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"Mobile Home" and Manufactured Home" have been used interchangeably in various CA statues.  So the legislature has decided to give them separate definitions.

MANUFACTURED HOME now generally means (with a few exceptions state in the CA Health & Safety Code Section 18007) a structure that was constructed on or after June 15, 1976, is transportable in one or more sections, is eight body feet or more in width, or 40 body feet or more in length, in the traveling mode, or when erected on-site, is 320 or more square feet, is built on a permanent chassis and designed to be used as a single-family swelling with or without a foundation when connected to the required utilities, and includes the plumbing, heating, air conditioning, and electrical systems.

MOBILE HOME is now defined as a structure that was constructed prior to June 15, 1976, with the rest of the definition of a manufactured home.

June 15, 1976 is the start date that all housing built had to be in compliance with the standards of the US Department of Housing and Urban Development.