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AGENDA REPORT
CITY OF MOORPARK
Honorable City Council
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Mary R. Lindley, Assistant to the City Manager,",,,'
February 22, 1994 (CC of March 2)
Consider Assembly Bill 122 Regarding Mobilehome Rent
Control
Assembly Bill 122 (Andal), mobilehome rent control, makes a
legislative finding that local rent control measures have a
"deleterious effect on the statewide mobilehome rental housing
market," a statement that is disputed by the League of California
Cities and others. If approved, AB 122 would preempt all local
mobilehome rent control ordinances and programs.
Staff is recommending that Council express its opposition to AB 122
because it would preempt the City's existing mobilehome rent
control Ordinance, and would intrude in the City's right to
determine any future such policies. As currently proposed, the
bill takes away authority currently under local control.
In the City of Moorpark, as in most other cities, the Council took
action to enact a mobilehome rent control because many mobilehome
residents are low income and senior citizens and need protection
from inappropriate rental increases. It is imperative that the
authority to respond to the needs of residents, as demonstrated by
the City's Ordinance, be maintained by local elected officials. To
do otherwise could seriously impact the economic well -being of many
of the City's residents.
Recommendation
Staff recommends that Council express its opposition to AB 122,
Mobilehome Rent Control, and direct the Mayor to write a letter
conveying the City's position to thE, appropriate Legislative
Committee.