Council pulls mobile‑home accord from consent calendar for separate discussion

Council Member Alan Wapner asked the council to pull consent item 13 (the mobile‑home accord) for separate discussion, noting the accord was originally brought to the city by tenants and dates to 2007. The city manager and staff described the accord as a voluntary, opt‑in program that historically limited private‑landowner rent increases in participating mobile‑home parks and explained that participation has changed over time.

Wapner moved to approve the accord and a second was made; the transcript segments provided show motion and discussion of the accord’s history and purpose. Public commenters had earlier urged the council to reject a compounding rent formula that ties increases to 120% of CPI with a 4% floor; council and staff repeatedly characterized the accord as voluntary and intended to limit large rent spikes where participating owners agree.

The transcript supplied does not include the final recorded vote tally for item 13 within the provided segments. The city manager said that rejecting the voluntary accord would instead subject participating residents to state rent control rules, which staff described as less protective for the mobile‑home communities in question.