Advocates urge renewal of Alameda County tenant and mobile-home legal aid contracts
July 14, 2026 | Alameda County, California
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Community legal-aid providers and residents urged the Alameda County Board of Supervisors to renew contracts that fund eviction defense and mobile-home legal services during public comment on July 14.
David Hall of Centro Legal de la Raza described Alameda County Housing Secure (item 53) as a critical homelessness-prevention program and said the initiative provided direct legal services to more than 480 residents between October 2025 and March 2026. "The proposed contract extension will allow us to keep providing legal consultations for both tenants and homeowners," Hall said, urging continued funding for emergency financial assistance and full legal representation.
Speakers representing mobile-home residents and legal-aid organizations — including Tara Clancy, Kristen Hackett and Lindsay Wright — told the board mobile-home residents face increased harassment, misuse of seven-day notices and closures that threaten long-standing affordable housing. Several speakers asked the board to expedite a mobile-home park change-of-use ordinance that has been in the planning process for more than a year and to approve contracts that provide legal representation to park residents.
Supervisor and staff discussion noted that mobile-home protections and legal services complement policy work such as an ordinance to strengthen closure protections; staff said the ordinance had gone through planning commission review and would be returned to the planning commission in August or September before coming back to the full board. County staff also supplied demographic breakdowns for tenant-legal services showing substantial use by African American and very low-income households.
The board heard these comments during the public-comment period before moving the consent calendar and mass motion covering these and many other items. Several supervisors expressed support for both the legal services and advancing additional protections for mobile-home residents.
David Hall of Centro Legal de la Raza described Alameda County Housing Secure (item 53) as a critical homelessness-prevention program and said the initiative provided direct legal services to more than 480 residents between October 2025 and March 2026. "The proposed contract extension will allow us to keep providing legal consultations for both tenants and homeowners," Hall said, urging continued funding for emergency financial assistance and full legal representation.
Speakers representing mobile-home residents and legal-aid organizations — including Tara Clancy, Kristen Hackett and Lindsay Wright — told the board mobile-home residents face increased harassment, misuse of seven-day notices and closures that threaten long-standing affordable housing. Several speakers asked the board to expedite a mobile-home park change-of-use ordinance that has been in the planning process for more than a year and to approve contracts that provide legal representation to park residents.
Supervisor and staff discussion noted that mobile-home protections and legal services complement policy work such as an ordinance to strengthen closure protections; staff said the ordinance had gone through planning commission review and would be returned to the planning commission in August or September before coming back to the full board. County staff also supplied demographic breakdowns for tenant-legal services showing substantial use by African American and very low-income households.
The board heard these comments during the public-comment period before moving the consent calendar and mass motion covering these and many other items. Several supervisors expressed support for both the legal services and advancing additional protections for mobile-home residents.
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