RECENT CALIFORNIA DECISIONS

June 2005

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Sixth District Court Holds State Law Preempts County Ordinance Requiring Local Approval for Installation of Multi-Story Mobilehomes
County of Santa Cruz v. Waterhouse

On March 31, the Court of Appeal for the Sixth District stymied a county’s efforts to regulate two-story mobilehomes when the court ruled that the County of Santa Cruz overstepped its boundaries in regulating two-story mobilehomes because California’s Mobilehome Parks Act (Health and Safety Code, § 18300, et seq.) (MPA) preempted the county’s ordinance, which required local planning approval for the installation of multi-story mobilehomes.