Manufactured housing: emergency preparedness plans.

(1) Existing law, the Mobilehome Parks Act, requires the Department of Housing and Community Development to enact and enforce rules and regulations to protect public health and safety in mobilehome parks. The act authorizes park management to adopt an emergency preparedness plan that includes specified procedures and plans. Under the act, a knowing violation of the act is punishable as a misdemeanor offense. The Special Occupancy and Parks Act requires the department to adopt regulations to govern the use and occupancy of manufactured homes, mobilehomes, and recreational vehicles located in special occupancy parks. Under the act, a knowing violation of the act is punishable as a misdemeanor offense, and any person who willfully violates the act is liable for a civil penalty. This bill would amend both the Mobilehome Parks Act and the Special Occupancy and Parks Act to require an owner or operator of an existing park or a special occupancy park to adopt an emergency preparedness plan on or before September 1, 2010. The bill would require an owner or operator of a park to post notice of the plan, as specified, and to provide information relating to accessing individual emergency preparedness information. The bill would require an enforcement agency to determine park compliance with these provisions if certain conditions have been met. The bill would provide that a violation of this section constitutes an unreasonable risk to life, health, or safety and would require correction by park management within 60 days of notice of the violation. By creating a new crime or expanding an existing crime, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. (2) The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.