Overview HOA fees (i.e., dues) move in two directions, and both can signal trouble. Some HOAs raise dues year after year, and homeowners want to know why and whether the increases are even legal. Other HOAs do the opposite, freezing dues for years to look like heroes,...
Overview Bad HOA boards across California routinely tell parents that their kids can’t play on the common area grass, can’t ride their bicycles anywhere in the common area, or tell residents that they can’t gather a group for recreation in the community...
Overview E-bikes and e-scooters have exploded in popularity across California’s HOA communities. And with that explosion, the Legislature has passed a variety of laws, many of which are scattered across California’s Vehicle Code, governing how these devices, and the...
Overview A flag is one of the most personal statements a homeowner can make from their own property, and it’s also one of the displays HOAs frequently try to police. Maybe you’re flying a political flag, a pride flag, a sports team flag, a flag honoring a cause, or...
Overview A Junior ADU, or JADU, is not a backyard cottage. It is a small living space, no larger than 500 square feet, carved out of the walls of your existing single-family home, with its own entrance and an efficiency kitchen. Because a JADU lives inside the...
Overview After a wildfire or other declared disaster, water damage rarely arrives in a single, tidy form, and the answer to who pays depends on what caused the water and where it went. The firefighters who saved the building may have soaked units that never burned. A...
