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Good News in 2024 for HOAs – Reduced Quorums Oct 15, 2023

By Kelly G. Richardson, Esq., CCAL 

HOAs often struggle to attain “quorum”, meaning the minimum member participation needed, to conduct board elections....

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Guidelines for Purely Virtual Meetings Oct 08, 2023

By Kelly G. Richardson, Esq., CCAL

In 2024, Civil Code 4926 will permit 100% virtual meetings along with the current in-person and hybrid meeting formats. Readers have...

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BREAKING NEWS: A Win for Community Association Governance; Reduced Quorum for Adjourned Annual Meetings Oct 05, 2023

Governor Newsom Signs Assembly Bill 1458 (Ta) Providing a Path for Community Associations to Achieve Quorum Necessary to Elect Directors 

By Matt D. Ober, Esq.,...

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Purely Virtual Meetings Will Be Legal in 2024 Oct 02, 2023

By Kelly G. Richardson, Esq., CCAL

One byproduct of the pandemic was the explosive growth of virtual meetings for board meetings, and there has been confusion for three...

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Board Doesn’t Act, And Then Won’t Inform Us When They Do! Sep 25, 2023

By Kelly G. Richardson, Esq., CCAL

Dear Mr. Richardson: We are hopeful you can shed some light on these issues in our HOA:

Board members are elected for 2-year terms. ...

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Breaking News: Virtual Meetings Are Now A Reality Sep 25, 2023

Governor Signs Assembly Bill 648 (Valencia/Lowenthal) - Meetings solely by Teleconference

By Matt D. Ober, Esq., CCAL 

California law has finally caught up with...

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Finding HOA Insurance: Strategies in Tough Times Sep 20, 2023

By Kelly G. Richardson, Esq., CCAL 

Many of our client associations have had a difficult time with the rapidly increasing cost of insurance coverage to protect against...

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Reader Questions: Can the Board Enforce That? Why Don’t They? Sep 17, 2023

By Kelly G. Richardson, Esq., CCAL

Dear Kelly: My HOA has made a bulk of the daily hours reserved for private use in our fitness rooms and saunas. Is this legal without a...

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New Appellate Court Ruling Allows Board Email Discussions Sep 11, 2023

There is a transparency law within the Davis-Stirling Act called the “Open Meeting Act,” containing requirements regarding governance transparency. For years,...

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New Appellate Ruling Okays Board Email Discussions Sep 10, 2023

By Kelly G. Richardson, Esq., CCAL

There is a transparency law within the Davis-Stirling Act called the “Open Meeting Act,” containing requirements regarding...

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Can Meetings Be Purely Virtual? Sep 04, 2023

By Kelly G. Richardson, Esq., CCAL

Dear Kelly: The last in person meeting [our HOA] held was August 2022 and it was the annual meeting.  Since then the monthly...

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Reader Questions – Are HOA’s Communist? Aug 25, 2023

By Kelly G. Richardson, Esq.

Hi Kelly: It is my opinion, we the homeowners have no rights in being run by a board of directors, a management company as well as the law....

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