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PARKWATCH Risk Tolerance -New Strategies in 2012 WMA Reporter December 2011 Tyler R. Dowdall, Esq., New Law re: Credit Card User Rights PARK WATCH: August-September, 2011: S.A.F.E. Act: A 12 Step Program for Compliance PARK WATCH: July, 2011: How Can We Keep People Like This Out of Your Park? Applicant Screening Trends and Issues WMA POSITION ON ANDRADE ARBITRATION CASE (July, 2011) Court of Appeal, Sixth Appellate District, Santa Clara County AT&T Mobility v. Concepcion: Supreme Court Holds California Cannot Require Class Proceedings to Be Available in Arbitration Fountain Valley Estates Acquired by Affiliate of Kort and Scott for $33,375,000.00 Arbitration and Reference Clauses Doomed to Trial Judge Discretion, Rules California Supreme Court Governor Brown: a Cause for Alarm for Park Owners, Avoiding Disability Claims, Subdivision Approval Overturned, FTM Strikes Again UPDATE on Red Flags Rule. Clarification Act signed December 18, 2010, Effective January 1, 2011. May Relieve Duty of a Written Plan for Many Owners! CMPA Retains DLO to Seek De-Publication of Erroneous Dicta in Colony Cove Appellate Ruling 16 Ways To Lose an Eviction; Red Flags Rule Compliance Procedure to be Implemented By December 31, 2010. To Subdivide or Not to Subdivide; 2011 MRL Does Not Require Distribution; 1 Page Lease Extensions PARK WATCH: July, 2010: Reprieve From S.A.F.E. Act; Fire Hydrants; Emergency Preparedness Manual Deadline Nears PARK WATCH, JUNE 2010 (United States v. Plaza Mobile Estates: FHAA Age Regulations; Parental Responsibility Trumps Owner Rules) Why Vacancy Controls are Irrational, Punitive, and Deprive the Needy of Any Benefits of Rent Controls Court of Appeal Rejects Carson Subdivision Bid Park Residents Hit with $370,000 in Litigation Costs Court of Appeal Strikes Down Rejection of Subdivision Application -- Again Emergency Preparedness and Evacuation Plans Required in California Parks Anti-Competitive Business Practices: You Cannot Choose Residents' Dealers Hoffman v. Smithwoods RV Park: Incoming Mobilehome Standards: Park Owner May Require New Standards from an Heir without Amending Rules Failure to Maintain Lawsuits: Community Organizers Defeated in Pursuit of Illicit Gain HCD ANNUAL FEES HIKES: OR WHY THE BUCK STOPS HERE HCD MEMORANDUM ANNOUNCEMENT (October, 2009): 2009 Legislative Change to the Mobilehome Park Permit to Operate and Per Lot Fees Emergency Plans for Mobilehome Parks, (approved by the Standardized Emergency Management System Advisory Board on November 21, 1997, as per SB 23, eff. January 1, 2010. Prior to September 1, 2010, all parks must adopt and post notice at the clubhouse (otherwise a conspicuous location), an emergency preparedness plan that may include either this 1997 plan adopted by the Cal. O.E.S. or any subsequent version, or an equivalent park plan). WMA New Laws for 2010: Seminar Slide Presentation AB 566 Vetoed! But, it does not end here... The Letter Every Park Owner Wants DLO Strikes Down San Mateo Rent Control Law City of Colton Loses Preemption Battle over Rent Law Sonoma County Subdivision Regs Struck Down The Risks of Suing Landlords $100 Rent Increase and Vacancy Decontrol Negotiated Under Rent Controls Immigration and Residency Status - A New Protected Class Injunctions for Dangerous Conduct - Occasionally the Right Remedy? Long-term Leases - What Tenants Do Not Hear When They Listen Lease Pass-Throughs - The Early Case No One Remembers HEADS-UP! Tenant Solicitation Underway in California for FCRA Class Actions HCD Acquires Jurisdiction Over Spills in Mobilehome Parks Lingle v. Chevron - Don't 'Banc' on the 9th Circuit Berger v. Escondido - Vacancy Decontrol, The "End Game" No End to the Efforts to Over-regulate the Manufactured Housing Industry
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