SB 1108: Mobilehome parks: notice of violations.

Existing law, the Mobilehome Parks Act, establishes requirements for the construction, maintenance, occupancy, use, and design of mobilehome parks. Existing law generally requires the Department of Housing and Community Development to enforce the act, except that a city, county, or city and county may assume the responsibility for the enforcement of the act upon the approval of the department, as provided. Existing law makes a violation of the act a crime.

Existing law, until January 1, 2025, requires an enforcement agency, after conducting an inspection and determining that a violation exists, to issue a notice to correct the violation to the registered owner of the manufactured home or mobilehome and provide a copy to the occupant thereof, if different from the registered owner. Existing law requires the registered owner to be responsible for the correction of any violations for which a notice of violation has been given. For violations other than imminent threats to health and safety, as provided, existing law requires the notice of violation to allow 60 days from the postmarked date of the notice or date of personal delivery for the elimination of the condition constituting the alleged violation. Existing law repeals these provisions on January 1, 2025.

This bill would extend certain of these provisions until January 1, 2027, and would commencing on that date require an enforcement agency that issues a notice of violation to be responsible for exhausting all administrative and legal recourse against a resident who fails to correct violations before looking to the mobilehome park owner or operator for corrective action, as provided. By requiring local officials to perform these additional duties, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.

For violations other than imminent threats to health and safety, as specified, the bill would, instead, require the notice of violation to allow 90 days from the postmarked date of the notice or date of personal delivery for the elimination of the condition constituting the alleged violation.

The bill would repeal these provisions on January 1, 2030.

This bill would incorporate additional changes to Section 18420 of the Health and Safety Code proposed by AB 2247 to be operative only if this bill and AB 2247 are enacted and this bill is enacted last.

The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.

This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.