AMENDED IN SENATE MARCH 31, 2022
SENATE BILL No. 940
Introduced by Senator Laird
February 8, 2022
An act to amend Sections 798.7 and 798.45 of the Civil Code, relating to mobilehome parks.
legislative counsel’s digest
SB 940, as amended, Laird. Mobilehome parks: local ordinances.
Existing law, the Mobilehome Residency Law, prescribes various terms and conditions of tenancies in mobilehome parks. Existing law exempts new construction, defined as spaces initially held out for rent after January 1, 1990, from any ordinance, rule, regulation, or initiative measure adopted by a city or county, which establishes a maximum amount that a landlord may charge a tenant for rent.
This bill would revise the definition of “new construction” to include only spaces initially held out for rent after January 1, 1990, and before January 1, 2023, and would end the above-described exemption for new construction upon the first date following January 1, 2023, that the rental agreement for that space is renewed, extended, or terminated.
The bill would create a new exemption for new mobilehome park construction, as defined, for a limited period of 10 years from the last date upon which date when at least one space in that park’s original construction was initially held out for rent.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.
98 The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
line 1 SECTION 1. Section 798.7 of the Civil Code is amended to line 2 read:
line 3 798.7. (a) “New construction” means any newly constructed line 4 spaces initially held out for rent after January 1, 1990 and before line 5 January 1, 2023.
line 6 (b) “New mobilehome park construction” means a mobilehome line 7 park initially held out for rent on or after January 1, 2023, measured line 8 by the last 2023. A mobilehome park shall be considered “initially line 9 held out for rent” on the date upon which when at least one space line 10 in that park’s original construction was initially is held out for rent. line 11 rent for the first time.
line 12 SEC. 2. Section 798.45 of the Civil Code is amended to read:
line 13 798.45. (a) Notwithstanding Section 798.17, “new line 14 construction,” as defined in subdivision (a) of Section 798.7, shall line 15 be exempt from any ordinance, rule, regulation, or initiative line 16 measure adopted by any city, county, or city and county, which line 17 establishes a maximum amount that a landlord may charge a tenant line 18 for rent, until the first date following January 1, 2023, that the line 19 rental agreement for that space is renewed, extended, or terminated, line 20 whichever is earlier.
line 21 (b) Notwithstanding Section 798.17, “new mobilehome park line 22 construction,” as defined in subdivision (b) of Section 798.7, shall line 23 be exempt from any ordinance, rule, regulation, or initiative line 24 measure adopted by any city, county, or city and county, which line 25 establishes a maximum amount that a landlord may charge a tenant line 26 for rent for a period of 10 years from the last date upon which date line 27 when at least one space in that park’s original construction was line 28 initially held out for rent. rent for the first time.
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