tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7481238059942383326.post8635337128073519954..comments2023-11-28T20:40:14.193-08:00Comments on Fix Pacifica: Mobile home park tenants threatened with eviction again Fix Pacificahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14451072441256706977noreply@blogger.comBlogger39125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7481238059942383326.post-51404736641339239722015-08-17T12:51:29.960-07:002015-08-17T12:51:29.960-07:00Legal error? Better yet, maybe they'll pursue ...Legal error? Better yet, maybe they'll pursue the Sinai Option and give the residents and any involved agencies til EOY to find other housing. With a little luck the property may survive a real El Nino this winter and still be there for improvement come Spring.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7481238059942383326.post-74557131288778469642015-08-16T12:50:56.827-07:002015-08-16T12:50:56.827-07:00http://www.hcd.ca.gov/codes/mobilehome-special-occ...http://www.hcd.ca.gov/codes/mobilehome-special-occupancy-parks/<br /><br /><br />11:15 You know how to get tenants to leave that you don't want in or on your property. Do everything you can legally to make it suck living there.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7481238059942383326.post-75271247884690615832015-08-16T12:49:00.067-07:002015-08-16T12:49:00.067-07:00Todd
The city has a rent control ordinance in pla...Todd<br /><br />The city has a rent control ordinance in place when Peter Loeb was either Mayor or on City Council.<br /><br />But the state does oversee mobile home parks.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7481238059942383326.post-64083919175051585262015-08-16T11:44:08.301-07:002015-08-16T11:44:08.301-07:00I learned the other day that the State, not our lo...I learned the other day that the State, not our local government, oversee's mobile home parks. todd brayhttp://fixpacifica.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7481238059942383326.post-49782794750349866032015-08-16T11:15:27.464-07:002015-08-16T11:15:27.464-07:00On Friday the park rescinded the eviction notices....On Friday the park rescinded the eviction notices. Who knows what is next for these people. Do you know which council member has lived in the park for years? Hint: it won't be listed on the city's website. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7481238059942383326.post-17728212272233266642015-08-15T14:34:53.934-07:002015-08-15T14:34:53.934-07:00Human tragedy or development opportunity? Leave it...Human tragedy or development opportunity? Leave it to notorious Pacifica to make it both, and messy. If the property owner wants to improve his property, great, but let's not ignore the vulnerable people who in the process are losing homes, community and support systems. That's not the owner's problem, it's the city's. No affordable housing in Pacifica and rents are sky-high all over SMC and SF, not just here. Not so easy to start over when you're elderly, disabled or poor. Sinai has a good idea, but who at City Hall has the skill to negotiate a humane transition? For that matter, who has the heart? City Council, these are your people and your failure. Would seeing the story on Channel 7 convince you of how shameful this is? Too late to meet your responsibility re building affordable housing, but I sure hope the contract city attorney is working on more humane terms for these residents. Further to what Tom Clifford mentioned, a functioning city should be able to anticipate housing needs and provide for them. It's what real cities do. Plenty of affordable housing partners out there and I bet this city has pursued none. Council talks and plans but plans are not houses no matter how many times you mention them from the dais, on the campaign trail, or, in endless reports. I believe the real problem is priorities. Council, your priorities suck and this crisis reveals your plans are just empty words.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7481238059942383326.post-23472116426528544082015-08-15T10:21:54.308-07:002015-08-15T10:21:54.308-07:00Most (not all) of this section of Palmetto between...Most (not all) of this section of Palmetto between Manor and Paloma has been a joke for decades. I can't think of any other coastal city that would let fragile bluffs like these with million dollar views turn into ghetto (I did say not the whole section).<br />Pacifica has no class or common sense because the NOBY bullies who think they are the smartest people in the room and are somehow entitled to call the shots, have no class or common sense. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7481238059942383326.post-29204253088697233332015-08-15T04:38:20.718-07:002015-08-15T04:38:20.718-07:00I drove past the mobile home park yesterday. I kno...I drove past the mobile home park yesterday. I know there is,a law which states old mobile homes can not be moved or relocated. They are basically unsafe and not rigid enough to be relocated. One was being torn down for scrap metal.<br /><br />The city needs to make sure the park owners are complying with the city's trailer park rent control ordinance. The city has always hid being there code ordinances, so it's time for them to get the city attorney on this.<br /><br />The north section of Palmetto has always been a zoning wasteland. Trailer court, wrecking yard, auto repair shops, recycling yard. If the city had any clue they would have bought up this blighted area years ago.<br /><br />Not even Karen Ervin, has done anything on creating a downtown palmetto.little town of many horrorsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7481238059942383326.post-76068666260144454662015-08-14T22:44:34.700-07:002015-08-14T22:44:34.700-07:00My first thought on this issue is that the City co...My first thought on this issue is that the City could/should relocate these folks and their vintage mobile units to the Beach Blvd Site and keep them there temporarily until everyone figures a longer term solution out. They could charge rent to these folks, lets say 50% of what Pacific Skies was charging, and gain some funds for Pacifica. This could give these unfortunate dwellers a few years. <br /><br />Every election season the incumbant candidates say, "The RFP for beach blvd. is coming". Will 2016 be any different?. If you are not going to put the site up for sale, give it to the less fortunate. Trust, then verify.Grumpy old man with Big Solutionsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7481238059942383326.post-58065448755113991872015-08-14T20:03:40.566-07:002015-08-14T20:03:40.566-07:00The City could have and should have had $2.8 milli...The City could have and should have had $2.8 million in it's inclusionary housing fund but with hard work staff was able to get that down to a stunning $385,000. With $2.8 million we would be able to do more the flap our gums about the City's low cost housing needs.Tom Cliffordnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7481238059942383326.post-67251884085115243882015-08-14T18:55:48.205-07:002015-08-14T18:55:48.205-07:00Pacifica city government has neither the money or ...Pacifica city government has neither the money or competence to build public housing. When it comes to any kind of housing in the city, all it seems to know how to do is get in he way.<br /><br />If the property owners want to put some boulders on the beach to prevent cliff erosion, and they have to get the city's permission to do so, it seems to me like that's a point of leverage for the city. They could do a deal where the owners have to let people stay in their trailers to the end of the year, compensate the tenants for moving costs. or something like that.Steve Sinainoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7481238059942383326.post-73283184480327960062015-08-14T18:40:22.864-07:002015-08-14T18:40:22.864-07:00@ 3:09 where would the city to buy the housing you...@ 3:09 where would the city to buy the housing you speak? Tax the homeowners who are already paying more in taxes than they can afford, especially us seniors who have worked a lifetime and thought we might someday be able to retire. Sharonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7481238059942383326.post-15407849952479777892015-08-14T18:16:16.011-07:002015-08-14T18:16:16.011-07:00Kathy, it includes all of them for the last 20 yea...Kathy, it includes all of them for the last 20 years or so. It's an issue that should have non-partisan support on council and instead it has had their non-partisan indifference. And no shortage of self-promoting posturing and endless paper. I believe Barbara Carr was the last champion seniors, the working poor, and the disabled had in this town. She'd shame her colleagues "on both sides of the aisle" into doing the right thing. I rarely agreed with her but those values and that kind of character have all but disappeared among Pacifica's elected officials.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7481238059942383326.post-19235154394877316912015-08-14T18:12:37.170-07:002015-08-14T18:12:37.170-07:005:12
Bridge Housing is doing a great job building...5:12<br /><br />Bridge Housing is doing a great job building below market rent units and below market income units in other cities.<br /><br />Pacifica, is ok being a dusty dirty drive through city on Highway 1.<br /><br />The mentality of city hall is, as long as our paychecks clear, who cares.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7481238059942383326.post-24418312252029655232015-08-14T17:56:56.192-07:002015-08-14T17:56:56.192-07:00It seems the City should do a study, and move forw...It seems the City should do a study, and move forward to build affordable, low-income, disabled, and senior housing units according to current and projected needs through whatever grants or other funding is available. <br />And will the Gang of No support such development, including possible density, and certain elevated infill height limits? <br /><br />From <a href="http://www.lowincomehousing.us/CA/pacifica.html" rel="nofollow">CA low income housing,</a>: "HUD listing are oftentimes income based rentals. .. We searched for low income apartments in Pacifica, CA and currently do not have any listings." Also, there is some somewhat confusing information on the <a href="http://www.city-data.com/poverty/poverty-Pacifica-California.html" rel="nofollow">City-Data</a> link. <br /><br />512, "pretty shitty job you're doing, City Council" (your comment). That would include City Council majorities, and NIMBY City Council friends influence from the late 1990s-- 20 years of compounded anti-progress affects leading to the present inadequate and deficient City financial, economic, and social infrastructure. <br />NIMBY Motto: "if you don't build it, they won't come". So, how's that experiment been working for the benefit and success of the City, including the entire community?Kathy Meehnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7481238059942383326.post-91657978841677149222015-08-14T17:12:39.385-07:002015-08-14T17:12:39.385-07:00Seems to me like we had senior housing built in th...Seems to me like we had senior housing built in the 70s, 80s and 90s and since then nothing. I'm including the projects on Terra Nova, Crespi, Oddstad, Oceana behind Good Shepard. A few units of affordable housing on Francisco by the golf course from the late 90s. Other than that what have we done? Clearly, it is not a priority in this town. I don't expect standard developers to have much interest in these projects because they're low profile and probably not the most profitable, but the city certainly should be interested. This issue should be a council priority and I don't mean on paper. Is it ignorance, indifference or the usual incompetence coming out of city hall? Missing money, no new revenue sources, seniors and disabled being evicted not just from their homes, but, barring a miracle, from their community. Pretty shitty job you're doing, City Council.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7481238059942383326.post-52662059590023598462015-08-14T15:17:48.773-07:002015-08-14T15:17:48.773-07:003:09
At this time, do you think anyone takes you ...3:09<br /><br />At this time, do you think anyone takes you seriously?<br /><br />You lost all credibility.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7481238059942383326.post-56524235253998932092015-08-14T15:09:34.761-07:002015-08-14T15:09:34.761-07:00Didn't a NIMBY council purchase the senior hou...Didn't a NIMBY council purchase the senior housing on Crespi to save that for seniors? No reason the city couldn't do the same for the mobile park tenents. NIMBY's do that... help those less fortunate than themselves you YESSIE Ba#$%RDS!!! todd brayhttp://fixpacifica.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7481238059942383326.post-84849126783074519472015-08-14T14:46:15.834-07:002015-08-14T14:46:15.834-07:001:41
How many Below Market Income housing units h...1:41<br /><br />How many Below Market Income housing units has the city created in the last 10 years?<br /><br />In the last 15 years?<br /><br />20 years?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7481238059942383326.post-78500090652641289422015-08-14T14:38:15.349-07:002015-08-14T14:38:15.349-07:00LOL @ 8:49
Developers are the reason the Pacific ...LOL @ 8:49<br /><br />Developers are the reason the Pacific Skies residents are getting kicked out. Development of Harmony@1 will raise home values in the area.<br /><br />Pacifica is comprised mainly of shitty and decaying housing stock from the '50s which keeps home values in the area depressed. Take a look around you next time you shuffle off to Safeway in your pajamas and slippers.<br /><br />Any new development will be non-shitty and will raise the value of the area, NOT make it more affordable for anyone. <br /><br />If you think a developer is going to try to build anything that doesn't provide the maximum return for them (ie, NOT affordable housing), you're dumber than your posts indicate. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7481238059942383326.post-53980076683705417402015-08-14T13:41:05.045-07:002015-08-14T13:41:05.045-07:00Yes, I'm sure the developers with interest in ...Yes, I'm sure the developers with interest in Pacifica are dying to build homes in Pacifica for that 76 year old woman with an annual income of 20K. On the scraps of land left for development. Maybe if council could get off their collective ass they'd have the city pursue some of the affordable housing projects other cities come up with for seniors, low income, disabled. We need more of this type of housing. Plenty of smaller parcels for that. Won't change the city's fortunes but would change the lives of our most vulnerable residents. Whether we support growth or no-growth, if we don't make it a priority for our most vulnerable residents to live with dignity and security, we have no claim to moral superiority over any group in Pacifica.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7481238059942383326.post-74768508140823952242015-08-14T11:41:13.600-07:002015-08-14T11:41:13.600-07:009:42
You forgot to mention the battle cry of the ...9:42<br /><br />You forgot to mention the battle cry of the Nimbys, noobees,hippies, and gang of no:<br /><br />Out of town developers.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7481238059942383326.post-21544304725316585762015-08-14T10:02:35.897-07:002015-08-14T10:02:35.897-07:00Sharon 1112, mentioned the mobile home owners bein...Sharon 1112, mentioned the mobile home owners being forced-out and their resale problems in San Jose.<br />Yet, in a recent positive outcome so far, Palo Alto/Santa Clara stepped-up to save <a href="http://fixpacifica.blogspot.com/2015/07/city-county-and-non-profit-to-save.html" rel="nofollow">Buena Vista Mobile Home Park</a>.<br />Pacifica has some senior and section 8 housing, but in this County (20 Cities + County) much more public housing is needed.<br />With any luck, the County will require all our cities, including Pacifica, to build more low cost public housing.<br /><br />One of the speakers at City Council, Monday (my recall), said she is 76 years old, lives on social security $1,686, her rent would be raised to $1,600, and "she has no place else to go". Clearly she was also disabled, (and likely requires consistent medical observation).<br />Being homeless will not work-out well for her, and usually not for others as well.Kathy Meehnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7481238059942383326.post-52031449254285678292015-08-14T09:42:37.559-07:002015-08-14T09:42:37.559-07:00I'm sure this is a shake down by the LA compan...I'm sure this is a shake down by the LA company that owns the land to have current tenants reapply after eviction at higher rental rates than they currently pay. The rent has been at issue since the LA company purchased the property a few years ago. There is pretty much no way an project could be approved on that parcel that would be within the 100 year errosion zone, 2.5 feet a year, so to get rid of the tenants would be follie.<br /><br />This excersize is a shake down. Just a plain old mean spirited shake down by an absentee land lord. todd brayhttp://fixpacifica.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7481238059942383326.post-5778815583201113812015-08-14T08:49:55.080-07:002015-08-14T08:49:55.080-07:004:03
A rube doesn't understand supply and dema...4:03<br />A rube doesn't understand supply and demand. That would be you.<br />Every other city is trying to grapple with this challenge utilizing the good faith leverage they've earned with investors over the years.<br />In Pacifica, if you are poor you are out of luck. Investors learned a long time ago that this city is ruled by a bunch of whackos and they steer clear knowing that this is a good place to throw good many down a rat hole.<br />Enjoy your NIMBY dance. Stay real high so you don't have to face your immorality. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com