Rent control in Santa Barbara County mobile home parks only benefits month-to-month tenants; those with leases are exempt from rent control. Rent increases for residents with leases is at the discretion of the park owner and average 4 to 8 percent for up to five years or more. As prices go up, rents go up, and those on fixed incomes with long leases are having trouble keeping up.
Supervisor Bob Nelson told me directly at the April 8 Board of Supervisors meeting he does not support removing the “exemption for leaseholders” from the ordinance. He said park owners would lose a significant amount of money by removing the exemption and that would put the county at risk of being sued by park owners for loss of revenue. I think that’s worthy of a legal opinion.
Certainly, mobile home park owners have a right to make a profit on their investment, but when is enough enough?
Park owners can make up to $2.5 million per year in lot rental income alone. They make more in other ways as well. Mobile home park residents in Santa Barbara County are mostly retired folks on fixed incomes, and those with leases are simply asking to be treated the same as month-to-month tenants.
I encourage the Board of Supervisors to put this on the agenda and then vote yes to remove the rent control “exemption for leaseholders” from the county ordinance.
Donna Pulling
Orcutt Ranch Mobile Home Estates resident
This article appears in Apr 24 – May 4, 2025.
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