REPORT TO THE MOBILEHOME PARK RENT REVIEW AND STABILIZATION COMMISSION
October 9, 2025
FROM: ANDREW JANZ, City Attorney
Office of the City Attorney
BY: SARAH PAPAZIAN, Senior Deputy City Attorney
Office of the City Attorney
SUBJECT
Title
Actions pertaining to Country West Community, LP, formerly known as Country West Partnership, LP's ("Owner") rent increase application ("Application") for Country Living Mobile Home Park ("the Park"):
1. HEARING on the Application.
2. Take one of the following actions:
i. APPROVE the full $37.07 per month non-automatic rent increase requested by Owner, in addition to the $7.82 calculated as the 1.3% rent increase permitted automatically pursuant to Fresno Municipal Code ("FMC") Section 12-2014; OR
ii. APPROVE an amount less than $37.07 determined to be just, fair, and reasonable pursuant to FMC Section 12-2012, in addition to the $7.82 calculated as the 1.3% rent increase permitted automatically pursuant to FMC Section 12-2014; OR
iii. DENY any amount, after a determination that no amount is just, fair, and reasonable pursuant to FMC Section 12-2012, in addition to the $7.82 calculated as the 1.3% rent increase permitted automatically pursuant to FMC Section 12-2014.
...Body
RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that, after holding the public hearing, the Mobilehome Park Rent Review and Stabilization Commission ("Commission") confirm the 1.3% rent increase permitted automatically pursuant to Fresno Municipal Code ("FMC") section 12-2014, and approve any additional amount determined to be just, fair, and reasonable pursuant to FMC section 12-2012.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
It is Owner's right to raise the rent once a year by a specific amount tied to the CPI - in this matter, that 1.3% amount for 2025 is $7.82. This amount is not subject to resident vote or Commission adjudication. The Commission must therefore determine what additional amount, if any, is a just, fair, and reasonable rent increase to both park residents ...
Click here for full text