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All-Nude Mobile Home Park still has its followers (and peeping toms)

OK, this is funny / interesting.

There’s a very unusual mobile home / RV park near Sacramento. It’s a nudist colony!
Located near Wilton, CA, this very large all-nude encampment has hundreds of fans. And approximately 500 RV spaces, and about 50 manufactured homes.

Several of the manufactured homes are for sale in the park, and asking prices are among the highest in the state: $300,000 +. Of course, these homes are on leased lots.

Poway (San Diego County)…Council approves Poway Royal’s sale to Hometown America

Poway Royal, the 399 space, rent control park, owned by the city of Poway, looks like it will be sold for $38.5MM to Hometown America out of Chicago. That’s $96,491 / space for a park governed by rent control. Read story here.

Wilsonville, OR…Appellate court reverses decision about city’s mobile home park ordinance

In 2005 the city of Wilsonville enacted a more stringent mobile home park closure ordinance then the rest of the state of Oregon. A park owner sued the city over the ordinance  and won, with the circuit court ruling that the ordinance is unconstitutional. Two days ago, the Oregon appellate court reversed that decision. Read article here. You may also  read the actual appeal opinion here.

Guggenheim v. City of Goleta case will be reviewed en banc by the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

The major anti rent control ruling of Guggenheim v. City of Goleta may be reversed. The three-judge panel opinion shall not be cited as precedent by or to any court of the Ninth Circuit.” En banc review means that a panel of 11 judges will now review and decide the case.

American Canyon (Napa CA) moves to block trailer park conversion

Another city tries to block the conversion of a trailer park with some BS self concocted protectionist ordinance. This time trying to prevent the conversion of a trailer park from a “senior 55+” facility to an all age park. It looks like the city was a day late and the park residents aren’t too pleased. Read article here

Pleasanton CA, mobile home park owner settle $29.1 million suit

After a six month legal battle, the park owner and City agree to settle. The City has approved the sale of a 208 space MHP to the park residents with certain concessions from the park owner. Read article here.

Looks like the residents of “Marina Park” will get to stay a little longer

The city of Newport Beach cannot afford to move forward with plans to tear down a  bay front Mobile Home Community it currently owns and build a city park. Read article here.

House Bill will exempt inexpensive manufactured homes from property taxes

Residents in Multnomah, Washington, Clackamas and Lane counties who own inexpensive manufactured homes may soon get a pass on property taxes. Read article here.

City of Palm Springs fails to stop Mobile Home Park subdivision

City of Palm Springs tried to deny the conversion of the Palm Springs View Estates Mobile Home Park to a subdivision with individual lots which could be sold to individual park residents. Palm Springs Investment Co. vs City of Palm Springs

Fight over mobile home park housing likely headed back to court

A park owner in Soquel, CA (Santa Cruz County) is trying to subdivide his mobile home park. Read article here

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