repeal rent decontrol qualify for ballot
Enough signatures have been collected on petitions challenging an Oceanside mobile-home rent control measure to put the issue up for election, officials said Thursday.
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Rent control fades further
Rent control in Oceanside mobile-home parks would be phased out under a plan approved Wednesday by the City Council, reaffirming two earlier votes on the matter.
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Council votes to eliminate rent control for new residents
Tempers flared among Oceanside City Council members Wednesday as they battled amid cheers and moans from a packed crowd over a proposal to phase out rent control in mobile-home parks.
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Thousand Oaks revises rent control rules for mobile home parks
Likening the state of mobile home parks in Thousand Oaks over the past few years to a wind-driven wildfire, Mayor Andy Fox introduced a major overhaul to the city's mobile home park rent control ordinance to the City Council on Tuesday night.
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Mobile home rent control proposals go before TO Council
The Thousand Oaks City Council will be asked to consider major changes to its mobile home park rent control ordinance that were developed by tenant representatives and owners during months of discussions.
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Chula Vista approves vacancy decontrol at mobile home parks
Mobile home and trailer park owners in Chula Vista can now set rent for their land at whatever price they see fit when a resident tries to sell their property.
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Renters, owners clash in Chula Vista mobile home parks
Chula Vista is becoming the next battlefield in a statewide dispute between mobile home park owners and the people who rent land from them.
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The sad tale of a mobile home park on the Capitola coast
At the age of 86-and-a-half -- he is precise about this -- Bill Newman wears a "do not resuscitate'' tag on his chest. But the feisty retired physics teacher from Saratoga High School is a long way from letting gravity control his fate.
When his fellow residents at the Surf and Sand mobile home park in Capitola protested a new and onerous lease this summer, he joined in the fight, even though it meant his rent was raised from $285 to $2,500 a month.
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