A Challenge to Sacramento...

I have listed below two State of California Committees that play an important part in mobile home and mobile home park legislation.  Some if not all of these committee members have at one time or another received complaints regarding the Tatum Kaplan organization.  If these committee members are aware of what is taking place in Tatum-Kaplan owned mobilehome parks, then why has nothing been done.  Why do our state representatives continue to sit on their hands, year after year and do nothing to help us as the Tatum-Kaplan Gang continues to take from us all our properties and funds and then kick us to the curb when there is nothing left???!!!


I am issuing a challenge to each and every one of these committee members.  It's a simple challenge and will not require much time to complete.  Take a few minutes and drive through one of the Tatum-Kaplan mobilehome parks near you.  Look around the park ask yourself why are these residents required to pay space rents as high as $1500.00 per month?  Ask yourself why someone would sign a long term agreement that is filled with confusing legalese and does nothing less than take advantage of unsuspecting residents up to the very end of the contract.   Ask yourself why there are so many empty spaces and vacant homes?   Then, when you return to your committees and have some representative from a lobbying firm sitting before you that spouts about the "extremely sophisticated property owners" they represent remember the drive you took through the Tatum-Kaplan mobilehome park.  


Too many residents have lost their piece of the "American Dream" to the Tatum-Kaplan greed based business.  THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR YEARS!  Our elected officials from the local level on up seemingly do not want to support us and appear to just look the other way when we point out the questionable business practices of our park owners.  If our elected officials don't start taking some meaningful actions against these predatory landlords, it may very well be time for mobile home park residents to start looking the other way at the ballot box.  It is our strong feeling that the Tatum-Kaplan organization needs to be investigated state wide.  Enough is enough!!! 


Senate Select Committee on Manufactured Homes and Communities
Members:
Senator Lou Correa (Chair)
Senator Elaine Alquist
Senator Ellen Corbett
Senator Tom Harman
Senator Alex Padilla
Senator Mark Wyland


California State Assembly Committee on Housing and Community Development 

Norma J. Torres - Chair Dem-61 (916) 319-2061

Juan Arambula - Vice Chair Ind-31 (916) 319-2031

Steven Bradford Dem-51 (916) 319-2051

Mike Eng Dem-49 (916) 319-2049

Danny D. Gilmore Rep-30 (916) 319-2030

Steve Knight Rep-36 (916) 319-2036

Lori Saldaña Dem-76 (916) 319-2076

Tom Torlakson Dem-11 (916) 319-2011

Van Tran Rep-68 (916) 319-2068