CALIFORNIA HOA LAWS: A GUIDE FOR PROPERTY OWNERS GOOD HOA v. BAD HOA A good HOA plays an important role in maintaining your property values and ensuring your quiet enjoyment of your property. A bad HOA can decrease the value of your home, force you to needlessly waste...
CALIFORNIA NEIGHBOR TREE DISPUTES: YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS OVERVIEW It might surprise you to know that trees are among the most frequent causes of disputes between neighbors. Tree-related neighbor disputes take many forms, including, most commonly, disputes related to:...
CAN CALIFORNIA HOAS BAR UNVACCINATED MEMBERS FROM AMENITIES? Here’s a question a client of ours posed last week. Since I think it’s bound to come up a lot more once the weather warms up and COVID-19 restrictions are eased, I thought it might be worth while...
CAN YOU RECOVER YOUR ATTORNEYS’ FEES IF YOU SUE YOUR HOA? OVERVIEW By far, the most common concern that homeowners have when considering whether to sue their HOAs is whether they’ll get their attorneys’ fees and costs back if they win. The answer is...
IDR & ADR WITH YOUR CALIFORNIA HOA OVERVIEW Homeowners Associations (“HOAs”) are associations formed, most often as non-profit corporations, to own and manage common interest developments in California. The shareholders of an HOA (or “members,” as they’re more...
