Overview Buying a home in a California HOA is not just a real estate transaction. It binds you to a legal framework that controls how you use your property, what you must pay, and how the HOA handles disputes. These risks are not hypothetical. Homeowners living in...
Overview Homeowners often ask whether they can dissolve their HOA, especially when frustration with board decisions, enforcement practices, or rising costs reaches a breaking point. The short answer is yes, but that answer is misleading without context. Dissolving an...
Overview Many California homeowners assume that if their HOA’s insurance or the association itself pays to defend a board member in a lawsuit, that is the end of the story. In many cases, however, that’s not true. Under the right circumstances, the law may require an...
Overview Most California homeowners assume they can simply sue the individual directors responsible if their HOA causes harm. In reality, however, that’s not so easy to do. California law strongly protects volunteer HOA board members from personal liability, and in...
Overview The aftermath of the Altadena and Palisades fires has exposed a problem that many California homeowners who live in high fire zones didn’t see coming. They had insurance through California’s FAIR Plan and they’ve paid very high premiums for that insurance....
Overview Bad HOA boards often attempt to stifle homeowner speech during open board meetings by eliminating open forum entirely, restricting the scope of permissible topics, or deploying obstructive tactics such as claiming a comment is “not on the agenda,” cutting...
