Mission Oaks Mobile Home Park, a California General Partnership v. City of Hollister Hollister Mobilehome Rent Commission

Mission Oaks Mobile Home Park (“Mission Oaks”), a mobilehome park in Hollis-ter, California, brought suit in federal court challenging the City of Hollister’s (“City”) Mobilehome Park Rent Control Ordinance. Mission Oaks had filed a challenge to the rent control ordinance in state court, alleging the same basic violations prior to filing the federal suit. The district court dismissed the federal suit on Younger abstention grounds. Mission Oaks Mobile Home Park v. City of Hollister, 788 F.Supp. 1117, 1118-22 (N.D.Cal.1992). We have jurisdiction over this timely appeal pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291 . We affirm.

FACTS

Mission Oaks filed an action in state court in September, 1990, challenging the City’s Mobilehome Park Rent Control Ordinance on several grounds. In February, 1991, Mission Oaks filed a petition with the Hollister Rent Commission to increase rent pursuant to the procedure outlined in the ordinance. The increase was approved but in an amount significantly lower than requested. In July, 1991, Mission Oaks filed a motion for partial summary judgment and, a day later, a petition for a Writ of Mandate challenging the Commission’s decision. In October, 1991, Mission Oaks…