CALIFORNIA HOA QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS FOR HOMEOWNERS Q: Our HOA used to have a problem with board members who had served 10, 15, or even 20 years on the board. About 5 years ago, after a few of those legacy board members moved or died off, we finally gathered enough...
CALIFORNIA HOA MANDATORY ANNUAL DISCLOSURES TO MEMBERS OVERVIEW The Davis-Stirling Act, a set of laws that governs California’s HOAs, requires HOAs to provide its members with a whole host of annual disclosures. These mandatory annual disclosures, which must...
CALIFORNIA HOA NEW LAWS 2024: KEY STATUTORY CHANGES HOMEOWNERS MUST KNOW OVERVIEW Each year, the number of California homeowners living in common interest developments communities governed by homeowners associations (HOAs) continues to grow. Since all common interest...
TOP 10 REASONS TO READ YOUR HOA’S CC&RS IN CALIFORNIA OVERVIEW When you purchase a home in a community governed by an HOA, you automatically agree to abide by the HOA’s covenants, conditions, and restrictions (the “CC&Rs”). The CC&Rs are a set of rules and...
CALIFORNIA HOA RESERVE STUDIES: WHAT HOMEOWNERS NEED TO KNOW OVERVIEW HOAs in California are largely governed by the Davis-Stirling Act, a series of statutes located in the Civil Code. In other words, all HOAs in California must abide by the Davis-Stirling Act, as...
WHY YOUR CALIFORNIA HOA MAY BE TESTING FOR ASBESTOS OVERVIEW Most people have heard of asbestos, and most people have even seen the commercials for law firms looking for class action parties whose “loved ones suffer from mesothelioma.” At the same time, many people...