Gov. Brown signs order to fast-track use of mobile homes for Valley fire victims in Lake County

Gov. Jerry Brown has signed an executive order that will make it easier for Valley fire victims in Lake County to place mobile homes on properties as emergency housing.

The order, signed last week, suspends key state laws and waives certain registration fees for the placement of mobile or manufactured homes on properties in Lake and Calaveras counties.

Calaveras was the scene of another devastating blaze, the Butte fire. Together, the two fires “destroyed over 2,000 homes and structures, and collectively burned over 146,000 acres of land,” the executive order stated.

For the two counties, Brown’s order suspends for three years certain sections of the state Mobilehome Parks Act and the health and safety code, among other laws.

The aim is to provide emergency housing on public and private lands.

The state Department of Housing and Community Development and local agencies are directed to advise and issue permits to those “seeking to develop mobilehome and special occupancy parks” to house fire victims.