Dills v. Redwoods Associates, Ltd.

Opinion

DAVIS, J.

At issue in this case is whether a mobilehome park owner may charge resident mobilehome owners for the cost of capital improvements as a variable-expense item supplemental to a fixed base rent. We hold that nothing in Civil Code section 798.31 (undesignated section references will be to this code) precludes this practice, capital expenses being a traditional component of rent and there being nothing in the statutory language expressing a concern with the way rent itself is structured. Consequently, we shall affirm the judgment of dismissal entered after the trial court…