News Items and Articles

Contra Costa Times, March 3, 2010
"Pleasanton, mobile home park owner settle $29.1 million suit"
Pleasanton Weekly, March 3, 2010
"Vineyard Villa gets a new lease on life; Residents, landowner, council celebrate long-term agreement"
Marin Independent Journal, April 21, 2009
"San Rafael, homeowners lose Contempo Marin rent-control lawsuit"
Desert Sun, December 20, 2008
"Park owner, residents settle; commission OKs agreement"
Los Angeles Times, April 18, 2008
"Zell company still battling with San Diego official"
Santa Cruz Sentinel.com, November 6, 2007
"Mobile home park owners sue county"
North County Times, Serving San Diego and Riverside Counties, September 27, 2007
"Mobile-home residents may lose equity"
Santa Cruz Sentinel, September 2, 2007
"Will Constantine and Terry Hancock: Conversion to condos hurts mobile-home park residents"
Desert Sun, July 12, 2007
"City pans Indian Springs rent hike"
Desert Sun, June 23, 2007
"Council denies proposal to convert mobile home park
"Palo Alto Daily News, May 12, 2007
"Cities might get more power over mobile homes"
Desert Sun, April 12, 2007
"Some residents protest park's condo conversion"
Los Angeles Times, April 2, 2007
"A Zell-led company battles with tenants"
KCET Transcript, March 15, 2007
"Mobile Home Dwellers In Jeopardy"
Los Angeles Times, March 1, 2007
"Mobile home residents are feeling stuck"
Daily Breeze, January 28, 2007
By Gene Maddaus, Staff Writer
"Owner's moves stymies Carson seniors"
"Just what is a 'condo conversion"
"Mogul of Mobile Homes"
Los Angeles Times, October 15, 2006
"A hitch in the plan"
Los Angeles Times, October 10, 2006
"Mobile Home Relocation Lawsuit Draws Statewide Attention"

News Clip History

☼ January 15, 2008. Review mobilehome sales trends for the past 12 years and current sales data. -click here-

☼ January 5, 2008. Read a timely article and a wide range of reader opinions on the social and economic issues involved in mobilehome park conversions. -click here-

☼ November 30, 2007. AARP document describing interesting facts on the mobile home lifestyle.-cick here-

☼ Read very timely and interesting articles on mobilehome park conversions. -click here-

Timeline: Review a schedule of the PSVE condominium conversion process with comments and references.

Research Sources: Links to websites of interest to the co

nversion process, including the Palm Springs Municipal Code and California State Codes.
-- Palm Springs City Council resolution denying PSVE Conversion.
-- Park Closure Issue. What is involved if the park owner wants to close the park or change it to another use? -more-
-- Fallout when park owners set unrealistic lot prices? -click here-
-- Is affordable housing for seniors on its way out? In November of 2005, the owners of the Palm Springs View Estates (PSVE) mobile home park in the City of Palm Springs formally announced their intention to “…change the ownership from a rental mobile home park to a resident-owned park,” employing the condominium form of ownership. Read this update on the PSVE park conversion process and how PSVE and other parks may be impacted.

Lease or Buy?: Information to help residents

make important lease or buy decisions.This section presents information to help PSVE residents compare the financial alternatives open to them as the park is converted to condominium ownership. Obviously, owners will have additional sets of non-financial considerations to influence their decision.