AMENDED IN SENIOR ASSEMBLY OCTOBER 16, 2006

SENIOR ASSEMBLY PROPOSAL NO.18

INTRODUCED BY SENIOR ASSEMBLY MEMBER TAYLOR

LEGISLATIVE COUNSELS DIGEST

AP 18: MOBILEHOME PARKS: RENT CONTROL.

UNDER EXISTING LAW, MOBILEHOME PARKS MAY LIMIT RESIDENCY TO SENIOR CITIZENS, UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS

THIS MEASURE WOULD MEMORIALIZE THE LEGISLATURE AND THE GOVERNOR TO ENACT LEGISLATION THAT WOULD IMPOSE, IN A MOBILEHOME PARK THAT LIMITS RESIDENCY TO SENIORS CITIZENS, RENT CONTROL PROHIBITING AN INCREASE IN THE RENT ON A MOBILEHOME SPACE THAT IS EXCESS OF THE ANNUAL CONSUMER PRICE INDEX FOR THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.

VOTE: MAJORITY.

AP 18: RELATING TO MOBILEHOME PARK RENT CONTROL

WHEREAS, MANY SENIOR CITIZENS LIVE ON A FIXED OR LIMITED INCOME; AND

WHEREAS, MANY SENIOR CITIZENS OWN A MOBILEHOME LOCATED IN A MOBILEHOME PARK THAT LIMITS RESIDENCY TO SENIOR CITIZENS, BUT RENT THE SPACE ON WHICH THAT MOBILEHOME IS LOCATED; AND

WHEREAS, AN INCREASE IN THE SPACE RENT, INCLUDING CHARGES FOR UTILITIES THAT ARE NOT SEPARATELY BILLED, IS A BURDEN FOR MANY SENIOR CITIZENS WHO OWN A MOBILEHOME AND LIVE ON A FIXED OR LIMITED INCOME; AND

WHEREAS, WHEN FACED WITH DRAMATIC INCREASES IN SPACE RENTS, INCLUDING UTILITIES THAT ARE NOT SEPARATELY BILLED, SOME SENIOR CITIZENS MAY BE FORCED TO MOVE EVEN IF THEY HAVE NO PLACE ELSE TO GO; NOW, THEREFORE BE IT

RESOLVED, BY THE SENIOR ASSEMBLY AND THE SENIOR SENATE, JOINTLY, THAT THE SENIOR LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA AT ITS 2006 REGULAR SESSION, A MAJORITY OF THE MEMBERS VOTING THEREFOR, HEREBY PROPOSES THAT THE LEGISLATURE ENACT LEGISLATION, EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2008, TO PROHIBIT, IN A MOBILEHOME PARK THAT LIMITS RESIDENCY TO SENIOR CITIZENS, AN INCREASE IN THE SPACE RENT, INCLUDING CHARGES FOR UTILITIES THAT ARE NOT SEPARATELY BILLED, IN EXCESS OF THE ANNUAL CONSUMER PRICE INDEX FOR THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AND TO REQUIRE THAT UTILITIES BE INCLUDED IN THE SPACE RENT UNLESS THOSE UTILITIES ARE SEPARATELY BILLED; AND BE IT FURTHER

RESOLVED, THAT THE SENIOR LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA RESPECTFULLY MEMORIALIZES THE LEGISLATURE AND THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA TO ENACT APPROPRIATE LEGISLATION THAT WOULD ADDRESS THE CONCERNS SET FORTH IN THIS MEASURE; AND BE IT FURTHER

RESOLVED, THAT A COPY OF THIS MEASURE BE TRANSMITTED TO THE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY, THE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE OF THE SENATE, AND THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.

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