terms, including interference

with the sale of their homes, loss of their homes, and, emotional distress." In their

allegations of an "actual controversy" for purposes of declaratory relief, the homeowners

alleged their "right to continued tenancies in the Park at a rent level that corresponds to

the reasonable worth of their tenancies." The prayer for relief under the 12th cause of

action requests a declaration of the homeowners' rights and obligations respecting their

"continued tenancies, leases and rental agreements in the Park and rent levels, and sale

and use of their mobilehomes and a declaration of Defendants' duties[.]"

       At trial, the plaintiffs testified about high rent and the effect it had on their lives, as

noted in our statement of facts above. Plaintiffs' main damages expert, commercial

appraiser Robert Caringella, testifiedIV. Severable Portions of the Judgment Not Challenged on Appeal and Moot
                                      Contentions

       We will affirm the following portions of the judgment that are severable from the

portions of the judgment we are reversing and are not challenged on appeal: the ruling

that "the lease provisions concerning the right of first refusal, release, and the arbitration


19      Plaintiffs affirmatively raised the issue of whether the rent increases in their rental
agreements were unconscionable in their 12th cause of action for rescission and
declaratory and injunctive