The California Assembly has rejected a bill that would lift mobile home park rent controls when a resident moves out.
The measure by Democratic Assemblyman Charles Calderon of Whittier received only 38 of the minimum 41 votes it needed on Monday to pass the 80-seat house. Twenty-seven lawmakers opposed it.
The bill would have allowed an owner of a mobile home park covered by local rent control to raise rent on a unit when a tenant moved out.
Supporters said the bill would allow owners to raise enough money to maintain their parks, but opponents said it would make it tougher for tenants to sell their homes. They typically own their homes but rent the ground they sit on and seldom take their homes with them when they move.
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