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All Rights Reserved SPECIAL MEETING If You Live In A Mobilehome PLEASE DO NOT MISS THIS MEETING VALLEJO MOBILEHOME COALITION Housing & Community Development (HCD) They Will Be Discussing The Upcoming Park Inspections By The Office Of Senator Connie M. Leyva Also Attending Will Be Representatives From The Offices Of Senator Bill Dodd As Well As Fair Housing Napa Valley Please Mark Your Calendar For When: Sunday April 28, 2019 1:30 to 4:00 PM (Approximately) Where: Vallejo Moose Lodge #468 337 Nebraska St. Vallejo, CA 94590 (Plenty of Off Street Parking) Refreshments Will Be Served This Meeting Is In Place Of The Monthly Meeting That Is Held On The 3rd Sunday Each Month It Is Very Important For You and Your Neighbors To Attend This Meeting NO EXCUSES FREE 2019 Issues Of The Mobilehome Residency Laws Available We Are In This Together Questions? Call the VMC Hotline 24/7 (707) 648-6155 Protecting The Rights of Mobilehome Owners *** VERY IMPORTANT MEETING *** Vallejo Area Mobilehome Magazine 3 Volume 2. Number 4. April 2019 Happy April and Happy Easter By Miss Terri Pohrman Every month I try to write a message that has valuable information for everybody that lives in a mobile home park. I walk almost all the parks, I do have some help walking some of them however we are still looking for volunteers to walk their parks, if you live in a mobilehome park and you can walk your park once a month I would appreciate you giving us a call at (707) 648-6155 or you can call me direct at (707) 738-3911, please leave a message and I will get back to you. Every time I write this message, I think of something very interesting to tell you hoping that it will be useful information to help you and your neighbors in your mobilehome park! This month I would like to talk about park managers since so many questions are asked about park managers, folks don’t forget they work for the park owners, so everything you tell them they are going to repeat to or withhold from the park owner, I know and understand that some of you are scared to speak up. I also know there are some park owners/managers that are very nice and some you don’t even want to even say hello to, typically it could be that they are so damn grouchy and wouldn’t appreciate the greeting anyway. I just think they get paid their salary to be like this instead of acting like human beings and be nice and treat people with kindness, they also lie and have you believing things that you shouldn’t even be believing. They all play favoritism in the parks, there are the groupies “on the in” with the park managers, so be careful don’t become a groupie because they are really not your friend, they work for the park owners, you pay them your monthly rent, I know we are supposed to report things to them but sometimes they could care less and they sit at their desk in the office and do nothing, if that happens to you give me a call I will try to straighten this out with an attorney I have here locally in Vallejo! The next thing I would like to talk about is the right to assemble that is 798.51 in your Mobilehome Residency Law book Governing Mobilehomes and RV Residency, also referred to as the MRL that comes out every year, this comes out every single year. It is the laws signed by the governor. These are laws the owners, the managers and you need to abide by, this law says that you have the right to assemble it basically says that you can pass out flyers for something you may be having in the park or could be telling of a meeting or gathering concerning mobilehome residents. You can also put up political signs for Candidates of your choice or other things on the ballot for the National, State, County or your City etc. as long as you take them down within 30 days after the election. Vallejo Area Mobilehome Magazine 4 Volume 2. Number 4. April 2019 I had one park in Yountville throw out over 200 magazines, reportedly because I put them in the cubbyholes in the office, three residents gave me permission to put them in there they just couldn’t be there with me at the time, the manager lives across the street and he put them in the garbage as soon as I left. Well, I’m going to send the managers the bill and if that doesn’t work I’m gonna take him to small claims court. They have no right to do that, this is another good example of a manager gone bad and from what I understand works with one realtor that gives him a commission on the units sold, his son works as a “Handyman” and for a Tree Service that he gets a commission or a kickback from, by letting certain ones have a “Monopoly” with using a chosen few for these things, buying and selling only Their goods in the park is illegal, I’ve already reported him and Fair Housing is watching the whole situation, so be careful of the managers! The last one I’d like to speak about is Trees and Driveways as in 798.37.5 in your MRL if you don’t have this book call me or meet me at the next meeting, we have them and will gladly give you one! Remember “Do Not” touch your driveway or the trees, whatever the manager tells you once again it is not always the truth. The park is supposed to maintain these trees and driveways remember we rent the ground that includes your driveway and the trees that were planted probably 30 or 40 years ago, they are very tall so do not trim them, that is up to the owner, to do on his/her own, it is not for us to do, so please do not pay a tree trimmer to come out and do this ever manager tells you to do this call me! A lot of parks still have many palm trees, in the parks down south they are taking them out because the owners have been getting sued because the great big branches fell off the trees in a windstorm and or a rainstorm, because they get so heavy and just fall off, they fall and bang up peoples brand new cars and older ones too, not counting they can come down with no warning and injure people and or your units. Please know you that you can definitely sue the owner and you can win, it has been proven in court. And last but not least I would like to tell you about our“Grand Meeting” in Vallejo at the Moose Lodge # 468, 337 Nebraska St. 94590 which is right off Sonoma Blvd., there is a parking lot with plenty of off-street parking feel free to come early the VMC will be there. This meeting with the offices of HCDs, Senator Connie M. Leyva, Chair, whos office puts together and publishes your MRLs every year and Senator Bill Dodd’s office that supplies “complimentary” MRLs for you, along with Fair Housing Napa Valley that is always there for guidance when needed, and of course the Vallejo Mobilehome Coalition that is putting this on. This is a very informative meeting for all of you that live in mobilehomes, on April 28, 2019, at 1:30 PM till about 4:00 PM. Please plan on attending this meeting. We are holding these meetings for you to learn about many things you may not know of living in a mobilehome park, it is entirely different to live in a mobilehome park than in a stick house. These meetings are very, very, very important and do not get held in all areas, so you really do need to plan ahead, circle this date on your calendar, if you need directions please call or contact either Senator Bill Dodd’s office, Fair Housing Napa Valley or contact the Vallejo Mobilehome Coalition this meeting is for you to know your rights!! Remember, Never, Never, Never sign a “Long Term Lease” Miss Terri Pohrman, Vallejo Mobilehome Coalition Vallejo Area Mobilehome Magazine 5 Volume 2. Number 4. April 2019 A billion-dollar empire made of mobile homes By Peter Whoriskey February 14 As large financial firms buy more and more U.S.