Close the Disaster Loophole: Families should be allowed to rebuild after a wildfire.


Close the Disaster Loophole: Families should be allowed to rebuild after a wildfire.
Recent signers:
Bobby Hughes and 19 others have signed recently.
The Issue
On January 7, 2025, the Pacific Palisades fire destroyed more than 170 mobile homes. Residents like me didn’t just lose our houses — we lost the legal protections we should have had under California’s Mobilehome Residency Law. A loophole in the law says that when a disaster strikes, those protections vanish. Park owners can refuse to let residents rebuild, permanently displacing families, erasing decades of equity, and forcing seniors and low-income households into homelessness.
Instead of closing this loophole, the current version of SB 610 cements it into law. While it adds small tenant protections, it explicitly exempts park owners from paying displaced residents the in-place market value of their homes if the closure or change of use is disaster-related. That means survivors like us are left with nothing.
We need a new SB 610 that does the opposite:
• Guarantees residents the right to return and rebuild after a disaster.
• Requires park owners to communicate their intentions within clear timelines.
• Ensures fair compensation for lost equity if rebuilding is refused.
No Californian should lose their home, their community, and their life savings just because of a wildfire, earthquake, or flood. We call on lawmakers to rewrite SB 610 and finally close the disaster loophole so survivors have the same rights after a disaster as they do in any other park closure.

Bonnie KannerPetition StarterI lost my home in the January 7 Pacific Palisades wildfire. We owned our homes and paid rent for the land. Replacing our self-sustaining community with new low-income housing would cost taxpayers millions. Ours never cost the city anything.
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Recent signers:
Bobby Hughes and 19 others have signed recently.
The Issue
On January 7, 2025, the Pacific Palisades fire destroyed more than 170 mobile homes. Residents like me didn’t just lose our houses — we lost the legal protections we should have had under California’s Mobilehome Residency Law. A loophole in the law says that when a disaster strikes, those protections vanish. Park owners can refuse to let residents rebuild, permanently displacing families, erasing decades of equity, and forcing seniors and low-income households into homelessness.
Instead of closing this loophole, the current version of SB 610 cements it into law. While it adds small tenant protections, it explicitly exempts park owners from paying displaced residents the in-place market value of their homes if the closure or change of use is disaster-related. That means survivors like us are left with nothing.
We need a new SB 610 that does the opposite:
• Guarantees residents the right to return and rebuild after a disaster.
• Requires park owners to communicate their intentions within clear timelines.
• Ensures fair compensation for lost equity if rebuilding is refused.
No Californian should lose their home, their community, and their life savings just because of a wildfire, earthquake, or flood. We call on lawmakers to rewrite SB 610 and finally close the disaster loophole so survivors have the same rights after a disaster as they do in any other park closure.

Bonnie KannerPetition StarterI lost my home in the January 7 Pacific Palisades wildfire. We owned our homes and paid rent for the land. Replacing our self-sustaining community with new low-income housing would cost taxpayers millions. Ours never cost the city anything.
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Petition created on July 28, 2025