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Kelly,
I live in a condo in Laguna Niguel, CA. I have a small patio (ground level). It would be really nice to be able to have a slightly larger patio. There is a common ar
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Mr. Richardson,
I have been under the impression that a change to the governing laws in California no longer allowed proxies for elections. As such, we almost never get a q
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Kelly,
Our board hired a landscape architect to give a proposal on redoing our entrance area. The proposal includes replacing original asphalt with pavers and installing or
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Good Morning Mr. Richardson,
We purchased a condo in Laguna Niguel. We noticed that many condos have privacy fences. All of these fences are constructed using th
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Dear Kelly,
Our board members look forward to reading your columns with great interest. A question was recently posed regarding residents using cell phones to allow entry i
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Mr. Richardson,
Our HOA has regularly scheduled, monthly, closed meetings. Based on your columns this doesn’t seem right to me. What types of topics are to be considered in
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Dear Mr. Richardson,
I’m on the Board of a 20 year old complex. We have over 200 units. The CCR’s state that all pets in the common area must be kept on a leash, even cats.
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Kelly,
I have a serious question for you. I will quote to you a paragraph from the [HOA’s] Newsletter:Â
“SERIOUS FINANCIAL PROBLEMS: Several homeowners are being foreclose
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Hi Kelly,
We find your column interesting, informative and useful.
Our question is about the fallout from changing the name of an HOA on Articles of Incorporation. That is
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Mr. Richardson,
There are Board meetings taking place with little or no advance notice to anyone other than the Board Members. We never have a formal agenda published and m
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Dear Mr. Richardson,
Our Board adopted a “Code of Ethics” prohibiting any board member from discussing HOA issues with any other member outside of a regularly scheduled Boa
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Dear Mr. Richardson,
I enjoy your columns, and the info presented is usually right-on. However, in the recent column from VV in Rancho Santa Margarita, there was an issue w
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