Overview The Davis-Stirling Act includes within it a set of Civil Code sections euphemistically called the Open Meeting Act (Civil Code 4900–4955). These laws are designed to keep HOA boards transparent and accountable to the association’s members by ensuring that HOA...
Overview If your condo loan just collapsed because the condo project that you’re looking to buy into is flagged as “Unavailable” in Fannie Mae’s system, you already know what that means: no conventional loan, no conforming financing, and a deal...
Overview UPDATED ON 12/23/25 Here we are again. Another year, another round of new laws from our industrious hive in Sacramento. Every January, business owners, landlords, and HOA members brace for the latest batch of mandates, prohibitions, and procedural...
Overview Losing an HOA lawsuit can be frustrating and expensive. But if you think that the trial court got it wrong, and if the issue is important enough to you, then you’ll be glad to hear that just because a trial court issues a final judgment against a homeowner,...
HOA HELL | CALIFORNIA HOMEOWNERS’ DEFINITIVE GUIDE TO BEATING BAD HOAs OVERVIEW For far too many California homeowners, the idea of living in an HOA starts with promise and ends with frustration. What begins as an effort to preserve property values too often turns...
Overview Assessments are the lifeblood of every HOA in California. They fund critical things like insurance, reserves, and management, to common area maintenance, repairs, and replacements. Your HOA’s assessments come in two forms: regular (annual or monthly dues) and...
