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Orozco, Norma <br />From: Clay Hage <clayh@parkmgt.com> <br />Sent: Monday, October 18, 2021 9:29 AM <br />To: eComment <br />Subject: : Opposition to Consent Calendar Item 47 - Rent Control <br />Categories: Correspondence <br />Honorable Mayor and Members of the Santa Ana City Council: <br />My company operates two mobilehome parks in Santa Ana — Bit O' Home MHP and Liberty MHP which provide housing <br />for 178 families. We oppose rent control for mobilehome parks because it is unnecessary. We have had three tenants <br />receive rental assistance in 2021 (1.7%), and only one was delinquent while the other two were current. The tenants in <br />our parks have consistently paid 100% of billing for many years, and we have not filed an Unlawful Detainer action in the <br />13 years I have been supervising these mobilehome parks. That level of tenant commitment and loyalty to their <br />communities lead us to believe they are happy where they live. <br />They maintain their loyalty despite the increased utility rates for electric, water, and gas and fees for trash and sewer <br />services imposed by government agencies. From what we know, there has been NO Bit O' Home or Liberty tenant <br />support for rent controls. Our customer tenants have seen improved streets in both parks, street lights in both parks, <br />swimming pool upgrade in BOH, trash area sanitization improvements, graffiti removal, immediate attention to remedy <br />utility interruptions -- and the list goes on. They know that if rent control comes, that public policy would interfere with <br />timely repairs to the park that maintain quality -of -life standards in their neighborhoods. <br />We are very proud of our landlord -tenant relationships in both parks. From experience covering over 35 years of <br />mobilehome industry issues, I know firsthand that rent control will cause harmful divisive rifts between tenant and <br />landlord as it has throughout California. <br />Regarding Just Cause Evictions: Your research should have taught you that the California Mobilehome Residency Law <br />(CA Civil Code Chapter 798) governs mobilehome unlawful detainers. You should know that State Law occupies the field <br />of mobilehome unlawful detainers preempting local UD ordinances. <br />Clearly, your findings and research are woefully inadequate in formulating this flawed public policy attempt. <br />Please amend or reject this second reading of the ordinance. <br />Respectfully yours, <br />Clay Hage <br />Director of Operations <br />Park Management Inc <br />2141 E. Broadway Road, #105 <br />Tempe AZ 85282 <br />760-668-1760 <br />