Former residents of Pacific Palisades Bowl Mobile Estates pushing to rebuild get disturbing news.
Owners of the Pacific Palisades Bowl Mobile Estates have begun quietly marketing the fire-damaged property to investors, raising concerns that a long-standing source of affordable housing along the coast may never return.
The beachfront mobile home park was destroyed in last year’s Palisades Fire, which burned through the community and displaced residents who had lived on the rent-controlled lots. Before the fire, the park contained 173 mobile home spaces and served as one of the few relatively affordable housing options in an area dominated by multimillion-dollar homes.
Jon Brown and Beverly Narayan, two of the owners, were disturbed by the news. Brown told CBS News LA, “Every single one of those spaces is represented by another human being. To characterize this as a clean slate is an obnoxious move to kick us all while we’re down.”
Narayan stated, “When you look at mobile home tenancy law, it’s pretty specific about how you can terminate a tenancy. Wildfire or destruction of the park isn’t one of them,” as quoted by CBS News LA.
A confidential offering memorandum posted here describes the 861,181-square-foot site as “a rare blank canvas for transformative development,” suggesting the property could be redeveloped if sold.
Former residents have been pushing to rebuild on the lots where their homes once stood, saying they want to return to the community that existed before the fire. Some are considering litigation, according to CBS News LA, and think that might be the only way to get a response.
