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Residents urge tighter mobile-home rent caps, citywide tenant protections and rental registry
Summary
Multiple public commenters at the April 2 meeting told council that a 45% rent notice at a local mobile home park and rising costs are forcing longtime residents from Santa Paula; speakers asked the council to reduce the mobile-home increase cap from 12% to 3%, expand protections citywide, and create a rental registry.
At the April 2 Santa Paula City Council meeting several residents and tenant advocates addressed the council during public comment to press for stronger tenant protections after a recent rent notice at a mobile-home park.
Elma de la Aguilar, speaking for tenants, said residents at 4100 Mobile Estates received a notice of a roughly 45% rent increase — described in the meeting as more than $200 per month — that would displace or strain retirees, farmworkers and other long-term residents. Aguilar urged the council to amend the city’s mobile-home…
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