Articles

By Matthew A. Gardner, Esq., CCAL

Summer often provides community association boards with a brief opportunity to step back from the pace of meetings, projects, and day-to-day...

Reflections from CAI President Matt Ober, Esq., CCAL, at the 2026 CAI Annual Conference

When my wife Stacy and I purchased our first home together in 1987, we were newly marr...

Updated July 2026

A record number of proposed new laws that may impact our California communities are making their way through the legislature.

With the California Legislatu...

By Matt D. Ober, Esq., CCAL, CAI President

This article first appeared in Beven & Brock News and Views for Homeowner Associations April 2026 newsletter here.

As we these na...

This past week, Matt Ober, Esq., CCAL, CAI International President Elect, had the honor of joining the Association of Strata Managers (ASM) at its Annual International Confere...

This article first appeared in HOAleader.com. Matt Ober, Esq., CCAL, is a regular contributor to help inform community associations. 

An HOAleader.com reader asks: “I underst...

This article first appeared in HOAleader.com. Matt Ober, Esq., CCAL, is a regular contributor to help inform community associations. 

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement...

This article first appeared on HOAleader.com Tip of the Week here.

In this week's tip, we help a reader who wrote in asking if their condo/HOA board can kick a troublesome ow...

SB 770 (Allen) would make changes to Civil Code Section 4745 and remove the requirement that Owners add their association as an additional insured. The purported  goal of the ...

By Matt Ober, Esq., CCAL  

This article first appeared in the CACM Law Journal, Summer 2025 Edition.

WHAT IS THE EMERGENCY? 

In any community association emergency, the HO...

By Kelly G. Richardson, Esq. CCAL

This article first appeared in the CAI Channel Islands Chapter’s Channels of Communication Magazine, May 2025 Issue. You can view the issue ...

Leading the Way: CAI-CLAC 2025 Advocacy Week and Hot Bills

Recently updated July 2025. 

The CAI California Legislative Action Committee (CAI-CLAC) wrapped up their annual Ad...