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Relocation payments in Union City

Union City's own rules on relocation payments, with the code text for every value, and the state law underneath.

Each rule below links to the section of the Union City Municipal Code it was read from, with the code text one click away (checked October 2026). General information, not legal advice.

What Union City's code says

Union City code What Union City's code adds
Amount
  • When a park changes use: reasonable relocation costs for each eligible mobile home owner, plus displacement costs during construction.
    Applies: Based on in-place value (up to 100% to ease hardship); home age, type, style, size, amenities; nearby park acceptance; reasonably priced new on-site housing.
    § 16.09.060 · code text
    Relocation assistance shall consist of the reasonable costs of relocating each eligible mobilehome owner giving consideration to each of the following factors:
Exemptions
  • Applicant may seek full or partial exemption if relocation aid would eliminate substantially all reasonable use or economic value.
    Applies: Mobile home park change of use. Must also show continued park use would eliminate substantially all value, for reasons owner or applicant did not cause.
    § 16.09.070 · code text
    That provision of relocation assistance would eliminate substantially all reasonable use or economic value of the property. Such basis may only be established if it is demonstrated that the imposition of such obligations would eliminate the reasonable use or economic value of the property for alternate uses, and that continued use of the property as a mobilehome park would eliminate substantially all reasonable use or economic value of the property for reasons not caused or contributed by the park owner or applicant;
  • Applicant may seek full or partial exemption when a bankruptcy court bars some or all relocation payments.
    Applies: Mobile home park change of use; the bankruptcy court must also find closing the park necessary.
    § 16.09.070 · code text
    That a court of competent jurisdiction has determined in connection with a proceeding in bankruptcy that the closure or cessation of use of said property as a mobilehome park is necessary, and that such court has taken further action which would prohibit or preclude payment of relocation assistance benefits, in whole or in part.
  • No benefits for a tenant who rents a park-owned mobile home and signed a valid written waiver.
    Applies: Mobile home park change of use. The waiver must contain the text of this rule and a written acknowledgment of rights.
    § 16.09.060 · code text
    No benefits shall be provided to any person who is renting a mobilehome from the park owner (who owns the mobilehome) where such tenant shall have executed a written agreement with such park owner waiving his or her rights to any such benefits.
  • A resident who moves in after a change-of-use application is filed may not get relocation assistance.
    Applies: Mobile home park residents; the park owner must tell them in writing before move-in that the application was filed.
    § 16.09.050 · code text
    When an application for a change of use of a mobilehome park has been filed with the Community Development Director, the park owner shall advise each new resident who commences occupancy of a mobilehome within such park after the filing of such application, in writing, prior to commencement of such occupancy, that such application has been filed, and that the resident may not be entitled to any relocation assistance pursuant to Section 16.09.060.
When it is paid
  • Relocation payments must be paid, and a verified statement filed with the Community Development Director, before a building permit issues.
    Applies: Development of land converted from a mobile home park.
    § 16.09.110 · code text
    No building permit shall be issued for the development of any real property which has been, or is being converted from a mobilehome park pursuant to this chapter unless and until the applicant or the owner of the property, as the case may be, who is responsible for payment of any required monetary relocation assistance, shall have filed with the Community Development Director a verified statement made under penalty of perjury that relocation assistance payments required pursuant to this chapter have been paid.
When relocation is owed
  • Converting a mobile home park to another use, once the Planning Commission finds the conversion impact report complies.
    § 16.09.060 · code text
    The applicant shall include within the conversion impact report a statement of relocation assistance which complies with the requirements of this section and that the applicant shall be responsible for providing such relocation assistance when the Planning Commission shall have determined that the conversion impact report complies with the requirements of this chapter except where and to the extent that such applicant shall have been exempted from any such requirement pursuant to Section 16.09.080.

Also in Union City's code: Conversions of Mobilehome Parks to Other Uses (§§ 16.09.050–16.09.110) — mobilehome park conversions to other uses only. This page does not summarize it yet.

The California rule underneath

Where Union City's rule above does not cover a situation, state law still applies. For the statewide rule on its own, see Relocation under California's just-cause law.

CA state law The statewide rule underneath
No-fault eviction relocation assistance
One month's rent (as relocation payment or rent waiver), paid within 15 calendar days of the notice
Applies: For no-fault just causes (owner move-in, withdrawal from market, substantial remodel, government order) on covered units; regardless of the tenant's income.

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Frequently asked questions

Does an Union City landlord have to pay relocation?

Union City's code: When a park changes use: reasonable relocation costs for each eligible mobile home owner, plus displacement costs during construction. (Based on in-place value (up to 100% to ease hardship); home age, type, style, size, amenities; nearby park acceptance; reasonably priced new on-site housing.) (§ 16.09.060); Applicant may seek full or partial exemption if relocation aid would eliminate substantially all reasonable use or economic value. (Mobile home park change of use. Must also show continued park use would eliminate substantially all value, for reasons owner or applicant did not cause.) (§ 16.09.070). State law: One month's rent (as relocation payment or rent waiver), paid within 15 calendar days of the notice (Civ. Code § 1946.2(d)(3)(A)).

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