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This is an active time in Sacramento, as literally thousands of bills (over 2,300 at last count) have been proposed this year for possible new or changed laws in California. M...
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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Hi,
I am Treasurer of a 12 unit HOA, built in 1978, and that is how old all the governing documents are. I know we need to update the documents. Is there a CCRs for dummies
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Hello Mr. Richardson,
What is hoa? I just glanced at your article in the newspaper entitled “Peace among HOA neighbors.” You use the word “hoa” often, but do not define it.
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