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June 2007
Resident Owned Parks has announced acquisition of Arcata Mobilehome Park in Arcata, California. Park acquisition was made possible through financial support of the City of Arcata. Acquisition of Arcata Mobilehome Park is the second park purchased by nonprofit ROP in the City of Arcata, following the March 2007 purchase of Sandpiper Park, also with assistance from the City of Arcata. The city is committed to the preservation of affordable housing and the ROP nonprofit purchase of both Sandpiper and Arcata Mobilehome Park helped the city to preserve a number of affordable housing units for low income individuals. Not only did the City of Arcata provide financial assistance for purchase of the park, it has committed additional funding for both parks in order to accomplish a rehab and upgrade of infrastructure. Additionally, low income residents of both parks are eligible for First Time Homebuyer Loan Assistance made available through the City of Arcata so that they can purchase new mobilehomes to replace their older units. This help enables both low income residents and the surrounding community to benefit according to Maurice Priest, president of ROP. Following completion of rehab, the overall appearance of both parks will be dramatically improved, and a number of park residents will be able to occupy new manufactured homes.
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October 2007
Dan Hauser and Steve Gullage Join ROP Board of Directors.
Dan Hauser, a former mayor and state legislator, and Steve Gullage past president of Golden State Manufactured Homeowners League, have joined the ROP Board of Directors.
Dan Hauser graduated from Humboldt State University and served two terms on the Arcata City Council from 1974 to 1982. From 1978 to 1982 he was mayor of Arcata. He was elected to the California Legislature in 1982 representing the 1st Assembly District for 14 years. His Assembly District included Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, Mendocino and Sonoma counties. Dan served a total of 14 years in the Assembly until termed out in 1996. For nine years he chaired the Committee on Housing and Community Development where he offered significant legislation involving mobilehome and mobilehome parks. During his Assembly career, Mr. Hauser, (a Democrat) had a total of 306 pieces of legislation signed into law by Republican governors. Following his service in the California Legislature Dan was Executive Director of the North Coast Railroad Authority and General Manager of the Northwestern Pacific Railroad. For the last five and one-half years before his retirement he was the City Manager for the City of Arcata. His extensive experience as the author of mobilehome legislation, and his expertise in local and state government gained during his career as an elected official serving the City of Arcata and the State of California will be a tremendous resource to ROP.
Steve Gullage served as State President of Golden State Manufactured Homeowners League, Inc. (GSMOL) from 1998 to 2006, leading the interests of mobilehome owners throughout California. During his eight years as leader of GSMOL, over 40 new laws were passed in California to improve the rights of mobilehome owners. During his leadership of the organization, GSMOL requested the creation of Resident Owned Parks, Inc. (ROP) so that interests of mobilehome owners could be represented and protected during a nonprofit purchase of rental parks. Steve has spoken in hundreds of mobilehome parks throughout California and has regularly testified before committees of the State Legislature and before city councils. A mobilehome owner in Huntington Beach for over 25 years, Steve shares the ROP commitment to preserve affordable housing. ROP welcomes Steve to its Board of Directors. |
