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2 <br />- RV's MUST be included. I have seen RVs in every park except Mission Bay. More and more spaces <br />are being filled with RVs because (generally younger) people know that the home they invest in HAS to <br />be mobile in order to make their investment worthwhile and this means an RV. All RV residents that I <br />met have good jobs and need to live locally; while they feel that they really are just paying for a place to <br />park, the RV is their PRIMARY and ONLY residence. I talked to people who were paying $1200 a <br />month for the space where they park their RV and their car. <br /> <br />- Park owners control (bill, allow and withhold) access to basic services, e.g., utilities and sanitation, that <br />make it possible to live in a mobile home. This is what park owners use to push people out. I talked to <br />tenants who have been told that they are no longer allowed to have more than 110 volt service in their <br />mobilehome (meaning that many of their appliances will no longer work). <br /> <br />- Vacancy de-control encourages owners to use whatever means they can to get a tenant out. People will <br />put up with so much to keep a roof over their (and their children's) heads, but retaliation appears alive <br />and well in San Leandro. <br /> <br />People who have been in their mobile homes for 10, 20 and 30 years are afraid. Housing insecurity <br />creates health and emotional issues, it destabilizes lives. The mental health issues so many associate <br />with homelessness are more a result of the lack of home stability than the cause of it. <br /> <br />It is in the community's best interest for City staff to monitor and have a hand in what happens in these <br />parks because of public health and safety issues. Ethical values should carry as much weight as property <br />values. <br /> <br />- A 5% annual rent increase will double the rent in 15 years. <br />- A 3% cap is still more than the change in cost of living. <br />- Percentages are more easily understood than CPI. <br />- Space rents will jump before this ordinance can take effect. The City knows how to do a moratorium, <br />why can't one be done here? <br />- Debt service pass-through is why recent purchases of parks have created so much homelessness. <br />- Enforcement of protections for this relatively small subset of San Leandro residents should be <br />achievable by the methods outlined in the presentation and will give the City experience in doing <br />something that needs to be done in San Leandro. <br /> <br />Thank you for reading. <br />Virginia Madsen <br /> <br />---------- Original Message ---------- <br />From: "Ballew, Pete" <PBallew@sanleandro.org> <br />To: > <br />Subject: Fwd: City Council Work Session to review proposed policy ideas and options for rental <br />regulations related to mobile home park space leases and solicit public comments. <br />Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2019 22:30:50 +0000 <br /> <br />Hot off the presses. There’s the answer to your question. <br />Please let me know if there’s anything you would like me to pay particular attention to doing this <br />work session or anything you would like me to ask staff to address. <br />Happy New Year! <br /> <br /> <br />Pete Ballew, MPA <br />City Council Member <br />San Leandro <br />510-680-0981