Comments on: Mobile home vacancy decontrol is fair to all

By: LegalBlond

LegalBlond — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 00:14:06 +0000

Wake Up Oceanside! Far from "living off the system," our seniors have been priced out of affordable housing and purchased the only retirement homes they can afford. Both sides are property owners, and as such, mobile home parks are a monopoly. Seniors must have their homes in a park & can’t place them on a private lot. Seniors can’t move their used home to another park. Corporate park owners are guaranteed an annual return on their investment (never less than 17% & as much as 46%!). In return, seniors’ rents are 75% of the CPI and their registration fees paid $3.7 million. It doesn’t cost any other taxpayers a dime.

By: Bob Ryan

Bob Ryan — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 21:37:37 +0000

Mr Kern is far from being truthful. He neglects to tell you that through a tax only on the mobile home park and residents of the parks the city of Oceanside has collected $3.7 million dollars. These dollars paid for administration and legal dealings since the inception of rent stabilization. The lawsuits by the corporate park owners are what is fueling the need for so much litigation. The Mobile Home Fair Practices ordinance should be left alone. Three councilmen should take care of the residents of Oceanside and not outside corporate park owners.

By: natuska

natuska — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 05:49:21 +0000

Kern doesn’t tell you Oceanside spent 3 million on litigation because his friends, the mobile home park owners, kept suing and suing the city to get rid of rent control. Kern’s friends thus created the money pit problem so that Kern could use the millions in spending to defend the lawsuits as his reason to get rid of rent control.
Kern is very good at blaming the victim and thus creating more victimization. What a guy. No heart but lots of marketing skill. His degree is in marketing, BTW.