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Article: Supreme court precedent doesn't favor mobile home park owners.(Stardust Mobile Estates)
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- California Planning & Development Report
- Article date:
- April 1, 2007
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Claims of taking and due process violation filed by a Ventura mobile home park owner who was denied rent increases have been rejected by the Second District Court of Appeal.
The unanimous three-judge panel ruled that the trial court correctly dismissed the taking claim after deciding that rent increases granted to the park owner fell within a "broad zone of reasonableness." The Second District also ruled that procedural decisions of the trial court and Ventura's Rent Review Board did not deny the landlord due process.
In early 2003, the owner of the 125-space Stardust Mobile Estates submitted an application for rent increases under Ventura's rent ...