Castle Mobile Estates residents say they plan to block surveyors from entering their property amid a heated land dispute with the Santa Cruz County Regional Transportation Commission, escalating tensions over the county’s Coastal Rail Trail encroachments.
Live Oak mobile home encroachment
RTC’s rail trail deadline arrives, but mobile home parks haven’t moved, likely spurring at least one lawsuit
The Santa Cruz County Regional Transportation Commission’s June 30 deadline for removing encroachments on future trail land is here. While the owners and residents of one Live Oak mobile home park are discussing alternatives, those from the other park will likely face legal action.
RTC stands firm on June 30 deadline for mobile home parks encroaching on Coastal Rail Trail
The Santa Cruz County Regional Transportation Commission may take legal action if residents of two mobile home parks along the rail line in Live Oak do not comply with a June deadline to move homes that sit on property owned by the agency.
Deadline looms for mobile home residents as officials debate who’s responsible for rail trail encroachment
As residents in two Live Oak mobile home parks await a final Regional Transportation Commission report regarding who is responsible for paying to remedy encroachments along the Santa Cruz Branch Rail Line, County Supervisor Manu Koenig’s office has requested that the commission focus on working with the parks’ owners and not the residents.
After residents told to move their mobile homes for Coastal Rail Trail, some mull legal action
Residents in two Live Oak mobile home parks directly beside the rail line fear they could be displaced by the Coastal Rail Trail project, specifically, Segments 10 and 11 that run right between the two parks. As the Santa Cruz County Regional Transportation Commission prepares to consider options for the residents, those living in the parks have begun seriously weighing legal action.

