Overview Few issues create more tension inside California HOA communities than nuisance disputes. Homeowners complain about excessive noise, secondhand smoke, barking dogs, offensive odors, bright exterior lighting, harassment from neighbors, poorly maintained...
Overview Across California, HOA boards are rapidly converting tennis courts into pickleball courts in response to exploding demand for the sport. In many communities, those conversions have triggered immediate conflict between homeowners who support the change and...
Overview Few mistakes financially devastate California homeowners faster than refusing to pay disputed HOA assessments. All too often, homeowners refuse to pay their dues or a special assessment because they believe, rightly or wrongly, that the HOA did something...
Overview Homeowners living in California HOAs often assume that if their HOA board is acting unfairly, abusively, selectively, retaliatorily, or even illegally, then the law will naturally protect them once the truth comes out. That assumption causes enormous damage....
Overview California HOA elections and board compositions frequently become legally defective because HOA boards and managers misunderstand what the Davis-Stirling Act means by the word “owner.” Many people assume that ownership is obvious. And sometimes it is. If...
Overview Many California homeowners who are unfortunate enough to live in bad HOAs eventually discover that their HOA boards have no problem enforcing rules against residents, but become extremely aggressive when residents begin criticizing them in return. Indeed,...
