5/1/09 Important Resident Letter regarding reopening of park. Click HERE

3/24/09  Oakridge folks moving back in or not?:

3/10/09 The Rumor Mill We've seen copies of e-mails regarding the "Resident Right-of-Entry Permit", some of which blatantly mischaracterize its origin and/or purpose.

In order for City of Los Angeles to agree to the cleanup process now ongoing, the City required Oakridge to sign a "Right-of-Entry Permit", a document developed by the City for the purpose of defining the duties and responsibilities of the City and of Oakridge in this process. As part of that Permit, Oakridge had to agree to use its best effort to obtain copies of insurance policies and related information and documents from the individual Oakridge homeowners, and to provide those documents and/or information to the City. The City asked us to develop an appropriate document for that purpose. Our legal counsel did just that, based on the "Right-of-Entry Permit" agreement between the City and Oakridge. The City approved the "Resident Right-of-Entry Permit" document, then it was sent out via U.S. Mail and this website. Whomever is saying that this is an Oakridge document which the city did not know about is either uninformed or misinformed. One message says "Alarcon says do not sign", which is simply not true. The City needs the individual insurance information to be sure, among other things, that duplicate payments are not erroneously made by the City and/or FEMA. Money is tight enough without having that going on. There is certainly no advantage here for Oakridge. Signing and returning the document and providing the insurance information is merely assistance to the City and FEMA and, ultimately, the effort to get people back into the park.

3/6/09 Notice of Vacating Tenancy

To comply with the California Civil Code, we have asked those of you who will not be returning to Oakridge to tell us that in writing. For that purpose, we have mailed out the appropriate forms to all who have indicated verbally that they will not be returning, and have posted that form on this site on February 10. The form is also available at the park's temporary office. Many of you have signed and returned the forms to our Fullerton office or to the park, but there remain many whose Notices are still outstanding.

There are many Oakridge residents who will be coming back who have requested a move from their former (pre-fire) space to another which may be available. We can't yet commit to such a move to a space for which we have no formal "Notice of Vacating Tenancy", nor can we assign such a space to a potential new resident.

We're aware that there are quasi-public groups who are advising "don't sign anything". In terms of this Notice, that advice is really meaningless. It's not a document which could ever, by any stretch of the imagination, be detrimental to anyone, but is at least a common-sense, common-courtesy thing. With that in mind, please do those folks waiting for specific spaces the courtesy of returning the form to the park or to the Fullerton office. Click here for the form. If you've changed your mind about returning, please let us know that so your space can be removed from the "available" list. Thanks for your cooperation.

2/27/09 Click here for the Right-of-Entry Permit which City of L.A. and Oakridge need for the the start of the debris-clearing project. Click here for Oakridge's letter of explanation regarding the need for the Right-of-Entry Permit. As it may be inconvenient for some to print out the Permit document, it is also being mailed to each homeowner whose home was destroyed.

2/24/09 Special Update from Oakridge Management. Click HERE

2/10/09 For those residents not returning to Oakridge, we ask that you please download this form, fill it out and mail or bring it to the community office at your earliest convenience.  Click HERE

2/4/09  The Oakridge Mobile Home Park monitored access schedule remains the same. Predicted rain showers forecasted Thursday through Friday will not push back the monitored access for the residents’ personal possession retrieval. Coordinated operations will be in place on all four days to assist residents impacted by the Sayre fire. Staff on-site will make a determination each day if escalating weather conditions necessitate cancellation. The schedule remains as follows: