The Escondido City Council voted to approve Rent Review Board Resolution 2025-83, a one-time waiver of mobile-home park administrative fees related to missing or late annual surveys for reporting periods 2020 through 2024.

Danielle Lopez, the city's housing and neighborhood services manager, and Carlos Cervantes, management analyst for mobile home park administration, told the council that the city has 21 mobile-home parks (eight senior parks and 13 family parks) and that the audits found inconsistent compliance with the annual-survey requirement.

Lopez said the fee in the city's schedule is $40 per space for missing or incomplete reports and that the total potential penalties for the identified periods amounted to approximately $55,440. "Due to these reasons, staff is recommending a one-time waiver for missing surveys from the years 2020 through 2024, totaling a little over $55,000," Cervantes said.

Council members discussed communications and compliance. Staff committed to clearer outreach and enforcement going forward: notices to parks on August 29, September 24 and October 8; an October 15 survey due date; mailed letters in addition to email, extensions if requested before the deadline, and possible in-person or telephone follow-up to confirm delivery of notices. Staff also said potential fees would go to the general fund if collected.

Mayor Dane M. White moved the item and the motion passed on a recorded vote of 4-0. The transcript shows the council approved the resolution and directed staff to implement the clarified notice and enforcement process.

The staff presentation named parks that failed to submit surveys in particular years: Imperial Mobile Estates (2020'2021 and 2023'2024 late), Lake Bernardo Mobile Home Park (2022'2023), Ponderosa Mobile Home Park (2022'2023), Casa Amigos Mobile Home Park and Mobile Park West (2023'2024 submissions were late but received).