Mobile Home Park Email Draft

Hello Councilmembers and city staff,

I wanted to call to your attention a situation with the Skylark Mobile Home park located at 1820 Torrance Blvd. You may remember that Bryant Téllez gave public comment at a previous meeting asking for support to protect the residents of the park. He is the president of Skylark Mobile Home Park HOA. He and the rest of the HOA board are cc'd on this email.

The park sale listing is advertised with a prospectus that clearly indicates the opportunity to raise the rents nearly 100% to reach "market rate" for each lot and rental unit. The property has not been sold in 61 years and the previous owner recently passed away. Bryant has let us know that many of his neighbors are disabled, seniors on fixed income, or folks who would be unable to handle significant rent increases.

See Loopnet sale listing below. 
The property analysis attached indicates that the income generated from the tenants could increase from $22,715 to $45,500. This would be an increase of ~100%.

Listing: https://www.loopnet.com/Listing/1820-Torrance-Blvd-Torrance-CA/39166912/
Prospectus and property analysis: https://www.loopnet.com/viewer/pdf?file=https%3a%2f%2fimages1.loopnet.com%2fd2%2ff1kJ4Jz9emY4ykB8G0Nni0-dYtwPTkQVhTf-BLkx31M%2f1820%2520Torrance%2520BlvdProperty%2520AnalysesFeb%25202026.pdf

This situation seems quite similar to the position the Skyline residents found themselves in. As I'm very sure you remember, those residents experienced significant rent increases causing many to leave their homes or face significant panic and stress. In addition to this HOA group, many residents want to provide support and advocacy for these residents. We want to bring this to your attention now to make sure we are not caught off guard by the actions of the potential new owner of the park.

Please let us know if there is anything we can do or information we can provide that will help protect these residents. We will stay in communication with the HOA and update you when/if the property is sold.

Sincerely,
Christopher Truman (District 3)
Arohi Sharma (District 4)
Aaron Altamura (District 4)
Paul Fox (District 2)
Kenny Johnson (District 1)