Articles
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...
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...
On January 1, 2014, the Davis-Stirling Act moves to a more spacious new home, thanks to a major reorganization effort by the California Law Revision Commission. For the...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Kelly,
I have a serious question for you. I will quote to you a paragraph from the [HOA’s] Newsletter:
“SERIOUS FINANCIAL PROBLEMS: Several homeowners...
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...
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...
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...
