SB 869

Bill Subjects

Abstract

Existing law, the Mobilehome Residency Law, governs the terms and conditions of mobilehome park tenancies, including rental agreements between homeowners and the management of the mobilehome park and park rules and regulations. Existing law, the Mobilehome Parks Act, establishes requirements for the construction, maintenance, occupancy, use, and design of mobilehome parks. Existing law, the Recreational Vehicle Park Occupancy Law, governs the terms and conditions of recreational vehicle park tenancies. This bill would require the Department of Housing and Community Development, by May 1, 2024, to adopt regulations to require each person employed or acting under contract as an onsite manager or assistant manager, or otherwise acting in an onsite or offsite managerial capacity or role, on behalf of a mobilehome park or recreational vehicle park to receive appropriate training of at least 18 hours during the initial year and an unspecified number of hours of followup training each year thereafter on rules and regulations for the park, among other matters. This bill would require the department to offer the training in an online format, would authorize the training to be offered in other formats, and would authorize the department to consult with the Department of Consumer Affairs in offering the training. The bill would require the department, upon a person's satisfactory completion of the training and the examination, and upon meeting the other requirements, to issue the person a certificate of completion, and would establish a process for renewing the certificate. This bill would establish the Mobilehome Park and Recreational Vehicle Training Fund within the State Treasury to receive all moneys derived under the bill's provisions and moneys in the fund would be available, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to the Department of Housing and Community Development, for the purpose of carrying out these provisions, as described. The bill would also authorize the department to establish, by regulation, a fee-based structure, not to exceed the department's reasonable costs in administering these provisions, and would set forth billing and payment procedures. This bill would require the management of each mobilehome park to post a copy of the certificate issued to it by the department in a conspicuous location onsite, as specified. The bill would authorize the department, if management of a park is out of compliance with these requirements, to impose a civil penalty in an unspecified amount and suspend the management's permit to operate, upon first providing adequate notice and an opportunity to be heard in accordance with certain procedural requirements.