In recent weeks, fears mounted among low-income seniors who live at Flamingo Mobile Home Park — the senior trailer park tucked into Santa Barbara’s Eastside — as news of an impending sale spread.
Five months ago, after tenants found out that the property went on the market for $10 million, rumors abounded that the park’s 72 units would be removed and replaced with condominiums. An emergency meeting was convened at the park’s poolside, where little was done to quell the tenants’ worries.
“It weighs on you when you are in jeopardy of losing everything you have,” said 68-year-old JoAnn Garrett, who moved to the trailer park at age 14 before it was exclusively for seniors.