City approves short‑form rent increase for West Winds Mobile Home Park, average $21.32 monthly

The Escondido Mobile Home Rent Review Board approved a short‑form rent increase for West Winds Mobile Home Park Tuesday, adopting Resolution No. 2025‑91 to grant an increase equal to 90% of the Consumer Price Index change (2.786%). The motion passed 5‑0.

Carlos Cervantes, the city’s housing and neighborhood services management analyst for mobile home parks, presented the short‑form application and recommended the increase. Cervantes said West Winds is an all‑ages park at 1415 South Pine Street with 66 spaces total, 40 of which are subject to the city’s rent control ordinance. He told the council the park’s last approved increase was in June 2024 (an average $25.06, or 4.275%) and that the park is requesting the maximum allowable short‑form increase of 90% of the CPI change, which Cervantes computed as 2.786%.

Why it matters: the increase applies to spaces covered by Escondido’s Mobile Home Rent Control Ordinance and will take effect only after park management provides required resident notice and after code violations — if any — are cleared.

Cervantes reported an average current rent of $765.30 for the affected 40 spaces and said the requested average increase equals $21.32 per space per month, with individual increases ranging from $11.06 to $24.54. He said a resident meeting on July 7 drew three attendees and no designated resident representative; staff received no later protests and reported no ongoing resident complaints about the request. Steven Jacobson, a code compliance officer, reported two short‑term violations found on inspections (a missing CO2 device in the laundry room and overgrown branches encroaching into the right of way) that were corrected by July 24; Cervantes noted the board’s practice that increases do not take effect until existing code violations are cleared.

Park owner representative Jim Yance was present to answer questions. With no residents signed up to protest, Mayor Dane White closed the hearing and moved to adopt Resolution 2025‑91; a councilmember seconded the motion and the council voted 5‑0 to approve the short‑form increase.

Implementation details: if the resolution is finalized, park management must notify affected residents at least 90 days before any rent increase takes effect. Staff advised that the short form was used because the park met eligibility criteria (12 months since the last application, request applies to 100% of spaces subject to rent control at the park, and increase does not exceed 90% of CPI change or 8%, whichever is less).

Ending: Councilmembers and staff described the application as straightforward; staff recommended approval and the board carried it unanimously.