Tim Sheahan, President

Tim was born and raised near Spokane, Washington and in 1995 moved from the Los Angeles area to Villa Vista Estates in San Marcos to help care for his mother. In 1996, he became involved in homeowner advocacy; initially as Vice President and then President of his community homeowner association and subsequently as President of the San Marcos Mobilehome Residents Association (SMMRA) from 1997-2000, which led to considerable involvement with the statewide advocacy group, Golden State Manufactured-home Owners League (GSMOL).

GSMOL Experience:
Zone D VP 2010 - Current
GSMO Education Fund - Current
Californian Editor 2006-2011
State President 2006-2010
Zone D VP 2002-2006
State Secretary 2002
Region Seven Manager 2000-2002

Tim has served on the SMMRA Board of Directors since 1997 and the Board of National Manufactured Home Owners Association (NMHOA) since 2003, having served two terms as its President. He also served as a consumer representative to the HUD Manufactured Housing Consensus Committee (MHCC) in Washington, D.C. and represented our Congressional District as a delegate to the White House Conference on Aging. Since 1996, Tim has volunteered over 50,000 hours on behalf of mobile/manufactured home owners.

Bruce Stanton, Esq., Council

Mr. Stanton has been a practicing attorney since 1982, and has spent the majority of his career specializing in the representation of mobilehome residents. He has served as general counsel for the Golden State Manufactured Home Owners League (GSMOL) from 1991-1996, the California Mobilehome Resource & Action Association (CMRAA) from 1996-2008, and since 2008 is once again general counsel for GSMOL. He has helped to author Civil Code amendments to the Mobilehome Residency Law in Sacramento and has assisted with the passage of mobilehome legislation. He has also argued legal cases in several courts of appeal throughout California, and co-authored a brief to the U. S. Supreme Court in 1992 on mobilehome rent control issues. He has written manuals about mobilehome rent control, conversion ordinances and long-term leases. He has worked with and assisted City Attorneys and other City and County officials to amend mobilehome rent Ordinances in a number of jurisdictions, including Modesto, Pacifica and Concord, and has appeared at the Public Utilities Commission on issues involving gas, electric and water charges.

During the past 25 years, Mr. Stanton has represented residents and homeowner groups in multiple administrative rent ordinance hearings across Califorinia.

John Mosher, San Marcos Mobile Estates, Treasurer

Jackie Griffith, San Marcos Mobile Estates, Secretary

Bruce Stanton, Esq., Council