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2. No Park Owner shall require any Mobilehome Owner/Legal Owner to waive his or her rights to relocation assistance as a condition of renting a space in the Mobilehome Park. It shall be against public policy to subvert any provisions of this Chapter by coercing the waiver of any rights or privileges created or protected thereby. Any provision of a lease agreement which purports directly or indirectly to waive or require waiver of the rights of a Mobilehome Owner/Legal Owner under this section or which requires prior consent to the conversion, closure, or cessation of use of land as a Mobilehome Park shall be null, void, and unenforceable. 3. Mobilehome Owners/Legal Owners eligible for relocation assistance shall be entitled to the assistance required by the Rent Board as a condition of Change of Use even if they vacate from the Mobilehome Park before the Rent Board's final determination concerning required relocation assistance. Q. Additional Protections 1. Right of Negotiated Purchase: In the event a Park Owner notifies Mobilehome Owners/Legal Owners/Residents of a proposed Park conversion, the Mobilehome Owner/Legal Owner/Residents shall have the right to negotiate purchasing the Park. If the Mobilehome Owner/Legal Owner/Resident so acts, then all action on the conversion is halted for 180 days and the City of Santa Ana shall assign a mediator to facilitate purchase negotiations. a. Right of First Refusal: In the event of a Park conversion, the Mobilehome Owner/Legal Owner/Resident shall have the right of first refusal to purchase/lease/rent the housing at the Park premises after conversion. 2. Denial of Permit for Coercion: A permit for Park conversion may be denied where there is is substantial or credible evidence that the Park Owner has coerced Mobilehome Owners/Legal Owners/Residents to publicly support or approve closure, proposed conversion of a Mobilehome Park to another use, or cessation of the use of land as a Mobilehome Park, or to refrain from publicly opposing the same, or to forego any assistance to which they might be entitled. 3. Rights of Mobilehome Owners/Legal Owners/Residents/Tenants: Mobilehome Owners/Legal Owners/Residents/Tenants in a Park proposed for conversion have the following rights: a. Right to terminate a lease or rental agreement, without penalty, upon 60 days' notice to the Landlord. b. No increase in rent until the termination of a lease/rental agreement, or until 12 months after the date of issuance of the final public report, or expiration of Lease, whichever is longer. C. No unjust eviction during tenancy. d. No coercion or retaliatory action against such Mobilehome Owner/Legal Owner/Tenant/Resident, including pressure to support, or refrain from opposing, a conversion project. 82