I moved here recently so I don't know the history of this, but I was wondering if you could tell me about the legality of renting out a camper in your yard, either backyard or driveway? When I was hunting for a rental, I saw quite a few trailers and converted garages (often for prices like $650, $675, where three 'apartments' shared a bathroom and a microwave sink, no stove). Is this legal or do they need a special permit? Santa Cruz can be pretty weird. First, going to yard sales, it strikes me that a large percentage here totally has fewer years of schooling or less prestigious jobs than places with equivalently outrageous housing prices up the peninsula near San Francisco. So I guess that many of them bought a few years ago when it was possible for middle/working class people to get a 1-storey 3 bedroom house in this region, and maybe they live off a home equity loan. Secondly, there are stories in the Sentinel that make it seem like houseowners are much more territorial about patrolling their street than in San Francisco/Oakland/most urban areas. The party ordinance would be one example. Today I was really pissed off when I parked in west SC next to what looked like a monster home built where a small house had been knocked down (i've driven less than a mile this week due to national situation- just washed the salt off and moved car). I walked off and this woman came out and chased me down the street and told me to move the car. I asked if she needed the street, and she said "yes, I do need the street" with a certain tone and accused me of not living here. I had asked expecting to hear that she was planning construction or to put a moving van there in one of the four parking spots in front of her house, but it turned out that she felt like she owned spots by her house, and had taken notes when I parked by her house a few weeks ago. I just walked away hoping they have an interest-only adjustable rate mortgage and will get hurt when Greenspan resigns, but yeah, a few suburban mentalities like this will surely be bugging city hall that typical students or renters etc.