Mobile-home residents urge immediate help as public comments also raise campaign and zoning complaints

Dozens of members of the public used the council's public comment period on Feb. 3 to press the City of Santa Ana for immediate help with mobile‑home evictions and to raise separate concerns about land‑use and campaign spending.

Several speakers from mobile‑home communities—who identified themselves as residents of local parks—said property managers have been forcing residents out, photographing tenants daily, blocking sales and otherwise interfering with occupancy rights. Speakers named a management company (referred to in testimony as "Kingsley") and asked the council to investigate sales and eviction practices, enforce rent‑control protections where applicable and provide emergency aid to families facing displacement.

Carla Alvarado and Guadalupe Barragán, among others, described families losing housing and children being left without homes. The council's response acknowledged these comments and several members said staff and specific council offices are already following up; the city attorney and staff noted that rent‑control rules do not apply uniformly to all unit types and that staff had requested additional information from the sites to determine applicability.

Separately, business owner Mark Spratt accused Councilmember Jessie López of using $3,000 in city funds for an event in Anaheim and urged an accounting and restitution. The clerk and staff declined to engage in a back‑and‑forth during public comment; no formal staff accounting was provided during the meeting and the allegation remained unresolved on the record.

Councilmembers said they hear residents' concerns about mobile‑home sales and eviction practices and asked staff to gather facts. The mayor and other council members pledged to follow up, and the council later noted the need to coordinate with affordable‑housing and housing‑authority resources.

No formal policy or ordinance changes were adopted at the meeting; councilmembers directed staff to continue investigations, provide requested data on rent‑control applicability and return with recommended steps where legal authority allows.