VIDEO  ▶ SLIDESHOW THIS SITE DOES NOT GIVE LEGAL ADVICE Enter your email address: Delivered by Feedburner Homeowners won’t reside long in a California Common Interest Development or Homeowner‘s Association (HOA), without coming to face with the state corporations code . Even though officers and directors are deemed fiduciaries, boards are not required to make the "right" decision. Rather, they must make what they believe to be the best decision for the corporation with the available information. Corporations Code §7231(a) protects directors from personal liability if they make decisions that result in damage or loss to others, provided their decisions were made: In  good faith ,   In a manner which the directors believe to be in the best interests of the corporation, and   With such care, including  reasonable inquiry , as an ordinarily prudent person in a like position would use under similar circumstances. The most-often cite...

*SCS ▶  Mark★Monday  on ALTACITIES + GOOGLE ▶  Amazon eXNG  ▶ ★ ALTACITIES ★ ▶  TODAY ★ WORTH  ▶  Blogger ▶ SLIDESHOW  ▶ Flip② ▶ Mark★Monday ▶ in association with  ALTACITIES , aka @ ALTALOMAN  ▶ Blogs, sites, and media commentary by a cancer survivor since 2006 ▶ archives released Monday-Friday via  NUZZEL  and  SocialCurrentSee ® on  FLIPBOARD ▶  SLIDESHOW  ▶ ARCHIVE WORTHY   ▶  B R E A K I N G  N E W S ▶  Question : “I am a new board member. The present board does almost everything in executive session. Then the president makes short announcements at the open board meeting [as to what were the decisions]. When questioned, the president responds that information in any executive session is confidential. I have spoken out that these items need to be ‘agendized’, discussed and voted on in open meetings. The board has now decided to investigate me for violation ...

Petition by iPetitions ▶ This LINK takes readers to a PETITION location regarding an urgent TRILOGY GLEN IVY matter: The long-neglect repairs for the common interest area lakes, specifically Lake#16, in our community. If you live in TGI , please sign the petition. What, when, how to petition HOA board for a special meeting? ▶ ALTACITIES ▶ https://t.co/HeZ7p1juoT — Mike Foxworth (@ALTALOMAN) March 1, 2017 * DSL = Davis-Stirling Law for common interest developments (aka homeowner associations or HOAs) in California Sometimes, special meetings can't be avoided for common interest developments, those residential communities that function as “private governments,” as opposed to real civil and civic authorities like cities and states. Truly, that’s why this blogger calls them ALTACITIES .  Typically, such meetings are called to cover a controversial issue.  Often, homeowners seek to vent and resolve an issue about a board action or lack of ac...

#SocialCurrentSee ®▶ #ToxicHOA * ( @ALTALOMAN @Storify archive by #ALTACITIES : Could this also happen in your #HOA ? https://t.co/B1U0LoLUR3 — Mike Foxworth (@ALTALOMAN) April 23, 2016 Note : Scroll the STORIFY slide show (above) for the latest # SocialCurrentSee on topic. ~ @ Altaloman via # ALTACITIES _____ Add to Flipboard Magazine. ▶  Goodness knows, during our roughly ten years of existence, our common interest development (aka HOA) of Trilogy Glen Ivy in the Inland Empire of Southern California   has had its fair share of controversy and governance issues, both good and bad from the homeowner perspective. Life is relatively peaceful at the moment, although some unfinished business and attention to details (or lack thereof) are creating angst for some. Yet, the details of this # SocialCurrentSee clip of the day is one story that has no parallel in our community, but that does not mean it is not possible.   Tw...

"WHAT, WHEN, HOW TO PETITION BOARD FOR A SPECIAL MEETING? Re: Davis-Stirling Law …" — #ALTACITIES clip: https://t.co/gKtrv2Jxoz — Mike Foxworth (@ALTALOMAN) February 10, 2016 VIDEOS :   Would your HOA Board meetings be posted here? Granted, the lead tweet and the video clip are not truly related, but they both illustrate a point:  Every month, multiple thousands of HOA board meetings take place.  By far, the fast majority of these meetings are not recorded for posting on the internet, as is done by the VillageWalk HOA in Florida . Given that there is a general guideline to maintain privacy of general meetings (exclusive rights for the board to limit attendance only by HOA members and invited guests, not the general public), the fact that one or more HOAs might post video recordings in the web is highly unusual. Somewhat related: Two rival boards, one #HOA : Nothing to see here https://t.co/WPOqOpDEw5 @GreensteinAssoc @DBReview — Samantha Josep...

( CORONA   in sync with   ALTACITIES ) ~ The California Civil Code is massive and includes about 95 pages that outline the laws and conditions applicable to common interest developments, aka homeowner associations (HOAs) in the state.  What is generally recognized as one combs through these documents is that the most frequent readers are lawmakers and lawyers, not homeowners.  Most would agree that homeowners almost never read these documents unless conditions arise as explained in the following archive. ▶ Flip②▶  STORIFY  ♥  FLIPBOARD ★  BLOGGER  ▲ ALTACITIES  ® ▶  TWITTER Enter your email address: Delivered by FeedBurner [ View the story "Take the 'erzats' HOA test" on Storify ] Flip② ▶ See ♥ WORTH ▶ another microblog created, edited and archived by ALTACITIES ® ▶ http://altacities.com ® ▶ Flip ② ▶ the SCS * (Social Current See) , including what's up with our 9-year MCL surviva...

( CORONA   in sync with   ALTACITIES ) ~ If you are now service on an HOA board or contemplating that role with a nonprofit mutual benefit organization, you have or will soon encounter the term "fiduciary."  Despite a general emphasis on this term, the  Davis-Stirling Law  (DSL) in California makes but on reference to the term throughout the 95 page law.  That reference is highlighted in the archive below and in the 'social current see' on topic as follows. ▶ Flip②▶  STORIFY  ♥  FLIPBOARD ★  BLOGGER  ▲ ALTACITIES  ® ▶  TWITTER Enter your email address: Delivered by FeedBurner [ View the story "HOA Board, aka Fiduciary" on Storify ]