CALIFORNIA HOA FORECAST 2026: THE 5 DISPUTES THAT WILL DOMINATE (AB 130, INSURANCE, SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS, ADUS, RECALLS) OVERVIEW California HOAs are heading into 2026 with unresolved 2024–25 shifts colliding with rising homeowner expectations and limited board...
Overview California law generally protects volunteer HOA board members from being sued individually. But those protections are not absolute. When directors cross the line into gross negligence, fraud, abuse of authority, or intentional misconduct, they can lose their...
YOU CAN HOLD HOA BOARD MEMBERS PERSONALLY LIABLE IN SOME CASES OVERVIEW Few questions come up more often from frustrated homeowners than whether it’s possible to sue individual HOA board members in California. The short answer is that most of the time, California law...
OVERVIEW California homeowners, including those who live in associations governed by homeowners’ associations (HOAs), are protected against discrimination, retaliation, and harassment by their HOAs under the federal Fair Housing Act (FHA) and California’s Fair...
Overview California law protects homeowners not only from discrimination by their HOA, but also from retaliation when they assert their rights. Retaliation occurs when an HOA board takes adverse actions against a homeowner because that homeowner filed a complaint,...
