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Residents urge council to support mobile‑home advocates and investigate alleged smear campaign
Summary
Residents from Capri Villa and other Petaluma mobile‑home parks told the council they received a packet accusing tenant advocate Jody Johnson of wrongdoing and urged the city to help senior residents facing rent hikes and coordinated harassment; speakers asked the council to connect them with pro‑bono legal resources.
Several residents of Petaluma mobile‑home parks used the general public comment period to press the council for help after receiving a hand‑delivered packet they called defamatory.
Jorge Rango Garcia (speaker 17), who said he has lived at Capri Villa for 23 years, told the council the packet had been distributed to every resident and expressed concern that it seeks to weaken resident leadership and trust: “These new owners claim they have they want…
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