Glenn Bell

President, Neighborhood Friends

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President of Neighborhood Friends, a nonprofit group established to work on behalf of mobilehome owners and resident in the Blue Star Mobile Home Park in Sylmar, California

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People in mobile home parks have complained for years they are second-class citizens unprotected by the same codes and regulations as other residents of California.

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People in mobile home parks have complained for years they are second-class citizens unprotected by the same codes and regulations as other residents of California.

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