Owners of mobile home park destroyed in the Palisades fire say they're finally clearing the debris

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Former residents of the Palisades Bowl Mobile Home Estates, a roughly 170-unit mobile home park completely destroyed in the Palisades fire, received a notice Dec.23 from park owners saying debris removal would start as early as Jan.

2.The Bowl is the largest of only a handful of properties in the Palisades still littered with debris nearly a year after the fire.It’s left the Bowl’s former residents, who described the park as a “slice of paradise,” stuck in limbo.The email notice, which was reviewed by The Times, instructed residents to remove any burnt cars from their lots as quickly as possible, since contractors cannot dispose of vehicles without possessing the title.

It followed months of near silence from the owners.“The day before Christmas Eve ...it triggers everybody and throws everybody upside down,” said Jon Brown, who lived in the Bowl for 10 years and now helps lead the fight for the residents’ right to return home.

“Am I liable if I can’t get this done right now? Between Christmas and New Year’s? It’s just the most obnoxious, disgusting behavior.”Brown is not optimistic the owners will follow through.“They’ve said things like this before over the years with a bunch of different things,” he said, “and then they find some reason not to do it.”Earlier this year, the Federal Emergency Management Agency denied requests from the city and the Bowl’s owners to include the park in the U.S.

Army Corps of Engineers cleanup program, which FEMA said was focused on residential lots, not commercial properties.In a letter, FEMA argued it could not trust the owners of the Bowl to preserve the beachfront property as affordable housing.

Climate & Environment The Pacific Palisades Bowl mobile home park is still riddled with fire debris, months after the park next door was cleaned up.Residents are feeling frustrated and helpless.The Bowl, whic...