California 2019-2020 Regular Session Status: Passed Senate

SB 915 — Mobilehome parks: emergency relief: coronavirus (COVID-19).

Last action — Ordered to inactive file.

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed Senate
  4. 4
    Passed Assembly
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill died with 2019-2020 Regular Session. It reached “Passed Senate” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

Summary

Existing law, the Mobilehome Residency Law, governs the terms and conditions of residency in mobilehome parks. Under existing law, the management of a mobilehome park may not terminate or refuse to renew a tenancy, except pursuant to certain procedures, and upon giving written notice to the homeowner of not less than 60 days. This law, among other things, defines "management" to mean the owner of a mobilehome park or an agent or representative authorized to act on the owner's behalf in connection with matters relating to a tenancy in the park. Existing law defines a "resident" as a homeowner or other person who lawfully occupies a mobilehome. This bill would prohibit the management of a mobilehome park from terminating or attempting to terminate the tenancy of a homeowner or resident who is impacted by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, as specified, on the grounds of failure of the homeowner or resident to comply with a reasonable rule or regulation of the park that is part of the rental agreement or failure to pay rent, utility charges, or reasonable incidental service charges during a declared state of emergency or local emergency related to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, and during a 120-day time period after the state of emergency or local emergency is terminated, unless necessary to protect the public health and safety. The bill would also prohibit, during this timeframe, the management of a mobilehome park from issuing certain notices relating to rent increases, termination of tenancy, or refusal to renew tenancy. The bill would also prohibit a court from issuing a summons on a complaint for unlawful detainer within this timeframe for failure of the homeowner or resident to comply with a reasonable rule or regulation of the park that is part of the rental agreement or failure to pay rent, utility charges, or reasonable incidental service charges, unless the court finds the action necessary to protect public health and safety. Existing law prohibits the management of a mobilehome park from terminating a tenancy unless for one of specified reasons, including, but not limited to, failure of the homeowner or resident to comply with a reasonable rule or regulation of the park that is part of the rental agreement, as specified, and failure to pay rent, utility charges, or reasonable incidental service charges for at least 5 days from the due date. Existing law requires, after the 5 days of failure to pay rent, utility charges, or reasonable incidental service charges elapses, the management of the mobilehome park to provide the homeowner with a 3-day notice to pay or vacate the tenancy, as prescribed. Under existing law, an act or omission of the homeowner or resident does not constitute a failure to comply with a reasonable rule or regulation of the park that is part of the rental agreement unless and until the management has given the homeowner written notice of the alleged rule or regulation violation and the homeowner or resident has failed to adhere to the rule or regulation within 7 days, except as specified. This bill would require a homeowner or resident who is impacted by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, as specified, to have 7 days from the date they receive a notice of a failure to comply with a reasonable rule or regulation of the park described above to notify the management in writing of their need to have additional time to comply with the notice. The bill, with exceptions, would require management that receives the described notice to grant the homeowner or resident the additional time requested to comply with the rule or regulation, but in no event more than one year. The bill would require a notice of a failure to comply with a reasonable rule or regulation of the park that is part of the rental agreement, as specified, issued during a declared state of emergency or local emergency related to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, and during a 120-day time period after the state of emergency or local emergency is terminated, to contain specified language describing these provisions, printed in at least 12-point boldface type at the top of the notice. This bill would authorize a homeowner or resident who is impacted by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, as specified, to notify management in writing at any time prior to the expiration of a 3-day notice demanding payment of past due rent, utilities, or reasonable incidental charges that they need additional time to make the payment due to hardship from the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The bill would require management that received the above-described notice to grant the homeowner or resident one year from the expiration of the 3-day notice to make the payment, unless a different amount of time is mutually agreed upon by the homeowner or resident and the management. The bill would also require a notice for failure to pay rent, utility charges, or reasonable incidental service charges issued during the declared state of emergency or local emergency related to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, and during a 120-day time period after the termination thereof, to contain specified language describing these provisions, in at least 12-point boldface type at the top of the notice. Existing law authorizes the management of a mobilehome park to file a petition for an order to enjoin a continuing or recurring violation of a reasonable rule or regulation of the mobilehome park within the limited jurisdiction of the superior court of the county in which the mobilehome community is located. If a homeowner or resident who provides written notice to the management of the mobilehome park that the homeowner or resident is impacted by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, as specified, this bill would prohibit the management from seeking to enforce such an order or imposing rent increases or other charges in addition to what is included in the resident's base rent while the homeowner or resident is in compliance with the terms of a specified payment recovery plan. The bill would authorize a homeowner or resident who is prevented by management from exercising the rights provided here to bring a civil action and would authorize a court to order injunctive relief and other relief the court deems proper, as specified. The bill would require management to itemize on the homeowner's or resident's rental invoice any payments made and due under the repayment plan. The bill would also require management to apply any government funds received to offset rent, utilities, or other charges left unpaid due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic as a credit against the outstanding balances of homeowners and residents impacted by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic equally on a per person basis. The bill would also require a specified payment recovery period to be extended through the end of the 2021 calendar year if the homeowner or resident demonstrates that they have continued to suffer economic hardship due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Ordered to inactive file.

  2. In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.

  3. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 44. Noes 15. Page 5454.) Ordered to the Senate.

  4. Ordered to third reading.

  5. Read third time and amended.

  6. Amendments by Assembly Member Kiley tabled on motion by Assembly Member Calderon. (Ayes 54. Noes 17. Page 5169.)

  7. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  8. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (July 29).

  9. July 28 hearing postponed by committee.

  10. From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on H. & C.D.

  11. Referred to Com. on H. & C.D.

  12. In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.

  13. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 29. Noes 11. Page 3864.) Ordered to the Assembly.

  14. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  15. Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

  16. From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 3767.) (June 18).

  17. Set for hearing June 18.

  18. June 9 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.

  19. Set for hearing June 9.

  20. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  21. From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 1. Page 3583.) (May 22).

  22. From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD.

  23. Set for hearing May 22.

  24. Re-referred to Coms. on JUD. and APPR.

  25. Re-referred to Com. on RLS.

  26. Withdrawn from committee.

  27. From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HOUSING.

  28. March 31 hearing postponed by committee.

  29. Set for hearing March 31.

  30. From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HOUSING.

  31. Referred to Com. on HOUSING.

  32. From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 5.

  33. Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

Sponsors

  • Leyva · Primary
  • Dodd · Cosponsor

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 1 co-sponsors · 120 not signed on · 9 voted No

Sponsors (1)

  • Leyva

Co-sponsors (1)

  • Dodd

Not signed on (120)

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Votes

SB 915 Leyva Senate Third Reading By Limón

Passed 44 Yea · 15 Nay · 20 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 279015
Democratic 17005
Republican 0600
Total 4415020
% of votes cast 56%19%0%25%
How each member voted (79)
Member Party Vote
Ting — Yea
Levine — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Friedman — Yea
Wood — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Holden — Yea
Medina — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Weber — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Smith — Yea
Gonzalez — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Gloria — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Chu — Yea
Low — Yea
O'Donnell — Yea
Chau — Yea
Bigelow — Nay
Cunningham — Nay
Diep — Nay
Fong — Nay
Brough — Nay
Obernolte — Nay
Mathis — Nay
Kiley — Nay
Daly — Not Voting
Salas — Not Voting
Gray — Not Voting
Cooper — Not Voting
Nazarian — Not Voting
Mayes — Not Voting
Waldron — Not Voting
Frazier — Not Voting
Burke — Not Voting
Eggman — Not Voting
Maienschein — Not Voting
Voepel — Not Voting
Kamlager — Not Voting
Cooley — Not Voting
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Not Voting
Jim Patterson — Nay
Luz Rivas — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Wendy Carrillo — Yea
Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M. Democratic Not Voting
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic Not Voting
Bauer-Kahan, Rebecca Democratic Yea
Berman, Marc Democratic Yea
Boerner, Tasha Democratic Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Cervantes, Sabrina Democratic Yea
Gabriel, Jesse Democratic Yea
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Yea
Grayson, Timothy S. Democratic Not Voting
Irwin, Jacqui Democratic Yea
Kalra, Ash Democratic Yea
Limón, Monique Democratic Yea
Muratsuchi, Al Democratic Yea
Petrie-Norris, Cottie Democratic Not Voting
Quirk-Silva, Sharon Democratic Yea
Ramos, James C. Democratic Yea
Reyes, Eloise Gómez Democratic Yea
Rivas, Robert Democratic Yea
Rubio, Blanca E. Democratic Not Voting
Wicks, Buffy Democratic Yea
Chen, Phillip Republican Nay
Choi, Steven S. Republican Nay
Dahle, Megan Republican Nay
Flora, Heath Republican Nay
Gallagher, James Republican Nay
Lackey, Tom Republican Nay

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SB 915 Leyva Senate Third Reading By Limón Amend By KILEY Set #2 Motion to Lay on the Table By CALDERON

Passed 54 Yea · 17 Nay · 8 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democratic 20002
Unaffiliated 341106
Republican 0600
Total 541708
% of votes cast 68%22%0%10%
How each member voted (79)
Member Party Vote
Chiu — Yea
Gonzalez — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
O'Donnell — Yea
Wood — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Burke — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Levine — Yea
Medina — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Kamlager — Yea
Ting — Yea
Low — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Friedman — Yea
Holden — Yea
Cooper — Yea
Chu — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Chau — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Daly — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Gloria — Yea
Mayes — Nay
Diep — Nay
Brough — Nay
Kiley — Nay
Mathis — Nay
Waldron — Nay
Bigelow — Nay
Fong — Nay
Voepel — Nay
Cunningham — Nay
Gray — Not Voting
Frazier — Not Voting
Weber — Not Voting
Salas — Not Voting
Smith — Not Voting
Obernolte — Not Voting
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Jim Patterson — Nay
Luz Rivas — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Wendy Carrillo — Yea
Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M. Democratic Yea
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic Yea
Bauer-Kahan, Rebecca Democratic Yea
Berman, Marc Democratic Yea
Boerner, Tasha Democratic Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Cervantes, Sabrina Democratic Yea
Gabriel, Jesse Democratic Yea
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Yea
Grayson, Timothy S. Democratic Yea
Irwin, Jacqui Democratic Yea
Kalra, Ash Democratic Yea
Limón, Monique Democratic Yea
Muratsuchi, Al Democratic Yea
Petrie-Norris, Cottie Democratic Not Voting
Quirk-Silva, Sharon Democratic Yea
Ramos, James C. Democratic Yea
Reyes, Eloise Gómez Democratic Yea
Rivas, Robert Democratic Yea
Rubio, Blanca E. Democratic Yea
Wicks, Buffy Democratic Not Voting
Chen, Phillip Republican Nay
Choi, Steven S. Republican Nay
Dahle, Megan Republican Nay
Flora, Heath Republican Nay
Gallagher, James Republican Nay
Lackey, Tom Republican Nay

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3rd Reading SB915 Leyva et al.

Passed 29 Yea · 11 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 19800
Democratic 10000
Republican 0300
Total 291100
% of votes cast 73%28%0%0%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Leyva — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Allen — Yea
Dodd — Yea
Hertzberg — Yea
Glazer — Yea
Roth — Yea
Rubio — Yea
Hill — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
Pan — Yea
Borgeas — Nay
Beall — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Monning — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Portantino — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Morrell — Nay
Chang — Nay
Nielsen — Nay
Wilk — Nay
Moorlach — Nay
Bates — Nay
Melendez — Nay
Archuleta, Bob Democratic Yea
Caballero, Anna M. Democratic Yea
Durazo, Maria Elena Democratic Yea
Gonzalez, Lena A. Democratic Yea
Hurtado, Melissa Democratic Yea
Jackson, Corey A. Democratic Yea
McGuire, Mike Democratic Yea
Stern, Henry I. Democratic Yea
Umberg, Thomas J. Democratic Yea
Wiener, Scott D. Democratic Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Nay
Grove, Shannon Republican Nay
Jones, Brian W. Republican Nay

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Do pass as amended

Passed 5 Yea · 2 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 5100
Republican 0100
Total 5200
% of votes cast 71%29%0%0%
How each member voted (7)
Member Party Vote
Leyva — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Hill — Yea
Portantino — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Bates — Nay
Jones, Brian W. Republican Nay

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Placed on suspense file

Passed 7 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 1000
Unaffiliated 6000
Total 7000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (7)
Member Party Vote
Leyva — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Hill — Yea
Portantino — Yea
Bates — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea

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Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]

Passed 7 Yea · 1 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 2001
Democratic 5000
Republican 0100
Total 7101
% of votes cast 78%11%0%11%
How each member voted (9)
Member Party Vote
Monning — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Borgeas — Not Voting
Durazo, Maria Elena Democratic Yea
Gonzalez, Lena A. Democratic Yea
Jackson, Corey A. Democratic Yea
Stern, Henry I. Democratic Yea
Umberg, Thomas J. Democratic Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Nay

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 915 do?
Existing law, the Mobilehome Residency Law, governs the terms and conditions of residency in mobilehome parks. Under existing law, the management of a mobilehome park may not terminate or refuse to renew a tenancy, except pursuant to certain procedures, and upon giving written notice to the homeowner of not less than 60 days. This law, among other things, defines "management" to mean the owner of a mobilehome park or an agent or representative authorized to act on the owner's behalf in connection with matters relating to a tenancy in the park. Existing law defines a "resident" as a homeowner or other person who lawfully occupies a mobilehome. This bill would prohibit the management of a mobilehome park from terminating or attempting to terminate the tenancy of a homeowner or resident who is impacted by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, as specified, on the grounds of failure of the homeowner or resident to comply with a reasonable rule or regulation of the park that is part of the rental agreement or failure to pay rent, utility charges, or reasonable incidental service charges during a declared state of emergency or local emergency related to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, and during a 120-day time period after the state of emergency or local emergency is terminated, unless necessary to protect the public health and safety. The bill would also prohibit, during this timeframe, the management of a mobilehome park from issuing certain notices relating to rent increases, termination of tenancy, or refusal to renew tenancy. The bill would also prohibit a court from issuing a summons on a complaint for unlawful detainer within this timeframe for failure of the homeowner or resident to comply with a reasonable rule or regulation of the park that is part of the rental agreement or failure to pay rent, utility charges, or reasonable incidental service charges, unless the court finds the action necessary to protect public health and safety. Existing law prohibits the management of a mobilehome park from terminating a tenancy unless for one of specified reasons, including, but not limited to, failure of the homeowner or resident to comply with a reasonable rule or regulation of the park that is part of the rental agreement, as specified, and failure to pay rent, utility charges, or reasonable incidental service charges for at least 5 days from the due date. Existing law requires, after the 5 days of failure to pay rent, utility charges, or reasonable incidental service charges elapses, the management of the mobilehome park to provide the homeowner with a 3-day notice to pay or vacate the tenancy, as prescribed. Under existing law, an act or omission of the homeowner or resident does not constitute a failure to comply with a reasonable rule or regulation of the park that is part of the rental agreement unless and until the management has given the homeowner written notice of the alleged rule or regulation violation and the homeowner or resident has failed to adhere to the rule or regulation within 7 days, except as specified. This bill would require a homeowner or resident who is impacted by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, as specified, to have 7 days from the date they receive a notice of a failure to comply with a reasonable rule or regulation of the park described above to notify the management in writing of their need to have additional time to comply with the notice. The bill, with exceptions, would require management that receives the described notice to grant the homeowner or resident the additional time requested to comply with the rule or regulation, but in no event more than one year. The bill would require a notice of a failure to comply with a reasonable rule or regulation of the park that is part of the rental agreement, as specified, issued during a declared state of emergency or local emergency related to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, and during a 120-day time period after the state of emergency or local emergency is terminated, to contain specified language describing these provisions, printed in at least 12-point boldface type at the top of the notice. This bill would authorize a homeowner or resident who is impacted by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, as specified, to notify management in writing at any time prior to the expiration of a 3-day notice demanding payment of past due rent, utilities, or reasonable incidental charges that they need additional time to make the payment due to hardship from the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The bill would require management that received the above-described notice to grant the homeowner or resident one year from the expiration of the 3-day notice to make the payment, unless a different amount of time is mutually agreed upon by the homeowner or resident and the management. The bill would also require a notice for failure to pay rent, utility charges, or reasonable incidental service charges issued during the declared state of emergency or local emergency related to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, and during a 120-day time period after the termination thereof, to contain specified language describing these provisions, in at least 12-point boldface type at the top of the notice. Existing law authorizes the management of a mobilehome park to file a petition for an order to enjoin a continuing or recurring violation of a reasonable rule or regulation of the mobilehome park within the limited jurisdiction of the superior court of the county in which the mobilehome community is located. If a homeowner or resident who provides written notice to the management of the mobilehome park that the homeowner or resident is impacted by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, as specified, this bill would prohibit the management from seeking to enforce such an order or imposing rent increases or other charges in addition to what is included in the resident's base rent while the homeowner or resident is in compliance with the terms of a specified payment recovery plan. The bill would authorize a homeowner or resident who is prevented by management from exercising the rights provided here to bring a civil action and would authorize a court to order injunctive relief and other relief the court deems proper, as specified. The bill would require management to itemize on the homeowner's or resident's rental invoice any payments made and due under the repayment plan. The bill would also require management to apply any government funds received to offset rent, utilities, or other charges left unpaid due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic as a credit against the outstanding balances of homeowners and residents impacted by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic equally on a per person basis. The bill would also require a specified payment recovery period to be extended through the end of the 2021 calendar year if the homeowner or resident demonstrates that they have continued to suffer economic hardship due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
Who sponsors SB 915?
SB 915 is sponsored by Leyva and Dodd.
What is the current status of SB 915?
This bill died with 2019-2020 Regular Session. It reached “Passed Senate” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
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