News & updates
Where things stand.
The October 28 vote, what comes next, the videos we’ve shown the City Council, the news coverage, and every neighbor update we’ve sent.
Videos
What we’ve shown the City Council
Every video residents have presented to the Encinitas City Council, as it was played in the Council Chambers.
October 28 · Item 12B · it passed, 5–0: thank you
October 14 · Item 14A · the Council voted 5–0
October 21 · public comment · four requests for the urgency ordinance
Five residents each presented one short video while staff was drafting the ordinance.
Coming up
City Council: second vote on the regular ordinance (No. 2026-25)
The matching regular ordinance keeps the protection going without a gap. Come if you can, so the Council sees we’re still here. We’ll confirm the agenda item here once the City posts it.
Workshops on the permanent fairness ordinance
City staff plans several workshops before a draft permanent ordinance, expected around February 2027. Join our email list to hear the dates first.
On the record
October 28: the City Council adopted the urgency ordinance, 5–0.
Mayor Bruce Ehlers brought our issue to the full City Council as Item 14A on October 14, and the Council voted 5–0 to bring back an urgency ordinance. Two weeks later, on October 28, the Council adopted it unanimously as Item 12B, adding one more protection that night: only one increase per space in any 12-month period, capped at the lesser of 4% or 75% of inflation. Increases noticed for November 1 don’t take effect. What it does and what’s next → Watch what we showed them →
Next: City Manager Jennifer Campbell says staff will hold several workshops, with residents and with park owners, and expects a draft permanent ordinance around February 2027. A matching regular ordinance (No. 2026-25) comes back for a second vote on November 18.
We wrote a question about manufactured home park space fees and submitted it to the Cardiff 101 candidate forums. It was selected for both the mayoral forum and the District 3 Council forum.
“This is an issue that’s been talked about in the past, but no previous council has done that, and I plan to bring it to council as an item where we will address it directly with new policies that will protect and preserve mobile home parks.”
Mayor Bruce Ehlers, Cardiff 101 mayoral forum, September 2026 · Watch the forum →
He opened his answer by noting he had just come from a meeting with our group.
“I’ll protect the affordable housing we already have, starting with policies that shield manufactured home park residents from exorbitant rent hikes.”
Rimga Viskanta, candidate for mayor, opening statement, Cardiff 101 mayoral forum · Watch the forum →
In the San Diego Union-Tribune
Covering the District 3 Council forum, the Union-Tribune (Barbara Henry, “Cardiff-area council candidates make cases at Encinitas forum”) listed manufactured home park space fees among the issues on which the two candidates differed. It reported that Arielle Golden pointed to San Marcos, which has an ordinance, as worth exploring, and that Ed Sprague cited private property rights and balancing park owners’ needs against residents’. Cardiff 101 forum page →
This is a neighbors’ issue, not a partisan one. We are working to make protecting these homes something every Encinitas resident can stand behind, whatever their politics. We are grateful that our City leaders and candidates alike have listened and responded.
In the news
When the Encinitas City Council took up manufactured home park space fees on October 14, several local reporters covered it. Thank you to the reporters who got this right, because how a story is told matters as much as whether it’s told.
These reporters took the time to understand that we own our homes and lease only the land underneath. They quoted homeowners and officials in their own words, they gave park owners a chance to speak, and they got the facts right. That’s what fair, careful local journalism looks like, and it helps everyone in Encinitas understand what’s at stake.
inewsource · Oct. 16, 2026 · updated Oct. 29
“‘Wild West of real estate.’ Encinitas mobile home park residents fight for rent protections”
Updated after the October 28 vote: “Encinitas OKs interim rent moratorium for mobile home parks.”
By Katie Futterman. Thank you, Katie.
The Coast News · Oct. 16, 2026
“Encinitas tackles ‘worsening’ rent hikes at mobile home parks”
By Cameron Adams. Thank you, Cameron.
NBC 7 San Diego · Oct. 14, 2026
“Encinitas mobile homeowners fight rent hike”
Jackie Crea reporting. Thank you, Jackie.
CBS 8 San Diego · Oct. 12, 2026
Manufactured homeowners in Encinitas fight for protections as monthly space fees soar
Richard Allyn reporting. Thank you, Richard.
Also covered by The Cool Down: “California owners of manufactured homes face $350 space-fee hikes, and say they have ‘zero protection’” →
Thank you also to our neighbors at Encinitas Action for sharing our story with their readers: “They own their homes, but they rent the land” (Oct. 11, 2026) →
Support local news. Local reporting like this costs money, and it only exists if readers support it. If these stories mattered to you, please consider supporting the newsrooms that covered them: The Coast News · inewsource (nonprofit)
Our neighbor updates
Every few weeks we send neighbors a short update: what happened, what’s next and one clear ask. Read the ones we’ve sent so far, from the first phone calls to Sacramento to the week before the October 14 vote.
What we’ve done so far
- Around February 2027
Coming up: a draft permanent ordinance
City staff expects a draft around February, after several workshops with residents and with park owners. Dates to come. Join our email list to hear them first.
- Wednesday, November 18, 2026
Coming up: second vote on the regular ordinance
The matching regular ordinance (No. 2026-25) comes back to the City Council so the protection continues without a gap. 6:00 PM, City Hall.
- October 28, 2026
It passed: the City Council adopts the urgency ordinance, 5–0
Item 12B. Space fees held at their October 28 level; increases noticed for November 1 don’t take effect; one increase per space per year, capped at the lesser of 4% or 75% of inflation. Thank you to everyone who filled the room. What it means →
- October 21, 2026
Five residents, four requests · the ordinance is posted
Five residents presented short videos on what the urgency ordinance should include. Watch them. The same day, the City posted the urgency ordinance for October 28 as Item 12B.
- October 14, 2026
City Council votes 5–0 to move forward
The Council took up Item 14A, brought by Mayor Bruce Ehlers, and voted 5–0 to bring back an urgency ordinance by October 28 and begin a permanent fairness ordinance. Watch our video · See the news coverage.
- September – October 2026
Every member of the City Council
Residents have met or spoken with every member of the City Council, including Mayor Bruce Ehlers and, twice, Deputy Mayor Jim O’Hara.
- October 2026
Most of the candidates
Residents have met with most of the candidates for Mayor and City Council, including Rimga Viskanta, Arielle Golden and Brad Lefkowits on October 7.
- October 2026
Taking the case to the public
Beach outreach, neighbor interviews, and this website, so that people who don’t live in the parks can see what is happening and speak up.
- September 22, 2026
Meeting with Mayor Bruce Ehlers
A coalition delegation met with the Mayor at City Hall. He asked for research on the founding of Encinitas as it relates to its manufactured home parks, and pointed us to others in the City to talk with.
- September 21, 2026
All-Parks community meeting
Residents from parks across Encinitas met at Cottonwood Creek Park to organize together rather than one park at a time.
- September 2026
Our question asked at both candidate forums
Selected for the Cardiff 101 mayoral forum and the District 3 Council forum.
- August – September 2026
Residents’ questionnaire and notices collected
Neighbors shared their stories, space-fee statements and increase notices. See what they show →
- 2026
Forming an Encinitas GSMOL chapter
Joining the statewide Golden State Manufactured-Home Owners League, which has helped cities across California write their ordinances.
Get updates by email.
Meeting dates, Council agendas and one clear ask at a time.