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Hello Kelly,
Months ago, I requested permission to have a small satellite dish placed on the side of my home. I never received any reply. I ordered the service and the dish
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Dear Mr. Richardson,
I live in California where it is legal to grow 6 cannabis plants. What can our HOA do about this?
P.F., Newport Beach
Dear P.F.,
As you know, Cali...
Dear Mr. Richardson,
Am I correct in my thinking that our Board can set up a fine schedule without the vote of the membership?
Thank you,
A.P., Newhall
Dear A.P.,
Ass...
Dear Mr. Richardson,
Our HOA is mandating that each unit in our complex be tented for termites. The HOA is stating that there is precedent under California law to force hom
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Dear Mr. Richardson,
Does the HOA board have an obligation to put homeowners’ reasonable comments, questions and other details in the minutes? For example, several months a
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Dear Mr. Richardson,
Our management company recently advised the board that they could no longer discuss any HOA business via “group” emails in between meetings,
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Hello Mr. Richardson,
I own a two bedroom condo with a balcony. We live in the area where a lot of smoke from a busy boulevard, so the balcony needs to be washed often. We
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Dear Sir,
How is it legal for a mobilehome park HOA to be registered with the government as a condominium association? What ramifications does that have on our CC&Rs? We’re
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Hi Kelly,
My spouse and I read your column regularly.
Recently our HOA called a meeting to let us know they want to change our CC&R’s specifically to have homeowners be re
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Dear Kelly,
I own units in many different HOAs, including one in Huntington Beach.
The HOA board has recently promulgated new rules regarding qualifications required for b
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Hey Kelly,
A new owner in our condo complex rented it to tenants who installed security cameras on the exterior of their unit, one on their front door and one on their balc
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Dear Mr. Richardson,
You have a very enlightening column. Our board is now requiring approval of any architectural changes within the individual owner’s unit. Seems this is
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