The County of Santa Barbara is moving closer to protecting senior mobile home parks. On Wednesday, the County Planning Commission will hear a proposal for a Senior Mobile Home Park Overlay Ordinance, ...

Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. On May 7, 2025, the County Planning Commission will conduct a public hearing to consider the Senior Mobile Home Park Overlay ...

In a vote striking for its unanimity and speed, the Santa Barbara County supervisors voted to extend temporary emergency ban on conversions of seniors-only mobile home parks to mobile home parks open ...

Crystal Bermudez is your community news reporter covering northern Santa Barbara County, including the Santa Maria, Lompoc and Santa Ynez valleys. Residents at Del Cielo Mobile Estates in Orcutt are ...

Nick Ubaldi, whose family owns Country Side Mobile Home Park and who works for the company, Harmony Communities, that manages it, spoke up during public comment at a Cotati city council meeting ...

SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, Calif. - Some local residents are pushing for stricter rent control for senior mobile home parks in Santa Barbara county. Last month, the Santa Barbara county board of ...

ORCUTT, Calif. - Santa Barbara County Supervisors are working to help protect seniors-only mobile home parks located within the county jurisdiction from being able to convert into places that have no ...

Residents in their 60s, 70s and 80s applauded from their seats, then walked out and let out a cheer after the Thousand Oaks City Council voted 5-0 Tuesday to keep five mobile home parks designated for ...

Santa Barbara County Planning and Development staff were directed to develop a potential moratorium on converting senior mobile home parks to all-ages parks that would prevent owners from making that ...

The U.S. is facing a significant affordable housing crisis, with a shortage of affordable rental units and rising home prices pushing many Americans out of the housing market. Amid this crisis, mobile ...

Proposed protections for senior mobile home parks have passed the first hurdle and will now make their way to the next stage. The Santa Barbara County Planning Commission met on Wednesday and approved ...