| Hi Friend,
The fight for housing justice in Santa Paula is reaching a breaking point – and City Council must decide who they stand with.
For over a year, mobile home residents in Santa Paula have been living under constant threat of displacement, all because a corporate landlord is trying again and again to squeeze more profit out of our working class community.
Here’s what residents have endured over the last year:
- In January 2025, Harmony Communities filed an application to raise monthly space rent by an outrageous 45%
- In March, residents fought back, submitting over 100 letters opposing the rent hike
- In June, the Santa Paula Mobile Home Rent Review Commission unanimously denied the application based on the evidence submitted
That should have been the end of it.
Instead, just three days later, Harmony Communities filed another application – this time demanding a 47% rent increase.
This isn’t persistence. It’s harassment.
Residents are now forced to relive the same stressful process all over again while their housing stability hangs in the balance. The current loophole allows corporate landlords to keep coming back until they get the answer they want – and it’s on City Council to put a stop to it.
Representative leadership means standing with the people – not allowing corporations to exploit us.
Take Action With Us
Email City Council Today:
Show Up to City Council Tomorrow to Demand:
- Limiting rent increase applications to one per year
- Requiring all application fees and costs to be paid by the applicant, not passed on to residents
- Tomorrow, February 4, at 6:30 PM – 970 S. Ventura Street, Santa Paula
For more information or to get involved, contact our local organizer, Cytlalli Salgado, at Cytlalli@causenow.org.
Let’s remind City Hall what real leadership looks like – and show that organized tenant power will not be ignored.
Lucas Zucker and Hazel Davalos
Co-Executive Directors, CAUSE |
