Carson’s District 4 Candidate Gomez Accused of lying on Campaign

Carson candidate for 4th district city council Freddie Gomez found himself in hot water after Park Avalon Mobile Estates residents called him out for false statements made in his campaign pamphlet.

In the pamphlet, Gomez stated he “successfully helped to prevent the closure of Park Avalon Mobile Home Park.” But Park Avalon’s homeowners association (HOA) vice-president, Glenn White said that Gomez had zero involvement in preventing the closure.

“I’m pretty upset about it,” White expressed. “It’s ridiculous. He had nothing to do with it. He had never even attempted to talk to us and here he is trying to claim credit for doing something that he had nothing to do with. The owner made this decision. Freddie had nothing to do with this.”

Peter Wang, the owner of Park Avalon, withdrew the Relocation Impact Report application on June 16. Without it, Wang could not move forward with the process of closing down the mobile home park. In a letter addressed to Park Avalon residents in August, Mayor Lula Davis-Holmes assured residents that Wang put an indefinite hold in his efforts of closing the park.

The good news was temporary for White — the law permits Wang to submit a new RIR application.

Mayor Pro Tem Jim Dear has introduced a mobile home zoning draft that will make it if park owners propose to close the park, it will have to be replaced with a new mobile homes park. 

White is a leading advocate for the city council to change the zoning rules regarding mobile home parks. White believes the ordinance will save the mobile home parks from closure. To that end, with a city council seat waiting to be filled in special elections in two months, White has taken charge of gathering the candidates positioning on the ordinance. White claims Gomez never attended HOA meetings or advocated for mobile home park residents at rallies.

“If he would have called me or tried to make contact with us in any way, I would have heard about it,” White said. “I would have reached out to him because I am certainly interested in talking to him. It’s not like we would give him shit if he tried to reach out, but he hasn’t done that. He hasn’t done anything.”

White is not surprised by Gomez’s actions. After having lived in Carson for the past 24 years, and has seen a lot of political shenanigans take place through election season.

“It doesn’t surprise me in any way, but it’s still disappointing to see them acting this way,” White said. “In the flyer, he outright says that he assisted in stopping the closure of Park Avalon mobile home park, and if he helped in some way, I sure would like to know what that is because that’s all right bull.”

Freddie Gomez has not replied to Random Lengths News for comment in this story.

“It’s wrong that he is deceiving people in the city,” White said. “It’s just wrong to do that. Especially to use us in that way, that’s just outrageous.”