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Dear Kelly,
Hi, I can’t begin to tell you how many of us faithfully read your weekly column in the newspaper.
My question is this – Our association...
Dear Mr. Richardson,
Our HOA directors regularly nominate themselves as chairs of respective committees within the community. Needless to say, pet projects of individual...
Hi Kelly,
I first want to say I enjoy and appreciate reading your responses and advise on association issues.
I recently found out that the “manager” of the...
Hello Mr. Richardson,
Our HOA board is composed of 5 members, and is updating the CC&Rs and bylaws. The board created a committee composed of 3 board members who have...
Mr. Richardson,
I have been under the impression that a change to the laws in California no longer allowed proxies for elections. We almost never get a quorum on the first...
While normally one thinks of Sacramento as the source of homeowner association law, Washington D.C. is increasingly becoming involved. Three pending bills in Congress will,...
Dear Kelly,
What penalty, if any, is imposed on a management company which does not disclose to the boards of their clients whether or not their manager is certified? I...
Mr. Richardson,
If a member is delinquent on their monthly assessment and goes through foreclosure and the bank takes over the home does the bank pay the...
Given the short time they serve (due to term limits), legislators rarely can address complex issues, and that includes homeowner association law. Except for the California...
Kelly,
Can an association have a line item on the reserve study called “Updating Governing Documents”? Governing documents are recommended to be reviewed and...
Kelly Richardson,
We have lived in three HOAs. What we have found lately is that no one wants anything to do with the HOA even though they signed up to be in it when they...
Some associations suffer damage from financial abuse, which can be every bit as devastating as a fire, except that this financial damage might not be covered by insurance....
