Market Updates
Goleta California – Mobile Home Park Owner Hires Ted Olson
February 17, 2011 by parkguy1 · Leave a Comment
Ted Olson, former solicitor general under President George W. Bush and certified legal heavyweight, has been hired by landlord Daniel Guggenheim, owner of Rancho Mobile Home Park, to take his anti–rent-control case against the City of Goleta to the U.S. Supreme Court. Guggenheim, who contends Goleta’s mobile-home-park rent-control ordinance constitutes an illegal confiscation of private [...]
Judge backs mobile home park conversion – Chino CA
February 7, 2011 by parkguy1 · Leave a Comment
Chino, CA – The city is considering its next step after a judge granted a petition for the Lamplighter Mobilehome Park to convert its rental units into ownership lots. Read the full story here.
Guggenheim: The Regulatory Takings Case That Won’t Die
February 4, 2011 by parkguy1 · Leave a Comment
FEBRUARY 4, 2011 BY Rick Rayl… We thought it was over in 2009 when the Ninth Circuit held that the City of Goleta’s rent control ordinance constituted a taking. We thought it was over in late 2010 when an en banc Ninth Circuit panel ruled the other way, holding that the property owner failed to establish the “investment-backed expectations” necessary [...]
Goleta California – Appeal “Probable” in Mobile Home Park Rent Control Case
January 5, 2011 by parkguy1 · Leave a Comment
The December 22 decision to uphold the legality of rent control for mobile home parks across California may not be the last battle in the war over Rancho Mobile Home Estates in Goleta. (See the December 22 report here.) According to an attorney for park owner Daniel Guggenheim, an appeal to the nation’s highest court is [...]
Guggenheim vs. City of Goleta
December 24, 2010 by parkguy1 · Leave a Comment
Closely watched case goes to the heart of government’s ability to regulate land use on behalf of the public interest Court finds for public agency in Guggenheim vs. City of Goleta, securing mobile home rent control ordinances throughout California and protecting property values for low- and moderate-income mobile home owners. Today the U.S. Ninth Circuit [...]
Lakewood WA…Sale may save trailer park
November 30, 2010 by parkguy1 · Leave a Comment
A Lakewood mobile home park that the city has threatened to close because of health and safety violations may receive a new lease on life this week. Pierce County Superior Court Judge Katherine Stolz on Friday will consider a request by a court-appointed receiver to sell the property to Christopher Opie for $800,000, court records [...]
The Perfect Storm is Building in Mobile Home Parks
October 26, 2010 by parkguy1 · Leave a Comment
I just came across an article which I assume is written by the owner / operators of the web site, mobilehomeparkstore.com and it should be noted that these same people are active investors in mobile home parks. The article is quite negative about current mobile home park values and states that it is a Buyers [...]
Brookings OR Mobile Home Park, Court upholds ruling in favor of Emerald Coast residents
August 7, 2010 by parkguy1 · Leave a Comment
The Oregon Court of Appeals has upheld a Curry County Circuit Court ruling that prohibited Emerald Coast Estates Inc. of Harbor from evicting a resident for placement of a “For Sale” sign on the home in violation of park rules. Read more here.
California Coastal Commission causing problems for Laguna Beach mobile home park owner trying to subdivide
August 6, 2010 by parkguy1 · 3 Comments
The owners of the Laguna Terrace Mobile Home Park on Tuesday filed a lawsuit against the commission in Orange County Superior Court. The suit asks the court to determine if the commission can exert jurisdiction over the park’s conversion to resident ownership. On July 20, the council approved subdividing the 20-acre ocean-view park developed in [...]
Washington Mobile Home Park Tenants Win Class Action
August 5, 2010 by parkguy1 · Leave a Comment
The class action lawsuit settlement requires mobile-home park owners to drop the conversion language from its leases and stop using contracts that allowed them to automatically convert an annual lease to a month-to-month lease. The settlement does not provide reimbursements for class members, but it does allow the tenants to pursue back rent. Read more [...]
