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Santa Paula council directs city attorney to draft urgency ordinance limiting mobile‑home rent petitions
Summary
After residents described repeated, large rent‑increase petitions, the council asked the city attorney to draft an urgency ordinance limiting mobile‑home park rent‑adjustment applications to once per 12 months (with exceptions for unusual circumstances); the proposal will require a four‑fifths vote to adopt.
The Santa Paula City Council on Feb. 4 directed the city attorney to prepare an urgency ordinance that would limit the frequency of mobile‑home park rent‑adjustment applications and return the draft to council for consideration.
City Attorney Monica Castillo told council the ordinance under discussion would prohibit a park owner from filing for another rent increase within 12 months after a decision on the merits of a prior application "absent unusual circumstances," while preserving a property owner's right to obtain a constitutionally required “fair return.” Castillo said an urgency ordinance would take effect immediately but requires a four‑fifths vote to adopt.
The item drew lengthy public comment from mobile‑home residents and…
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