Overview Reserve funds sit in a separate account for a reason. Homeowners pay into that account every month through their regular assessments (or through special assessments aimed at funding reserves), and the money accumulates over years to cover the expensive work...
Overview So many homeowners across California open violation notices for conduct their HOAs ignored for a decade. The paint color, the fence height, the boat in the driveway, the tree in the side yard. Half the neighborhood does the same thing, nobody received a...
Overview A cluster of rare childhood cancers in Ladera Ranch, a large master-planned community in South Orange County, has forced a question thousands of California HOA homeowners never thought to ask. Residents there suspect that years of pesticide and herbicide...
Overview The Davis-Stirling Act requires board members to be members of their HOAs, and membership depends entirely on recorded ownership. Once escrow closes on the sale of a director’s property, that director is no longer a member of the HOA, and thus is no longer...
Overview Homeowners who discover that their HOAs broke the law frequently look for the state agency that they can complain to. Some look for a state office that licenses HOAs or a hotline that takes complaints, and others might look for the state regulator that audits...
Overview A trending issue in California HOA law involves senior citizens leaving their adult children or grandchildren title to properties inside senior citizen communities (e.g., a 55+ community). California’s senior citizen housing statutes let 55+ communities...
