NOVATO, Calif. - The residents of one of the Bay Area's most affordable mobile home parks want to give the city half a million dollars a year for decades to buy the park that they are entitled to purchase, but realistically, they will have paid for it twice.

The Novato City Council knew the residents of the Marin Valley Mobile Country Club would be out in strength to save their senior mobile home park. Though there would be no vote, the residents want this city council to honor a promise the city made almost 30 years ago.

Resident after resident spoke out.

"We were promised when the loan was paid, the park would be our own Marin Valley," said one resident.

They also say the City never put a cent of taxpayer money into the purchase. "Residents have paid for everything since 1997, incl

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