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Residents and Mobile-home Owners Clash at Paramount Council Meeting as Calls for Rent Limits Grow
Summary
Dozens of residents, mobile-home park managers and owners used the public-comment period to press the City Council on mobile-home rent increases. Owners described voluntary assistance programs and argued rent control is unnecessary; residents urged immediate rent stabilization or a temporary freeze and said harassment and displacement are real threats.
Dozens of residents and park owners filled public comment at the Paramount City Council meeting on Dec. 17 to press for action on sharp rent increases and alleged harassment in several mobile-home parks.
The dispute centered on whether the city should pursue rent-stabilization measures. Residents including Jose Angel Garcia and Maribel Hernandez urged the council to pass protections now, with Garcia saying he had brought “about a thousand” petition signatures and asking the council to enact a temporary rent freeze beginning Jan. 1 until a permanent solution is reached. Hernandez described tenants who have been harassed and…
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