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Goleta extends emergency ordinance to keep University Mobile Home Park senior‑only after residents cite steep rent notices
Summary
The Goleta City Council voted 4–1 on March 17 to extend an interim urgency ordinance that preserves University Mobile Home Park as a senior‑only park and bars conversions to all‑ages parks. Residents told the council new ownership has issued rent and termination notices they say threaten seniors’ housing stability.
The Goleta City Council on March 17 adopted an interim urgency ordinance extension that keeps the University Mobile Home Park designated for residents 55 and older and prohibits conversion to an all‑ages park.
The 4–1 roll‑call vote extended the council’s prior emergency action and will keep the overlay and moratorium in place beyond the ordinance’s original April 3 expiration. Councilmember Kasdin cast the lone no vote.
The vote came after multiple residents described abrupt rent and termination notices they say followed a change in park ownership. “They are requiring a rent increase from $575 to $1,995 effective…
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