MANAGER’S PAGE APRIL 2026
THANK YOU to everyone that returned their Annual Update. If you have not returned it, please get it to us by the end of this month. This information is very important. Please let the office know if you change your phone number, get a new car, or get a new pet. Emergency contacts are crucial.
April showers bring May flowers and lots of weeds. Please keep your space weed free. Thank you.
Unfortunately, we have heard that PG & E won’t be changing the meters until sometime in 2027. We are sorry for the inconvenience.
Nothing can be in front of your utilities. They can’t be blocked by fences, boxes, Etc. Meter readers must be able to get to them to get a reading.
No dogs can be left unattended outside your house at any time. Dogs must be on a leash at all times. They can’t be outside unattended even if you have a fence. The meter reader must be able to get to your meters to read them and we must be able to get to them in case of an emergency.
I hope you enjoyed the last potluck. We will be having another BBQ, on May 23rd to celebrate the pool opening. More info to come.
The speed limit is 10 MPH
Belinda Nelson Property Manager
CRAFTS 1-3PM BOARD GAMES 6-8 PM BOARD GAMES 6-8 PM EVENTS CLUB 6:00 MEETING (Everyone is invited) Crafts 1-3pm CRAFTS 1-3PM BOARD GAMES 6-8 PM
CRAFTS 1-3PM BOARD GAMES 6-8 PM 5:00 PM WHITE ELEPHANT RAFFLE
EVENTS CLUB - April 2026
I try to keep the display case current, so always check it as you go by. The Events Club usually meets on the first Tuesday of each month (April 7 this month) at 6:00pm in the clubhouse. We had 7 people at our Tuesday March 3 meeting.
March Coffee&Donuts was on Saturday March 14. The March Potluck was on Saturday March 21. You are all invited to our Saturday April 10 Coffee&Donuts and to our Saturday April 17 Potluck with a White Elephant Raffle.
Other April events (check the calendar in this month’s Chatter for details) include Crafts Club Tuesdays from 1:00-3:00pm. Game Night from 6:00pm8:00pm in the clubhouse every Thursday. Three or four have currently been playing Rummikub. We encourage you to come and check out these events. Indoor Shuffleboard is available from 8:00am to 8:00pm every day.
Any other ideas? Bring them to the Tuesday April 7 meeting or give me a call at 408-495-1998. We are always looking for helpers. Also, you can flag me down as I ride my bike around the park. I enjoy seeing all of you exercising as well.
George Van Buskirk, email: georgeavb64@gmail.com Events Club President cell phone: 408-495-1998
The “Souper” Bowl Sunday MVP (Most Valuable Potluck)
HAMBURGER AND ICE CREAM SOCIAL
COME AND JOIN YOUR NEIGHBORS AND FRIENDS
CLUB HOUSE SATURDAY. MAY 23—12-1 PM
TICKETS: $7.00 AVAILABLE IN OFFICE FROM MAY 1 UNTIL MAY 19 (Tickets NOT sold at the event)
ICE CREAM PROVIDED BY BELINDA AND MANAGEMENT
BRING YOUR OWN DRINKS (WATER PROVIDED)
CONDIMENTS PROVIDED (VEGGIE BURGER OPTION
$9.00—PRIOR REQUEST)
FRIENDS/CHILDREN OF RESIDENTS INVITED
WE DO NEED A COUPLE OF VOLUNTEER BBQ COOKS
THE FIFTH ANNUAL HOUSE DECORATING CONTEST WAS A SUCCESS
OUR PARK WAS VERY FESTIVE IN DECEMBER WITH THE BRIGHT CHRISTMAS LIGHTS
THE WINNERS ARE:
1ST. PLACE: Phan Dung, Space, 144
2ND. PLACE: Tinh Nguyen & Lan Tran Space, 78
3RD. PLACE: Victoria Cornall, RV "E”
Thank you, Terry Traenkle, for driving around the park with me. Pictures in the March Chatter.
Gail
Our First-place winner for the 2025 Christmas house decorating contest.
Phan Dung, space 144
Second-place winner for our 2025 Christmas house decorating contest.
Tihn Nguyen and Lan Tran, space 78.
Our third-place winner for the 2025 Christmas house decorating contest is Victoria Cornall in RV "E"
The following is a list of our volunteers who kindly distribute the monthly Chatter and their space assignments:
MARU ARAGAW ( 34) 80-95 68-73
GAIL OSMER (132) 144-129 145-159
RICARDO BELLEN (92) (Alternate)
AHAMAD AFFIFI (163) 173-160 ---174-187
ANITA LOZANO ( 25) 23-35
RVs A ,B,C,D,E,F, G
PHIL NGUYEN (144) 1-4 64-48
TERRY TRAEKLE ( 111) 111-96 112-128
MIKE DOWNING (83) 5-22 69-72
DON/LISA SIMON (177) 200-188 & 47-36
Report from Martha O’Connell, GSMOL Regional Manager –
I sent a press release to the media. Spotlight picked it up and the rest is history. That release read as follows:
“When GSMOL Regional Manager Martha O’Connell submitted a public records act request for all emails between Mobilehome Park owners and their representative and the Director of Housing Erik Solivan, she had no idea what her request would uncover. O’Connell, a leader in GSMOL (Golden State Manufactured Homeowners League) and numerous other Mobilehome owners had been very upset about the lack of advance notice and community engagement around what she describes as “the most significant changes to the San Jose Mobilehome Rent Ordinance in its history.” The item is scheduled for a Council vote on 1-27-26.
The emails obtained by O’Connell reveal that while the residents and the City's Housing Commissioners were kept in the dark, the Park owner representative on the Housing Commission, Ryan Jasinky, not only had private meetings and communications with Solivan and his staff over several months, but provided draft language for changes to the rent control ordinance.
Dan Finn, the resident's rep on the Housing Commission, was kept in the dark.
“This is hardly a level playing field,” O’Connell commented. “Not only were we blindsided, but our input was not solicited while the Park owner representative was directly involved. This brings into question the fairness and objectivity of the Solivan proposals.”
It was only because of a protest by Park residents that the vote was delayed so the residents could organize and be informed. “The informational meetings were tightly controlled by Housing and we really did not have a chance to rebut the spin used to try and justify weakening our rent control law,” O’Connell stated.
Residents have flooded the Council with petitions and emails for the 1-27-26 meeting.
Former Director of Housing, Jacky Morales-Ferrand wrote a letter to the Council calling into question the proposals and the lack of data to support them.
“We call on the Council to demonstrate fairness to the Mobilehome Community” O’Connell said.”
On 1-27-26, by a vote of 10-1, the Council upset the Park owners apple cart and delayed the final vote until the fall. Solivan was ordered to do more research and outreach.
The City Council voted 10-1 Tuesday to delay a proposed 10% space rent increase whenever a mobile home is sold and engage in community meetings with residents and park owners to develop a mutual agreement. District 7 Councilmember Bien Doan voted against the delay because he wanted to reject the rent increase altogether.
After initially supporting the rent increase, Vice Mayor Pam Foley and Councilmember Rosemary Kamei expressed concern at the meeting after internal emails showed the Housing Department consulted with a representative of a company that owns several mobile home parks in the city to craft the policy.
Dozens of residents spoke against the proposed rent increase at the council meeting.
Fred Gomez, a mortgage broker, said the rent increase would price out a significant number of working-class people, since buyers would need to make three times the housing expense including space rent to be approved. He’s already having to turn down about half of the people who come to him looking for a loan, and said if the rent increase goes into effect, about 30% to 50% more people may be unable to afford a mobile home.
“The mobile home buyers are the working class. The city needs to protect (mobile homes) because it’s less than 1% of the overall housing within the city of San Jose,” Gomez told San José Spotlight. “Park owners are multimillionaires. They just want to line their profits by making an extra $2 (million) or $3 million.”
When the policy was first made public in November, mobile home residents said there had been no prior outreach. Emails shared with San José Spotlight reveal the policy was being drafted with park owners in mind long before the public knew.
Emails show Housing Department employees asking Ryan Jasinsky, property manager of mobile home park company owner Brandenburg, Staedler & Moore, to provide feedback on the draft policy. Jasinsky represents the company and other park owners on the Housing and Community Development Commission. The company owns eight mobile home parks in San Jose, including Mill Pond, Mountain Springs and Quail Hollow.
Emails dating as early as Sept. 21, 2025 show Housing Director Erik Soliván asking Jasinsky to do a “page turn” on the draft policy to get feedback. In that same email, he asked to set up a meeting with Jasinsky.
Martha O’Connell, regional manager for Golden State Manufactured-Home Owners League and mobile home resident, said these emails throw Soliván’s objectivity into question.
“These proposals are nothing but a wish list for the park owners,” O’Connell told San José Spotlight.
O’Connell, who served on the commission for eight years, said Jasinsky told her a week prior to the November commission meeting he heard “through the grapevine” the city was going to increase rent.
“He didn’t want me to know that he was the one writing it,” O’Connell said.
End of quotes from Spotlight.
My comment in the Spotlight “log in to comment” section:
This is hardly a level playing field for the development of City policy. Not only were we blindsided, but our input was not solicited while the Park owner representative was directly involved for months. This brings into question the fairness and objectivity of the Solivan proposals. And it was only because of a protest by Park residents that the Housing Commission vote was delayed so the residents could organize and be informed. The informational meetings were tightly controlled by Housing, and we really did not have a chance to rebut the spin used to try and justify weakening our rent control law.
GSMOL – we have your back.
GSMOL was incredibly organized. We prepared a written statement full of facts that are now in the record. We collected speaker cards in the corridor and turned them into the City Clerk in order so that each person could pick up reading where the previous speaker had left off. (Each person only had one minute to speak.)
Every one of our Chapter officers was present and spoke. Great turnout. Great organizing. Great result. GSMOL will continue the fight against gutting our rent control.
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