Mobile home rent stabilization

Representing the Manufactured Housing Educational Trust, he said 58% of city spaces offer their rental assistance program, few residents need it, and there's no need to change the current ordinance.

Proposed a temporary resident-and-stakeholder working group to tackle capital improvement transparency, lease protections, and utility issues, suggesting a 90-to-120-day process to bring recommendations back to the council.

Speaking for the WMA, she argued owners receive only 80% of CPI while insurance and labor costs have skyrocketed, and offered to organize owner-resident meetings herself. Opposed changes to amendments 7 and 9.

President of Monolith Properties said revisiting the ordinance a year after amending it is too soon, reporting no evictions in 2026 and homes selling for above replacement cost — evidence the ordinance is working.

A Riverside Meadows representative since 1986 who attended 30+ annual hearings said the absence of resident speakers at last week's hearing signals there isn't a big problem, and urged leaving the just-amended ordinance alone.

Villa Magnolia management said the balanced ordinance must be preserved, citing $100,000 in street sealing, $50,000 in gas system upgrades, a $30,000 insurance increase from a new fire zone designation, and the budgeted wall Mr. Santoya mentioned.

Cabrillo Management, which runs Mission Village in Ward 6, reported no evictions, 100% occupancy, $3 million invested in five years, and warned that automatic inheritance of restricted rents could extend protections into another generation.

IE Tenant Union organizer said transparency on capital improvement pass-throughs is critical, citing a $600,000 'add rent' at The Meadows after the 2025 amendments, and pointed to Corona and Hemet Valley ordinances as better models.

A Meadows resident of 10 years said her park has more pass-throughs than any in the city — her monthly add-rent grew from $7.53 to $25.14 — and on her $43,000 income she'd be 'screwed' if her partner died, since she qualifies for no assistance.

Returned to support Dawes' working group idea, saying a task force is needed to reach solutions on amendments 7 and 9, especially with Medicaid and SNAP cuts coming January 1.