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Wednesday, March 25, 2026 02:54 PMPUBLIC COMMENTS
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City Council / Camarillo Sanitary
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Wednesday, March 25, 2026
Planning Commission Meeting Date
Agency City Council / Camarillo Sanitary District / Camarillo Library Board
Item Type Agenda Item
Item Number or Subject P. Mobile Home Land Rent Stabilization Ordinance Position Support
Comments Esteemed Council Members and City Staff, thank you for your service to our community.
After reviewing the agenda for today’s discussion item P, the proposed Mobile Home Land Rent Stabilization Ordinance and all the accompanying documents, I’d like to commend the City Council Ad Hoc Committee and City Staff for a job well done.
This was no small task and the fruits of your labors show in the high quality of the finished product. You have our gratitude.
THough many of the items we homeowners asked to be
included in the ordinance were rejected, each was substantiated to our satisfaction. In all negotiations, compromises must be made for the greater good, therefore, we are in full support of passing this ordinance tonight as written.
i’d like to take just a moment to address what are substantial 1 inaccuracies in statements made by IPG to the ad hoc
committee and city staff, as taken directly from today’s agenda:
Park owner feedback is generally as follows:
• Rent increases have generally been in line with the Consumer Price Index (CPI).
Not true. Many homeowners in both IPG owned parks received annual rent increase notices of 10% in late 2025, over triple Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim 2025 CPI.
*documentation available
• Rising costs are related to park management, insurance, and other expenses
necessitate rent increases.
Not true. Insurance, taxes and other expenses are “passed- through” directly to residents with their rent invoice, effectively raising their monthly bill by $300 to $400.
*documentation available
• Mobile homes are an inherently depreciating asset and mobile homeowners should not expect to have their equity grow over time.
Not true. Mobile homes in rental parks have traditionally been a long term, appreciating investment. Like standard homes, they are renewable with remodeling and increase in value as prices rise to keep pace with inflation, creating equity. Mobile homes are purchased and sold through real estate agents and brokers, there is a title search and the exchange is handled through an escrow company.
• Additionally, the park owners have stated that the average home sales prices in the parks remain high.
Again, not true. The average listing price for mobile homes in Ventura County’s rental parks for the last half of 2025 was just over $215,000. The average listing price for Camarillo Mobile Estates for the last half of 2025 was under $100,000, less than half of the county average.
• An ordinance will create additional administrative burden for both the park owners
and the City; the park owners suggest a Memorandum of
Understanding be
entered into in lieu of an ordinance.
The MOU alternative is extremely undesirable for homeowner residents as it provides zero accountability on the part of IPG, who have historically demonstrated an obvious lack of honesty. 2 • The park owners already provide rental relief through the Manufactured Housing
Educational Trust (MHET) Rental Assistance Program (RAP).
Not true. The park owners do not provide this rental relief. The program is actually administered by the Manufactured Housing Educational Trust (MHET), which is a separate entity.
Additionally, this rental relief program was designed to provide temporary assistance for qualified mobile home owners who are on the waiting list for the Section 8 government rent subsidy program. The contradiction here is that qualifying income levels for section 8 assistance are too low to pass IPG’s minimum qualification for acceptance to the parks.
• The existing Landlord-Tenant Mediation Ordinance provides tenants an opportunity to raise rent-related issues with landlords.
Again, not true, This excerpt is from today’s Agenda: “Currently, CMC Chapter 10.50 provides for voluntary mediation to assist parties in a rent dispute. Unlike most apartments and certain other residential rentals that are subject to statewide rent control, those state laws do not apply to rental amounts in mobilehome parks.”
Thank you so much for your time and consideration.
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