YOU CAN HOLD HOA BOARD MEMBERS PERSONALLY LIABLE IN SOME CASES OVERVIEW Few questions come up more often from frustrated homeowners than whether it’s possible to sue individual HOA board members in California. The short answer is that most of the time, California law...
HOA POLITICAL SIGNS IN CALIFORNIA: FREE SPEECH RIGHTS VS. HOA AUTHORITY OVERVIEW Few issues spark more conflict in HOA communities than signs and banners containing political and social expression. A Trump campaign sign, a Pride flag, or a Black Lives Matter poster...
AB 130 IN CALIFORNIA: EARLY PREDICTIONS OF HOA CHAOS ARE ALREADY COMING TRUE OVERVIEW When California lawmakers passed AB 130 earlier this year, they sold it as a way to rein in excessive HOA fines. By capping fines at $100 per violation, the Legislature claimed it...
READING CC&RS: A CALIFORNIA HOMEOWNER’S GUIDE OVERVIEW For California homeowners living in HOA-governed communities, the Covenants, Conditions, and Restrictions (commonly referred to as the CC&Rs) that govern their HOAs feel impenetrable. They are long, dense,...
CAN I RECOVER MY LEGAL FEES IF I SUE MY HOA IN CALIFORNIA? OVERVIEW Under what’s called the “American Rule,” California’s Davis-Stirling Act awards the winning party in most HOA-related lawsuits their reasonable attorney’s fees and costs....
CALIFORNIA HOA RECALL: HOW HOMEOWNERS CAN REMOVE THE BOARD OVERVIEW In California, few tools are as decisive, and as underused, as the HOA recall. When a homeowners association board stops following the law, ignores the membership, or simply refuses to act in the...
