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Crosscurrents

As Another Bay Area Mobile Home Park Gets Eviction Warning, Lawmakers Rush To Help

Angela Johnston
Jim Canova and his dog Charlee, in front of their house at Westwinds.

Residents at the Westwinds Mobile Home Park in San Jose started this decade off with an unsettling surprise.

Just after New Year's, mobile home park management taped letters to over 700 homes, saying leases were going to expire in two years, and that there was a possibility that everyone would get evicted. Within weeks, all levels of governmentrushed to find solutions that would help not only this community, but other mobile home communities across the state and country.

"When you got this letter, you thought, 'Hey, what are we gonna do? What are we going to do!'" - Jim Canova, Westwinds Mobile Home Park resident.

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Angela Johnston is the Senior Producer of Uncuffed and an editor in the KALW newsroom. She holds a Master’s degree in journalism and graduated from KALW’s Audio Academy program. She’s worked for KALW in numerous roles - from the deputy news director, to the health and environment reporter, and she's covered everything from lead poisoning to climate change. Her work has aired on KALW, KQED, Reveal, and The Pulse. She also freelances as a producer and editor for Cosmic Standard and AFAR Media. Outside of work, she loves to swim in the bay, surf small waves on her longboard, read, backpack, cook, and garden.