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...
Overview Homeowners frustrated with their HOAs increasingly take their complaints online. Unfortunately, a steady stream of really ignorant and really bad advice has told many to shut up or pay the price. The latest example comes from an article that sought the...
Overview Most homeowners picture HOA discipline in terms of monetary fines, which is understandable. Most discipline does take that form. But HOAs in California hold a second, less familiar, and far narrower, power to suspend members’ privileges as a penalty. Many...
Overview UPDATE: October, 2026: SB 1007 died in committee and did not become law. That doesn’t mean that the Legislature won’t keep introducing similar legislation in the future. So while SB 1007 might be dead, the issue isn’t. As I’ve written and...
Overview California HOA members who are selling their homes almost always face a charge for the HOA-related disclosure documents the sale requires, and that charge often arrives as a single lump sum of several hundred to well over a thousand dollars. The seller has to...
