Mobilehome parks.

Existing law requires the management of a mobilehome park to permit a mobilehome park homeowner to rent his or her home that serves as his or her primary residence or sublet his or her space if a medical emergency or medical treatment requires him or her to be absent from his or her home and the medical emergency or treatment is confirmed in writing by an attending physician. Existing law imposes conditions on that rental or sublease, including the minimum and maximum term of a rental or sublease, and authorizes the management to require approval of a prospective renter or sublessee, as specified. Existing law prohibits a homeowner from charging a renter or sublessee more than an amount necessary to cover the cost of space rent, utilities, and scheduled loan payments on the mobilehome. This bill would additionally authorize the management of a mobilehome park to permit a mobilehome homeowner to sublet his or her mobilehome or space, without regard to whether there is a medical emergency or need for medical treatment on the part of the homeowner, for an amount more than necessary to cover the cost of space rent, utilities, and scheduled loan payments on the mobilehome, if any, and in accordance with the reasonable rules and regulations of the park. The bill would also exempt a space that is sublet pursuant to these new provisions from rent control.