Does Goleta limit rent increases for mobilehome park spaces?

Goleta's code: The automatic increase the arbitrator allows is 75% of the CPI percentage increase. (The arbitrator may allow more for increased costs; CPI is the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim index over the preceding 12 months.) (§ 8.14.050); Tenancies used primarily for commercial purposes are excluded. (§ 8.14.030).

Mobilehome park rent in Goleta: the local rules

Goleta code What Goleta's code adds
Annual increase limit	The automatic increase the arbitrator allows is 75% of the CPI percentage increase. Applies: The arbitrator may allow more for increased costs; CPI is the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim index over the preceding 12 months. § 8.14.050 · code text The arbitrator shall automatically allow a rent increase of 75% of the CPI increase (hereinafter “automatic increase”).
Spaces covered	Tenancies used primarily for commercial purposes are excluded. § 8.14.030 · code text A. Tenancies used primarily for commercial purposes. Tenancies in parks of 4 or fewer spaces, where the owner occupies one space, are excluded. § 8.14.030 · code text B. Tenancies in mobilehome parks of four spaces, or fewer, where one space is occupied by the owner. Tenancies that a government agency owns, manages or operates are excluded. § 8.14.030 · code text C. Tenancies which a government agency owns, manages, or operates. Tenancies with no rental agreement, expected by both sides to last no more than 3 months, are excluded. § 8.14.030 · code text D. Tenancies as to which there is no rental agreement and which both the management and the tenant do not expect to exceed three months. Government-subsidized tenancies are excluded when federal or state law or regulations specifically exempt them from rent regulation. § 8.14.030 · code text E. Tenancies the rental of which are subsidized by any governmental agency, if federal or state law or regulations pertaining thereto specifically exempt such spaces from rent regulation. Tenancies governed by a lease between management and homeowner are excluded. § 8.14.030 · code text F. Tenancies governed by a lease between management and homeowner.
How often rent can go up	Rent can go up no more than once a year. Applies: Applies to tenancies not under a lease. § 8.14.080 · code text Management may increase the maximum rent increase schedule no more than once a year for tenancies not subject to a lease. The arbitrator denies an increase that takes effect less than 12 months after the previous increase. Applies: Homeowners must prove the earlier increase. § 8.14.050 · code text Management has previously increased the maximum rent schedule such that the effective date of the proposed increase will be less than 12 months after the effective date of the previous increase;
Petitions and pass-throughs	Homeowners may petition for a hearing before an arbitrator to contest a proposed increase above 75% of CPI. Applies: The petition must be filed within 45 days after notice. § 8.14.050 · code text Homeowners may, no later than 45 days after the date of notice, file a petition for hearing to contest the proposed increase but only if the increase is in excess of 75% of CPI. Capital improvement costs, with financing, may pass on at an annual increase after approval, no contest, or hearing approval. Applies: Approval is a written homeowner majority. Law-required improvements pass on automatically; a hearing only asks if management's plan is unreasonable, if homeowners allege it. § 8.14.060 · code text The cost of capital improvements incurred or proposed, including reasonable financing costs, may be passed on to homeowners at the time of an annual increase: Capital expense costs, including reasonable financing costs, may be passed on to homeowners at the annual increase. § 8.14.060 · code text The cost of capital expenses incurred or proposed, including reasonable financing costs, may be passed on to homeowners at the time of an annual increase. Costs of capital improvements required by a change in law may be passed on automatically at the annual increase. § 8.14.060 · code text Notwithstanding any other provision to the contrary, the cost of capital improvements required by a change in governmental law or regulation may be automatically passed on to homeowners at the time of an annual increase.
When a home is sold or vacated	The maximum rent schedule may rise by no more than 10% when a mobilehome is sold. Applies: After the first sale, later sales count only if at least 60 months passed since the previous sale. § 8.14.140 · code text Management may increase the maximum rent schedule, less amounts for capital improvements and capital expenses, if any, by an amount not to exceed 10% upon the sale of a mobilehome in accordance with the provisions of this section and subject to the following: At least 60 months must pass since the previous sale before another sale-related increase. Applies: Applies to subsequent sales. § 8.14.140 · code text Increases may be made following subsequent sales provided that at least 60 months shall have elapsed between that sale and the previous sale.

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