Dozens of eviction notices go to Yuba mobile home owners

Dozens of mobile home owners in Villa Seville mobile home park in Olivehurst received 60-day eviction notices Wednesday, according to the park owner’s attorney who prepared them.

Sacramento attorney Joseph W. Carroll said his client’s goal is to rescind all the notices and not evict any of the resident/homeowners so long as the residents correct violations identified by the state agency that regulates mobile home parks.

“My client only served the 60 day notices because the (California Department of Housing and Community Development) advised the park owner that its permit to operate would be suspended if any resident/homeowner did not immediately correct the violations,” Carroll said.

Carroll confirmed there were about 40 eviction notices issued, although at least one mobile home owner said she believes the number may be as high as 60.

In a statement to The Appeal-Democrat from Mitch Baker, Assistant Deputy Director of Housing and Community Development Codes and Standards, said the agency issued a notice of intent to suspend the park’s permit to operate on Jan. 21, 2025, and will conduct a follow up inspection at the park in April.

“HCD will not take any action to suspend the park’s permit to operate until after the April re inspection,” the statement read.

The statement also said the agency does not have the authority to evict residents and that “the action taken by a park is at their volition.”

“This is not a notice to cure a violation or comply with a rule and/or regulation,” a note on the front of the termination notices sent by the park’s attorney read. “It is a notice that your tenancy has been terminated.”

Mobile home parks are regulated by the state, not local government agencies.

Carroll said the California Health and Safety Code requires the state to inspect mobile home parks to ensure they are complying with state laws regarding construction, maintenance, and operation of the parks.

Villa Seville was inspected on July 29, 2024, and resident/homeowners were notified if their mobile homes were not in compliance with state law.

The eviction notices included a list of 22 different types of violations found by the state agency at various homes in the park. They included electrical issues, structurally unsound stairway landings or handrails, structurally unsound porches or decks, structurally unsound carports, missing stairways, missing handrails on stairways, accumulations of rubbish, accumulations of animal feces in yards, water heaters not properly protected from the weather, and leaks in drain lines.

Homeowners were notified on Aug. 18 and the violations and given until Oct. 17 to make corrections.

Carroll said the park’s owners were not provided copies of the individual notices sent to homeowners after the initial inspection, but they did receive copies of the second round of notices sent Nov. 20 after a follow up inspection, which required corrections by Dec. 25, 2024.

After a third inspection, the park owner/operator received a “notice of intent to suspend permit to operate”, which states it is their responsibility for correcting any remaining violations.

“The only way that the park owner/operator can gain possession to correct the violations is by terminating the resident/homeowners’ tenancies in the park,” Carrol said.

According to Dun & Bradstreet, the park is owned by Villa Seville Mobile Home Park and the key principal is Deborah Hayes.

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