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Ordinance amending the South San Francisco Municipal Code to add Chapter 8.80 (Mobile Home Park Conversion) to Title 8 to define and expand relocation benefits for tenants of mobile home parks and formalize a local approval process for mobile home park closure, and mandate additional noticing before a park is closed and or converted.
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WHEREAS, there is one mobile home park located in the City of South San Francisco ("City"), which currently provides 145 sites for mobile housing units; and
WHEREAS, many of the sites in these mobile home parks are occupied by low-income families and seniors who own or rent their mobile homes; and
WHEREAS, many such units in these mobile home parks cannot readily be moved to a new mobile home park due to their physical condition, or there are few local relocation options because most parks in the area will only accept new mobile homes; and
WHEREAS, existing state law, AB 2782 of 2020 ("The Mobile Residency Law"), and county law requires park owners to submit relocation impact reports to local governing bodies prior to conversion or closure of mobile home parks, and authorizes governing bodies to impose conditions on the conversion or closure to mitigate adverse impacts of the conversion or closure, including the potential inability of displaced residents to find adequate replacement housing; and
WHEREAS, state law allows local governing bodies to adopt local procedures to implement these relocation impact requirements; and
WHEREAS, the City is currently experiencing an affordable housing crisis, with demand for such housing far outweighing the available supply, and with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development ("HUD") "Fair Market Rent" rate for a one-bedroom apartment in the County increasing from $2,665 per month in 2023 to $2,818 per month in 2024; and
WHEREAS, the California Department of Housing and Community Development ("HCD") has recently notified the City that the only operating mobile ...
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