Overview California law sets clear limits on how HOAs may regulate pets. Under the Davis-Stirling Act, HOAs may adopt reasonable pet-related rules, but they may not impose restrictions that function as an outright ban. Civil Code 4715 anchors that framework and draws...
Overview If one of your neighbors pepper sprays your dog and then claims “self-defense,” the question you are likely to ask is whether the neighbor had any legal justification for his or her conduct. Unfortunately, given the number of California homeowners who have...
Overview Some homeowners assume that when they contact their HOA board or manager with a complaint, concern, or allegation, the HOA or its directors are legally required to keep that communication confidential. That assumption becomes even more common when the...
Overview The Business Judgment Rule (sometimes referred to as the “BJR”) is often treated by bad HOA boards and managers as a sort of universal shield against scrutiny or negligent/bad faith actions. So, for example, when homeowners living in such associations...
Overview Water intrusion (i.e., water leak) disputes in California HOAs rarely go off the rails because the law is unclear. They often go off the rails because bad HOAs skip the required analysis and rely on oversimplified shortcuts that the law simply doesn’t...
