Several Fresno County agencies are intervening at an RV park that residents say is run down and uninhabitable. The situation at Jack’s Bayou Resort outside Mendota is already the subject of state investigations and a lawsuit. The safety of the park is the main issue, especially the sewer system. Park...
Residents Sue Over RV Park's Squalid Conditions
Residents at the squalid Jack’s Bayou Resort are fighting back. In the latest development at the RV park on the outskirts of Mendota, three women filed suit against the park’s owners. The 11 allegations range from breach of quiet enjoyment of the premises to negligent failure to provide a livable...
Survival and Optimism Rise from Ashes of California Fires
The blue skies ended in southern Oregon. As my family drove back to Fresno on a cross-country RV trip, we headed down I-5. Initially, I thought the white plumes were coastal fog. The campfire smell proved otherwise. Upon my return to Fresno, I realized the thing I will miss the...
RV Park Starts Complying With State Orders. Residents Still Face Hardships.
Months after residents complained about a dilapidated RV park outside of Mendota, the owner is starting to clean up his act. But residents at Jack's RV Resort Park say they continue to face hardships. Despite orders from a state agency to fix numerous problems, the park’s owners failed to make...
Nowhere to Go: Eviction Deadline for RV Park Residents is Here
The deadline for residents of Jack’s Resort RV Resort to vacate the place they call home has now arrived. But the tenants of the ramshackle RV park near Mendota don't know when or if they'll be thrown off the property, where they might go or whether any help is on the...
Letter to the Editor: Reporter ‘Irresponsible’ on RV Park Story
I write as co-Director of the Central Valley Chapter of the National Lawyers Guild, and as an affordable housing advocate who works closely with low-income, at-risk communities. This is a response to the article posted on April 24, 2018, regarding residents of a mobile home park on the outskirts of...