Welcome to the Mariposa County Board of REALTORS®.  We are the local trade association for Mariposa County, including the communities of Bagby, Bear Valley, Bootjack, Briceburg, Cathey's Valley, Coulterville, El Portal, Fish Camp, Greeley Hill, Hornitos, Hunters Valley, Jerseydale, Lushmeadows, Mariposa Town, Midpines, Mormon Bar, Mount Bullion, Ponderosa Basin and Yosemite as well as other locations in the surrounding region of the Central California Foothills.

The Mariposa County Board of Realtors was established in 1975 and we became a REALTOR® Board in 1978. 

Our Members are dedicated to protecting local private property rights and helping families throughout the Mariposa County Area to achieve the American Dream of home ownership.

Our Members are community minded and belong to various local organizations like Kiwanis Club, Mariposa Rotary Club, Free & Accepted Masons, Habitat for Humanity and  V.F.W.   Since 1976 our Members have helped raise and fund scholarships for our local students; to date MCBOR has awarded $84,000 in scholarship awards.

Mariposa County is the home of Yosemite National Park so come on up the hill and see all that Mariposa County has to offer; lots of open space, clean air, friendly people and lots of fun and interesting things to see and do.  Click on the Mariposa Visitors Information link to learn about all the places to visit, stay, shop and eat in our beautiful county.

Occasionally, members of the public find themselves embroiled in a dispute with their REALTOR®. Sometimes there are even disputes between two REALTORS®. The Ombudsman Hotline is a free service available to both members of the public as well as REALTORS®. The C.A.R. Ombudsmen receives and responds to questions and complaints about members; can contact members to inform them that a client or another REALTOR® has raised a question or issue; and can provide an informed response to the person complaining.

Click here to Request a call-back from an Ombudsman Administrator. You may also call (213) 739-7227 or send an email to ombudsman@car.org.

Jim Hildreth Real Estate Mediation Services                 209-536-1103

With 34 years of experience in the Real Estate Brokerage Business, Jim Hildreth provides compassion, leadership and reaches for consensus.

Real Estate Mediations Services:

• Real Estate Mediations
• Professional, Goodwill & Fairness, Resolution
• Real Estate
• Landlord/Tenant
• Contract Disputes
• Non-Disclosure Issues
• Buyer & Seller Disputes
• Homeowner Associations
• Probate
• Realtor Disputes
• Residential, Multi-Family & Commercial
• Construction Related Disputes
• Expert Witness Superior Court
• Valuation Issues  

Californians for Homeownership was founded in response to the California Legislature’s call for public interest organizations to fight local anti-housing policies on behalf of the millions of California residents who need access to more affordable housing. We work to address California’s housing access and affordability crisis through impact litigation and legal education.
 

California's Housing Crisis

For decades, California has experienced a housing access and affordability crisis. In recent years, this crisis has reached historic proportions. As a result of the housing affordability crisis, younger Californians are being denied the opportunities for housing security and homeownership that were afforded to previous generations. Families across economic strata are being forced to rent rather than experience the wealth-building benefits of homeownership. Many middle and lower-income families devote more than half of their take-home pay to rent, leaving little money to pay for transportation, food, healthcare, and other necessities. Housing insecurity in California has also led to a mounting homelessness crisis.

How We Help

Californians for Homeownership acts as a voice for the millions of Californians at all income levels who need increased access to housing they can afford—a voice that is systematically underrepresented in California’s system for making land-use decisions. We represent this important voice in city halls and courtrooms across the state.

California’s housing crisis is statewide, but housing policy is set locally. And it is driven in large measure by local policies that favor the interests of local voters over regional and statewide housing needs. Not in My Backyard (NIMBY) and other local exclusionary housing policies are a major driver of the housing crisis. These policies are used across California to delay, reject, and downsize housing development projects—especially projects that might increase access to affordable housing.

As the housing crisis has worsened, California has enacted increasingly stringent state laws designed to limit exclusionary housing policies and encourage housing development. These laws require California’s cities and counties to plan for the creation of enough housing to meet regional housing needs—and to stick to those plans. They also require localities to permit certain forms of housing development, such as the construction of “accessory dwelling units.” And they penalize cities and counties that fail to produce adequate housing. Learn more about California’s legislative efforts to create more housing.

These laws are meaningless without strong enforcement, and violations are widespread. California’s Department of Housing and Community Development and the other state agencies charged with enforcing housing laws lack the resources and authority to address every violation. That’s where we come in: we monitor compliance with laws that prohibit exclusionary land-use practices—and, when necessary, we sue to enforce them. Learn more about our work.