SB1093 - Mobilehome parks: disaster assistance.

Enrolled August 25, 2026 Passed IN Senate August 24, 2026 Passed IN Assembly August 20, 2026 Amended IN Assembly August 13, 2026 Amended IN Assembly July 02, 2026 Amended IN Assembly June 25, 2026 Amended IN Senate April 27, 2026 Amended IN Senate April 06, 2026 Amended IN Senate March 17, 2026 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2025–2026 REGULAR SESSION Senate Bill No. 1093 Introduced by Senator Allen February 13, 2026 An act to add Article 6.5 (commencing with Section 798.65) to Chapter 2.5 of Title 2 of Part 2 of Division 2 of the Civil Code, and to amend Section 65863.7 of the Government Code, relating to housing. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST SB 1093, Allen. Mobilehome parks: disaster assistance. (1) Existing law establishes the Department of Housing and Community Development (the department) and requires it to administer various programs intended to promote the development of housing, including mobilehome parks, as defined. Existing law, the Planning and Zoning Law, requires, before the conversion of a mobilehome park to another use, except as specified, or before closure of a mobilehome park or cessation of use of the land as a mobilehome park, the person or entity proposing the change in use to file a report on the impact of the conversion, closure, or cessation of use of the mobilehome park. Existing law requires the impact report to include a replacement and relocation plan that adequately mitigates the impact upon the ability of the displaced residents of the mobilehome park to find adequate housing in a mobilehome park. Existing law requires the report, if a closure, cessation, or change of use is the result of damage or destruction of the mobilehome park by a disaster, as defined, to include a technical service inspection report from the department that identifies the observed conditions within the park. Existing law, the Mobilehome Residency Law, governs the terms and conditions of residency in mobilehome parks. Existing law requires management, as defined, of a mobilehome park to offer the previous homeowner a right of first refusal to a renewed tenancy in the park if the park is destroyed due to a wildfire or other natural disaster and management elects to rebuild the park in the same location. Existing law, when a mobilehome tenancy is terminated due to damage or the destruction of the mobilehome park or any space as a result of a disaster, as defined, requires management to return to the homeowner any advance rental payments received from the homeowner that cover any period of time after the date of the termination, and discharges the homeowner’s obligation to pay rent during any period that a homeowner is unable to occupy their mobilehome or mobilehome space due to a mandatory evacuation order pursuant to a disaster. This bill would require management to make a good faith effort to provide written status updates once per week for the first 4 weeks after a park is damaged by a disaster, resulting in one or more mobilehome units being rendered inaccessible to an existing mobilehome resident, and monthly thereafter until each displaced resident is allowed to return to occupying their mobilehome site or the mobilehome park receives final approval of a change of use, cessation of use, or closure, to the displaced residents of the park, as provided. The bill would prohibit management from restricting a resident of the park from accessing their mobilehome or mobilehome site during regular business hours to collect belongings or inspect damage to their mobilehome on any date later than 7 days after evacuation orders are officially lifted or downgraded by the local governing authority to resident-access only and would require any waiver of liability distributed by management to be limited to immunity for harm resulting from the resident accessing the mobilehome, mobilehome site, or mobilehome park. This bill would require management, before initiating or while pursuing a change of use, cessation of use, or closure related to damage or destruction of the mobilehome park by a disaster, to at least reasonably evaluate the known and estimated costs for rebuilding and reopening the park and identify all potential resources from a list maintained by the department. The bill would require the department to maintain a list of mobilehome-related programs and opportunities that could support rehabilitation or rebuilding of a mobilehome park affected by a disaster declaration and require the department to make the list available on the department’s internet website. The bill would require management to submit documentation demonstrating completion of those evaluations and investigations to the department, the local jurisdiction in which the park is situated, and the residents of the mobilehome park, and would prohibit the department and that local jurisdiction from issuing or amending specified approvals and permits to management until that documentation has been submitted. By placing new requirements on local jurisdictions in which mobilehome parks are situated, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. This bill would authorize a jurisdiction with enforcement power to require debris removal and specified testing if a mobilehome park is damaged or destroyed in a disaster resulting in one or more mobilehome units being rendered inaccessible to an existing mobilehome resident, as provided. The bill would authorize a resident organization, a displaced resident of the mobilehome park, or a public attorney, as specified, to bring an action against management that willfully violates these provisions, as provided. (2) The Planning and Zoning Law requires a legislative body, or its delegated advisory agency, before the approval of any change of use of the mobilehome park, to review the report and any additional relevant documentation and make specified findings regarding the effect on housing opportunities within the local jurisdiction. The bill would additionally provide that before the approval of any change of use the legislative body shall review documentation compliance with the specified evaluations and investigations required by the bill, and that management shall not receive approval of any change of use by the legislative body if management fails to submit that documentation. The Planning and Zoning Law also requires a legislative body, or its delegated advisory agency, before the approval of any change of use of the mobilehome park, to make a finding as to whether or not approval of the park closure and the park’s conversion into its intended new use will result in or materially contribute to a shortage of housing opportunities and choices for low- and moderate-income households within the local jurisdiction. This bill would also require that finding to consider the costs of closure or conversion to the residents of the park for which closure or conversion is sought. By placing new requirements on local legislative bodies when approving a change of use for mobilehome parks, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. (3) The bill would include findings that changes proposed by this bill address a matter of statewide concern rather than a municipal affair and, therefore, apply to all cities, including charter cities. (4) The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above. Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: YES Bill Text The people of the State of California do enact as follows: SECTION 1. This act shall be known, and may be cited, as the “Post‑Disaster Mobilehome Park Community Resident Protections Act of 2026.” SEC. 2. Article 6.5 (commencing with Section 798.65) is added to Chapter 2.5 of Title 2 of Part 2 of Division 2 of the Civil Code, to read: Article 6.5. Post‑Disaster Protections 798.65. (a) (1) Once per week for the first four weeks after a park is damaged by a disaster, as defined in Section 798.64, resulting in one or more mobilehome units being rendered inaccessible to an existing mobilehome resident, management shall make a good faith effort to provide written status updates to the displaced residents of the park. Status updates shall include, but are not limited to, both of the following: (A) How residents can update their contact information and how residents can contact the park management. (B) Any relevant nonconfidential written or electronic updates sent to park management from federal, state, or local governments regarding the cleanup process and available resources or support for rebuilding and recovery, including any right-of-entry requirements that the park or residents may need to complete for debris removal to commence. (2) Following the time period described in paragraph (1), management shall make a good faith effort to provide monthly written status updates to the displaced residents of the park until each displaced resident is allowed to return to occupying their mobilehome site or the mobilehome park receives final approval of a change of use, cessation of use, or closure pursuant to applicable law. Status updates shall include, but at the discretion of management are not limited to, all of the following: (A) How displaced residents can update their contact information and how residents can contact the park management. (B) Any relevant nonconfidential written and sent updates to the park from federal, state, or local governments regarding the cleanup process and available resources or support for rebuilding and recovery, including any right-of-entry requirements that the park or residents may need to complete for debris removal to commence. (C) What actions have been taken and are planned to be taken toward debris removal, environmental remediation, or other park cleanup efforts, including expected timelines for initiation and completion. (D) What actions have been taken and are planned to be taken toward evaluating the feasibility of rebuilding and reopening the park, including expected timelines for initiation and completion. (E) When applicable, when and how the residents may gain access to their property postdisaster pursuant to subdivision (b). (3) Management shall send status updates to the last known postal address of each resident of the park, or to an alternate postal address provided by the resident. If the resident has provided management with an electronic mail address and provided affirmative written consent to receive notices from management by electronic mail, management may send the status updates by electronic mail. (4) If management does not have a postal address or electronic mail address for the resident, management shall make reasonable efforts to contact the resident and obtain their current postal address or electronic mail address. If management is unable to obtain a postal address or electronic mail address for a resident, management is not required to provide status updates to the resident pursuant to this subdivision, until the resident provides management with a postal address or electronic mail address. (b) Management shall not restrict a resident of the park from accessing their mobilehome or mobilehome site during regular business hours to collect belongings or inspect the damage to their mobilehome on any date later than seven days after evacuation orders are officially lifted or downgraded by the local governing authority to resident-access only, whichever comes first. Management may impose restrictions on access to common areas of the park that do not limit the resident’s access to their mobilehome or mobilehome site. (c) Any waiver of liability that management distributes to the residents of the park in order for residents to access the park and their mobilehome or mobilehome site pursuant to subdivision (b) shall be limited to immunity for harm resulting from the resident accessing the mobilehome, mobilehome site, or mobilehome park, including debris and dangerous materials present on the park’s common areas, roadways, and other mobilehome sites created by or arising from the disaster and shall not waive liability for any other type of harm. (d) (1) Prior to initiating, or while actively pursuing if initiated before January 1, 2027, and a final approval has not been received from the legislative body or advisory agency, a change of use, cessation of use, or closure pursuant to subparagraph (B) of paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 65863.7 of the Government Code, management shall do at least all of the following: (A) Reasonably evaluate the known and estimated costs for rebuilding and reopening the park, including, but not limited to, the infrastructure and financing. This subparagraph shall not be inclusive of individual costs to homeowners or their insurers for the replacement of units unless those units are owned by management. (B) Identify all potential resources from the list provided in subdivision (e). (2) Management shall submit documentation demonstrating completion of the evaluations and investigations required by paragraph (1) to the Department of Housing and Community Development, to the local jurisdiction in which the mobilehome park is situated, and to the residents of the mobilehome park. (e) The Department of Housing and Community Development shall maintain a list of mobilehome-related programs and opportunities that could support rehabilitation or rebuilding of a mobilehome park affected by a disaster declaration. The list shall be made available on the Department of Housing and Community Development’s internet website. (f) (1) A local government shall not provide an approval under subdivision (e) of Section 65863.7 of the Government Code, unless the management has complied with the requirements of paragraph (2) of subdivision (d). (2) The Department of Housing and Community Development shall not issue or amend a parks operation permit requested by the management until it has received documentation pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (d). (3) The local jurisdiction in which the park is situated shall not issue any discretionary or ministerial permit, entitlement, map, or other approval authorizing a change in use, redevelopment, grading, demolition, construction, or conditional use permit to the management, unless management has provided documentation demonstrating completion of the evaluations and investigations required pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (d). (g) In any jurisdiction where a mobilehome park is located, if the park is damaged or destroyed in a disaster, as defined in Section 798.64, resulting in one or more mobilehome units being rendered inaccessible to an existi [Text truncated for display. Full text available on Congress.gov.]