Mobilehome Residency Law Protection Program: Attorney General.

Plain English Breakdown

The bill summary does not provide specific details on how the Attorney General will prioritize which violations to address.

Mobilehome Residency Law Protection Program: Attorney General

This law requires the Department of Housing and Community Development to refer up to 25 serious violations of mobilehome park rules to the Attorney General each year, who can then take legal action. It also extends the program until January 1, 2030.

What This Bill Does

• Requires the Department of Housing and Community Development to send up to 25 severe violations of mobilehome park rules to the Attorney General each fiscal year.
• Allows the Attorney General to use methods like mediation or court action to address these violations.
• Changes how money from a special fund can be used, allowing it to go to either the department or the Attorney General for enforcing the law.
• Requires the Department of Housing and Community Development to include information about the Attorney General's actions in their yearly report.
• Extends the program until January 1, 2030.

Who It Names or Affects

• People who live in mobilehome parks
• Managers of mobilehome parks
• The Department of Housing and Community Development
• The Attorney General

Terms To Know

Mobilehome Residency Law Protection Program

A program that helps enforce rules for people living in mobilehome parks.

Attorney General

The top lawyer of the state who can take legal action to protect citizens' rights.

Limits and Unknowns

• Does not specify how the Attorney General will choose which violations to address.
• It is unclear what happens if there are more than 25 serious violations in a year.
• The bill does not explain how much money will be available for enforcement.

Official Summary Text

AB 635, as amended, Ahrens.
Mobilehome Residency Law Protection Program: Attorney General.
Existing law, the Mobilehome Residency Law, prescribes various terms and conditions of tenancies in mobilehome parks. The law deems the substantial failure of the management of a mobilehome park, as defined, to provide and maintain physical improvements in the common facilities in good working order and condition, and the substantial violation of a mobilehome park rule, to be a public nuisance that may be remedied only by a civil action or abatement, as specified. The law authorizes a civil action for purposes of that provision to be brought by, among others, the Attorney General.
Existing law establishes within the Department of Housing and Community Development the Mobilehome Residency Law Protection Program, which authorizes additional enforcement measures for violations of the Mobilehome Residency Law. Existing law
requires the department to refer any alleged violations of law or regulations within the department’s jurisdiction to the Division of Codes and Standards within the department, and to refer any alleged violations of law or regulations that are not within the jurisdiction of the department, as specified, to the appropriate enforcement agency.
This bill would require the department to refer up to a total of 25 alleged violations of the Mobilehome Residency Law to the office of the Attorney General in any given fiscal year that the department in good faith efforts selects as the most severe, deleterious, and materially and economically impactful alleged violations. The bill would authorize the Attorney General to arbitrate, mediate, negotiate, or pursue any and all available judicial remedies in connection with any alleged violations of the law referred by the department.
Existing law creates the Mobilehome Dispute Resolution
Fund, as specified, and requires moneys in the fund to be available, upon appropriation by the Legislature, for purposes of implementing the program.
This bill would require moneys in the fund to be made available to the department or to the Attorney General, upon appropriation by the Legislature, for purposes of implementing the program. The bill would require the Attorney General to use funds appropriated to it as necessary to perform duties related to enforcing the alleged violations described above.
Existing law requires the department to submit an annual report to the Governor and the Legislature outlining, among other things, the amount of registration fees collected and the amount expended on the program.
This bill would additionally require the department to include the amount expended by the Attorney General, as specified, and the number of complaint allegations referred to the Attorney General, as specified, in the annual report.
Existing law repeals the above-described provisions relating to the Mobilehome Residency Law Protection Program on January 1, 2027.
This bill would
eliminate the above-described repeal date, thereby extending the program and its provisions indefinitely.
extend that repeal date to January 1, 2030.

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