California park problems, computed
The three park questions for California, answered from the state code itself: how much lot rent can go up (and what notice you must get), what happens when the park closes, and whether residents get a chance to buy the park when it sells. State law only — local ordinances are outside this dataset's scope, and the page says so wherever that matters.
California has no statewide cap on how much lot rent can go up. There is NO general statewide cap on mobilehome park space rent. The California Senate's Mobilehome Residency Law FAQ states it plainly: state law does not regulate the amount of a rent increase; it is a local control issue. ONE narrow exception exists and is not a general cap: Civil Code 798.30.5 caps increases only in a 'qualified mobilehome park' — a park located within and governed by the jurisdictions of two or more incorporated cities — at the lower of 3 percent plus the percentage change in the cost of living, or 5 percent, over any 12-month period, in no more than two increments per 12 months for the same homeowner. It does not limit the starting rent of a new tenancy and does not apply to the tenancies listed in 798.30.5(e). Encode exists:false for the general statewide question and show the 798.30.5 exception as a note, never as 'California caps rent at 5%.'
Notice the park must give: 90 days before an increase takes effect.
Local rules: California does not cap park space rent statewide. About 102 cities and counties cap it locally — check your city or county ordinance.
Rule: Cal. Civ. Code 798.30 (management shall give a homeowner written notice of any increase in rent at least 90 days before the date of the increase); narrow cap at Cal. Civ. Code 798.30.5
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Closure / change-of-use notice the state requires: 180 days.
Change of use is a termination ground only if management (1) gives homeowners at least 60 days' written notice that it will appear before a local government body to request change-of-use permits; (2) after all required permits are approved, gives six months' or more written notice of termination of tenancy; and (3) if the change of use requires no local permits, gives notice 12 months or more before the determination that a change of use will occur, describing the change in detail. The relocation impact report required by Gov. Code 65863.7 must be given to homeowners at the same time (Civ. Code 798.56(h)). Encoded as 180 days because that is the standard post-permit termination notice; the 365-day no-permit path is stated here.
Rule: Cal. Civ. Code 798.56(g)
No state relocation fund for park closures was found in California's code in our verified dataset.
California gives residents notice only when a park is sold. Trigger: Owner intends to sell the park: owner must give notice of intention to sell before entering a written listing agreement with a broker or offering the park for sale
Who must be told: President, secretary and treasurer of a resident organization in the park Who can act: Resident organization formed by homeowners in the park
tell the owner you want to buy — register your resident organization and your interest in buying before the park is listed: no fixed day count in the statute — Precondition: the organization must first give the owner written notice of its officers' names and addresses and of the residents' interest in purchasing, before any listing or offer to sell, and must renew the interest notice once each year. Without this step, no sale notice is owed.
owner tells the organization the park will be sold: no fixed day count in the statute — Owner must give the sale notice not less than 30 days nor more than one year before a listing agreement or an offer to sell. The statute sets no resident offer window and no purchase deadline after that notice.
No right of first refusal. Notice-only and preconditioned: residents must pre-register interest annually or the owner owes no notice. A sale made in violation does not invalidate title; residents or the association may sue the seller.
Rule: Cal. Civ. Code § 798.80. Source: National Consumer Law Center, Summary of State Manufactured Home Community Purchase Laws (September 2026).
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California is a just-cause state for mobilehome parks: management may terminate a tenancy only for one or more of the reasons listed in Civil Code 798.56, including nonpayment of rent, utility charges or reasonable incidental service charges, violation of a reasonable park rule, nuisance, condemnation of the park, and change of use of the park carried out under 798.56(g). Sections 798.55 and 798.57 set the notice procedure that must be followed.
Rule: Cal. Civ. Code 798.55, 798.56, 798.57
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Verified October 2026. State data verified October 2026 — re-checked quarterly.
General information about how the process works in your state — not legal advice. For a contested eviction, a park-sale fight, or a title dispute with a lienholder, a local attorney or legal-aid office is the next step.