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<ns0:AuthorText authorType="LEAD_AUTHOR">Introduced by Assembly Member Blanca Rubio</ns0:AuthorText>
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<ns0:Title> An act to amend Section 798.84 of the Civil Code, relating to mobilehome parks. </ns0:Title>
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<ns0:Subject>Mobilehome Residency Law: commencement of actions: notices.</ns0:Subject>
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<html:p>Existing law, the Mobilehome Residency Law, prescribes various terms and conditions of tenancies in mobilehome parks. Existing law prohibits an action based upon the management’s alleged failure to maintain the physical improvement in the common facilities in good working order or condition or alleged reduction of service from being commenced by a homeowner unless the management has been given at least 30 days’ prior notice of the intention to commence the action. Existing law requires the notice be in writing, signed by the homeowner or homeowners making the allegations, and notify the management of the basis of the claim, the specific allegations, and the remedies requested. Existing law deems a notice by one homeowner to be sufficient notice of the specific allegation to the management of the park by all of the homeowners in the park.</html:p>
<html:p>This bill
would require that the above-described notice be first preceded by a prior written notice to the owner of the mobilehome park or the designated management representative requesting the specific repair, neglected maintenance, or service that was given without having received a responsive or complete cure by the owners of the mobilehome park or designated management representatives. The bill would instead require the notice be signed by each of the homeowners making the allegations and additionally require the notice notify the management of the causes of the claims. The bill would require the specific allegations in that notice to include the prior written notices to the owner of the mobilehome park or designated management representative pursuant to the bill’s provisions. The bill would remove the above-described provision deeming a notice by one homeowner to be sufficient notice.</html:p>
<html:p>This bill would authorize management to hire a licensed California general contractor,
as specified, within 30 calendar days of receipt of the notice. The bill would require the contractor to prepare a report within 30 days after hire with recommendations to repair the conditions or services, as necessary, and require the management to do the repairs within 30 days after the report is prepared, as specified. The bill would authorize management to notify by written notice the homeowners, upon completion of the repair of the complaint, and would deem the complaint resolved upon notification absent additional or supplemental complaints from the homeowners, as provided.</html:p>
<html:p> Existing law also deems management to be notified of the allegations when management has been notified of the allegations by a state or local agency.</html:p>
<html:p>This bill would instead deem management to be notified of allegations when management has been notified of the allegations by a governmental entity for the jurisdiction in which the mobilehome park
is located.</html:p>
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Section 798.84 of the
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(a)
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No action based upon the management’s alleged failure to maintain the physical improvements in the common facilities in good working order or condition or alleged reduction of service may be commenced by a homeowner unless the management has been given at least 30 days’ prior notice of the intention to commence the action.
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(b)
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(1)
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The notice shall be first preceded by a prior written notice to the owner of the mobilehome park or the designated management representative requesting the specific repair, neglected maintenance, or service that was given without having received a responsive or complete cure by the owner of the mobilehome park or designated
management representatives.
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(2)
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The notice shall be in writing, signed by each of the homeowners making the allegations, and shall notify the
responding party management of the basis and causes of the claims, the specific allegations, along with the prior written notice to the owner of the mobilehome park or the designated management representative pursuant to paragraph (1), and the remedies requested.
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(c)
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The notice may be served in the manner prescribed in Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 1010) of Title 14 of Part 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure.
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(d)
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For purposes of this section, management shall be deemed to be notified of an alleged failure to maintain the physical improvements in the common facilities in good working order or condition or of an alleged reduction of services upon substantial compliance by the homeowner or homeowners with the provisions of subdivisions (b) and (c), or when management has been notified of the alleged failure to maintain or the alleged reduction of services by a
governmental entity for the jurisdiction in which the park is located.
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(e)
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Upon receipt of the notice and within 30 calendar days thereof, the management shall have the option to hire a licensed California general contractor with a designation of C-47 (General Manufactured Housing Contractor). The contractor shall bear current union membership. The contractor shall prepare a report within 30 days after hire with recommendations to repair the conditions or services, as necessary. The management shall have a reasonable period of time thereafter, within 30 additional days, to do repairs as recommended.
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(f)
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Management may notify the homeowners by written notice, upon completion of repair of the complaint. If management notifies the homeowners,
absent additional or supplemental complaint from the homeowners within a reasonable time, the complaint shall be deemed resolved. The process described in subdivisions (a) through (e) may be repeated as necessary and appropriate.
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(g)
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If the notice is served within 30 days of the expiration of the applicable statute of limitations, the time for the commencement of the action shall be extended 30 days from the service of the notice.
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(h)
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This section does not apply to actions for personal injury or wrongful death.
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