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Mr. Richardson,
Regarding water cutbacks and dead lawns, can an HOA require homeowners who stopped watering to replace their dead lawns with other types of ground cover suc
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Some well-intentioned ideas can boomerang and hurt those who are intended to be helped. Such is the new Civil Code 4041, created by last yearâs SB918.
Section 4041 appears in...
Mr. Richardson,
In the spirit of shedding light on HOA governance would you please write about the difference between regular open board meetings and the annual homeowners
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Other than the overall condition of the common areas, one of the first opportunities for associations to make a positive impression upon new members is at meetings of the boar...
Dear Kelly,
Our president has delegated our property manager to run our homeowners meetings and he acts like the board works for him and has to agree with everything he pro
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Hi Kelly,
Just read your article [on exclusive use common area] and was wondering the implication (pro and cons) and cost of transferring an exclusive common area into a Un
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Kelly,
Our HOA prohibits washers/dryers in upstairs units. When this rule was adopted, owners who already had washer/dryers were allowed to keep them but no more would be a
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Common interest developments, or homeowner associations (aka âHOAsâ) house about one third of Californians, and most new housing stock is established in HOAs. Can buyers deter...
[Apologies to Clement Clarke Moore]
âTwas the night before the HOAâs Christmas, when through all the community
Not a complaint was there heard, all appeared to be in unity;
The...
2016 was a relatively quiet year for HOAs in Sacramento, with only three bills passing to become law in 2017, and another law taking effect in 2017 from a 2014 bill. Another s...
Ms. Richardson,
Recently we have had issues with projects and proposed projects that involve city regulations versus CC&R restrictions. Our board seems to think that the re
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Mr. Richardson,
Is there a formula to help determine what is a reasonable amount to hold in reserves for a homeowners association?â
J.L., Los Angeles
Dear J.L.,
There ...
