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Thinking about hiring a manager for your small California HOA? First make sure your board can answer five questions about elections, balcony inspections, reserves, taxes and the fidelity bond.
Read moreFive bills are sitting on the Governor's desk that land directly on an association: cooling systems, ADU restrictions in your CC&Rs, ADU impact fees, the annual management fee review, and insurance nonrenewals. He has until September 30. Here is what each one does to a board, and what to do in the nine days before he acts.
Read moreAB 1684 passed the Assembly 74-0 and the Senate 38-0. It was enrolled and presented to the Governor on August 27. Zero opposition. When signed, every HOA in California with a cooling restriction on the books is out of compliance. Here is what boards, managers, and owners need to know.
Read moreSeven bills moving through Sacramento touch cooling systems, board texts, management fees, ADU impact fees, AI-altered listing photos, common area utility failures and mobilehome termination notices. Two have cleared the Legislature. None of them are law yet.
Read moreAB 956 would widen the rule that voids ADU restrictions in governing documents, and it would let owners build two detached units instead of one. If your association is a planned development, part of this has been law for years and your CC&Rs may already be unenforceable.
Read moreAB 1684 would void any governing document, architectural guideline or policy that blocks a cooling system meeting code, and it attaches a two thousand dollar civil penalty plus attorney fees to a willful violation. The exposure sits with the board, not the association's lawyer.
Read morePlenty of California HOAs run themselves, and most leave the same handful of gaps. Here is a plain-language check of the items the law actually requires.
Read moreWhen a self-managed association calls, something broke. These five questions map directly to the most common California compliance gaps, and most boards cannot answer all of them.
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