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Staff Report for a Proposed City of San Leandro City Council Ordinance to Add Mobilehome Space Rent Stabilization to the City of San Leandro Municipal Code (An Ordinance that Would Regulate Space Rents in San Leandro Mobilehome Parks)
Staffreport
SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Mobilehome Parks represent an important stock of affordable housing in cities and counties throughout California. There are nine (9) Mobilehome Parks in San Leandro. In the last two years, there have been two Mobilehome Parks in the City that have changed ownership: Trailer Haven (September 2016) and Bayshore Commons, which was formerly Estudillo Trailer Park (October 2017). Subsequent to the changes in ownership, City staff received anecdotal reports of displacement and space rent increases. The Sandev Mobilehome Park is currently for sale.
On March 4, 2019, the City Council conducted a first reading of a proposed Mobilehome Rent Stabilization Ordinance ("Ordinance"). After receiving public comments, City Council instructed City staff to conduct further outreach to both Mobilehome Owners and Mobilehome Park Owners and return with a revised Ordinance for first reading.
After collecting comments and conducting further review of the ordinance, staff recommends that the City Council adopt the proposed Ordinance, which would add Chapter 4-39 "Mobilehome Space Rent Stabilization" to the San Leandro Municipal Code. In the following section, "Background & Analysis", changes/additions to the March 4, 2019 proposed Ordinance are identified and explained further. Attachment A is included with this staff report and contains the updated Ordinance in blue-lined track-changes format.
BACKGROUND & ANALYSIS
The proposed Ordinance will establish a method to review mobilehome park space rent increases, protect Mobilehome Owners from arbitrary, capricious, or unreasonable rent increases, and ensure that mobilehome park owners, operators and/or investors receive a fair and reasonable return on th...
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