Hyatt Regency Hotel

Sacramento , California

June 4, 2008

2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Presiding:

David Hale, Chair

Lonni Granlund, Vice Chair

Carl San Miguel, Vice Chair

Jeannette Way, Liaison

C.A.R. Staff

Dave Milton

I.   Opening Comments

II. State Legislation
 

A.   AB1111 (DeSaulnier) Local Ordinances and Age Restrictions in Mobilehome Parks - Current law requires mobilehome park management to consult with park residents on any proposed amendments to the park's rules and regulations and provides that if the residents agree, the amendments may be adopted within 30 days. However, mobilehome park management providing residents with a 6 month notice in writing may implement amendments to the park rules and regulations without the approval of the park residents. AB 1111 proposes to grant local governments the authority to prohibit mobilehome park management from amending park rules and regulations to change a 55 and over park to an all-age park. 
 
Position: Watch as Amended

Status: Senate Floor

B.  AB 2050 (Garcia) Moblehome/Manufactured Housing Retrofit Requirements - This bill proposes to modify current law that requires one smoke detector per mobilehome to require all existing manufactured homes have an operable smoke detector in each bedroom and to have water heaters strapped. AB 2050 requires that the verification of compliance with this statute be confirmed by the occupant of the mobilehome within 45 days prior to a pending sale of the mobilehome. C.A.R. opposes AB 2050 because it imposes a pre-point-of-sale mandate that does not include the liability immunity for real estate agents as to compliance by the seller of a mobilehome. A similar retrofit requirement is in current law for "stick-built" housing retrofit requirements which contains a safe-harbor provision for real estate licensees.  Real estate agents should not be required to be "de facto" compliance inspectors. C.A.R. has been promised amendments to apply the same protections for agents representing owners of mobilehomes that exist for the meeting of retrofit requirements in "stick-built" homes. The author has assured C.A.R. that these amendments will appear in print before the bill is heard in the Senate. 
 
Position: Oppose Unless Amended

Status: Assembly Floor

C.  SB 900 (Corbett) Mobilehome Park Conversions to Resident Owned Parks - When converting an existing mobilehome park to private ownership, the Subdivision Map Act requires subdividers to file a report outlining the impact on displaced residents of the mobilehome park at the time of filing a tentative or parcel map for the creation of the subdivision. The impact report must include a statement on the adequacy of replacement spaces in other mobilehome parks available to mitigate any adverse impacts on the current residents. Current law provides an exemption from this act if the mobilehome park is being converted to resident ownership. SB 900 would eliminate this exemption from the E.I.R. requirements for parks converted to resident ownership - making it more difficult for park owners to sell to their residents. C.A.R. opposes the bill because it would make it more difficult for owners of mobilehome parks to convert their property to resident-owned parks, thus penalizing residents and owners alike.

Position: Oppose
Status: Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee
 

D.  SB 1226 (Alquist) Calhome Program and Mobilehome Parks/Manufactured Housing Communities - Existing law establishes the CalHome Program under the administration of the Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) and authorizes program funds to be used to enable low-income and very low income households to become or remain homeowners. Additionally, Proposition 1C of 2006 authorized the issuance of bonds in the amount of $2.85 billion requiring $3 million to be available for the CalHome Program and the California Self-Help Housing Program. SB 1226 would authorize CalHome program funds to be used by local public agencies for the improvement of mobilehome park infrastructure. The bill was recently amended to also allow HCD to expend CalHome Program funds from Proposition 1C to cover costs associated with the rehabilitation or repair of a mobilehome park.

Position: Watch as Amended
Status: Senate Appropriations Committee
 
E.  SB 1234 (Correa) Lot Entry Restrictions for Mobilehome Parks /Manufactured Housing Communities - Existing law prohibits the management of a mobilehome park from entering a mobilehome unless there is an emergency, the resident has abandoned the home or they have obtained prior written consent. This bill, as introduced, would have instead required park management to give a 7-day written notice prior to entering a resident's lot or space for any reason and expanded the prohibition to include any fully enclosed accessory structure. SB 1234 did provide an exception to the notice requirement for the purpose of reading utility meters. C.A.R. achieved amendments that reduced the prescribed notice to only require a three-day notice solely for the purpose of park management's entering the homeowner's lot or space to ensure that the homeowner is maintaining the premises in accordance with the park rules and regulations. The amendment excluded from this notice requirement daily "routine" responsibilities that might necessitate park staff entering a mobile home park space.

Position: Watch
Status: Senate Floor
 

F.  SB 1433 (Wyland) Land Use Planning for Mobilehome Parks/Manufactured Housing Communities - This bill prohibits local governments from counting rent controlled mobilehome parks toward its share of the regional housing need for very low income, lower income, or moderate income households. SB 1433 does provide an exception to this prohibition if the owner of the mobilehome park and the local government has entered into an agreement to use that mobilehome park to meet a portion of the regional housing need. C.A.R. supports SB 1433 because it removes one of the incentives for adoption of local mobile home park/manufactured housing community rent control ordinances.

Position: Support
Status: Senate Transportation and Housing Committee

III. Other business
 

IV. Adjournment