Articles
By Kelly G. Richardson, Esq. CCAL, HOA Homefront ColumnÂ
Civil Code 4926 permits 100% virtual meetings as an alternative to solely in-person or hybrid board meeting formats. ...
By Kelly G. Richardson, Esq. CCAL, HOA Homefront Column
Mr. Richardson: It appears during the pandemic that state law changed to allow HOAs to hold board meetings by Zoom. Th...
By Kelly G. Richardson, Esq., CCAL, HOA Homefront Column
Dear Mr. Richardson: I asked our HOA management company about owners displaying flags inside windows, on individual u...
By Kelly G. Richardson, Esq., HOA Homefront ColumnÂ
Dear Mr. Richardson: Our HOA board recently changed the rules without notifying owners. Does this invalidate the changes? ...
By Kelly G. Richardson, Esq., HOA Homefront Column
The previous two columns featured four bills helpful to HOAs and five unhelpful bills. However, one final bill, Senate Bill...
By Kelly G. Richardson, Esq., HOA Homefront Column
Here are five pending bills that would not help HOAs:
SB 1238 would create many problems. It proposes to add to Civil Code...
By Kelly G. Richardson, Esq., HOA Homefront Column
The Legislature is more active this year regarding common interest developments than it has been in many years. There are p...
By Kelly G. Richardson, Esq., HOA Homefront Column
Corporation are legal fictions - a game of pretend in which fictional entities are created registering with the state. Once...
By Kelly G. Richardson, Esq., HOA Homefront Column
Dear Kelly: Do bylaws allowing action without a board meeting supersede Davis-Stirling Act requirements? My HOA’s bylaws pr...
 By Kelly G. Richardson, Esq., HOA Homefront Column
Question: Our HOA requires minutes of all committee meetings, including those involving vendor interactions. When I reques...
By Kelly G. Richardson, Esq., HOA Homefront Column
 Last week’s column reviewed the roles and boundaries of the various HOA team participants. While sometimes it can seem fru...
By Kelly G. Richardson, Esq. CCAL, HOA Homefront Column
Advising HOAs used to occasionally be very stressful, when directors would sometimes argue with me or a board would di...
