Articles

By Kelly G. Richardson, Esq., CCAL, HOA Homefront Column

Dear Mr. Richardson: I asked our HOA management company about owners displaying flags inside windows, on individual u...

By Kelly G. Richardson, Esq., HOA Homefront Column 

Dear Mr. Richardson: Our HOA board recently changed the rules without notifying owners. Does this invalidate the changes? ...

By Kelly G. Richardson, Esq., HOA Homefront Column

The previous two columns featured four bills helpful to HOAs and five unhelpful bills. However, one final bill, Senate Bill...

By Kelly G. Richardson, Esq., HOA Homefront Column

Here are five pending bills that would not help HOAs:

SB 1238 would create many problems. It proposes to add to Civil Code...

By Kelly G. Richardson, Esq., HOA Homefront Column

The Legislature is more active this year regarding common interest developments than it has been in many years. There are p...

By Kelly G. Richardson, Esq., HOA Homefront Column

Corporation are legal fictions - a game of pretend in which fictional entities are created registering with the state. Once...

By Kelly G. Richardson, Esq., HOA Homefront Column

Dear Kelly: Do bylaws allowing action without a board meeting supersede Davis-Stirling Act requirements? My HOA’s bylaws pr...

 By Kelly G. Richardson, Esq., HOA Homefront Column

Question: Our HOA requires minutes of all committee meetings, including those involving vendor interactions. When I reques...

By Kelly G. Richardson, Esq., HOA Homefront Column

 Last week’s column reviewed the roles and boundaries of the various HOA team participants. While sometimes it can seem fru...

By Kelly G. Richardson, Esq. CCAL, HOA Homefront Column

Advising HOAs used to occasionally be very stressful, when directors would sometimes argue with me or a board would di...

By Kelly G. Richardson, Esq., CCAL, HOA Homefront Column 

The Business Judgment Rule (hereafter, “BJR” for brevity) protects directors from personal liability if the board er...

By Kelly G. Richardson, Esq., CCAL 

Association directors are unpaid volunteers serving their neighbors – so is it fair that they could be sued for their volunteer work? The ...