‘Humanitarian crisis’ persists as Lexington judge recuses from property dispute - AOL.com AOL.com — May 3, 2026 ‘Humanitarian crisis’ persists as Lexington judge recuses from property dispute AOL.com Ex-HOA president admits fleecing Miami residents in $11 million fraud scheme - The Independent The Independent — May 1, 2026 Ex-HOA president admits fleecing Miami residents in $11 million fraud scheme The Independent Courts are cracking down on sectional titles’ dirty secrets - Daily Investor Daily Investor — May 1, 2026 Courts are cracking down on sectional titles’ dirty secrets Daily Investor Residents in Lago Mar question fees as lagoon sits dry for months - Click2Houston Click2Houston — April 30, 2026 Residents in Lago Mar question fees as lagoon sits dry for months Click2Houston NBC 6. . The Miami-Dade State Attorney's Office holds a news conference on an update in the Hammocks HOA theft case involving several arrests. - facebook.com facebook.com — April 30, 2026 NBC 6. . The Mia...

🏛️ The purpose of the Davis–Stirling Act in ensuring open governance in California homeowners associations (HOAs) is rooted in the principles of transparency, accountability, and owner participation . The law mandates open operations for HOA boards because these boards function like local governments—making rules, levying fees, and enforcing penalties that affect property owners' rights and finances. ⚖️ Key Purposes for Open Governance under the Davis–Stirling Act: 1. Transparency of Board Actions HOAs must hold meetings in a way that homeowners can observe, attend, and participate . Open Meeting Act (Civil Code §4900–4955): Requires that board meetings (with few exceptions) be noticed and held in public. Prevents decisions being made behind closed doors unless legally permitted (e.g., legal issues, personnel matters). 2. Homeowner Access to Information Homeowners have the right to: Receive advance notice of meetings and agendas (Civil Code §4920). Revie...

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By far and away, Temescal Valley in Southern California is mostly made up of common interest developments or homeowner associations (HOAs), but that reality may also be true for the rest of Riverside County (RIVCO) and the Inland Empire.  See these LINKS (below) about the HOA proliferation in the USA and how vital these are for community development. The day may be here already when homeowners at all levels will reside in some form of HOA. |||  https://flip.it/S01tuj The world of association management extends well beyond HOAs with almost every profession and career choice having affiliations with some type of association (search the directory link below).  But for homeowners and professional managers and staff in HOAs, the leading association is with the Community Association Institute. Community Association Institute  (CAI) ||| Annual Report ||| HOA USA |||  CAI Riverside ||| CAI Foundation ||| USA Associations Directory TEMESCAL VALLEY ||| RIVCO ||| INL...

VIDEO  ▶ SLIDESHOW  ▶ PDF ALTACITIES today follows The Center for California Homeowner Association Law ,  a clearinghouse of consumer education, training, and referral services for the estimated 9 million California homeowners who now live in over 45,000 common interest development (CID) or HOAs in the state. CCHA is created to serve consumers who live in these localities or are considering purchasing an association home. The CCHA mission is to provide training and support to public interest attorneys, to legal services organizations, to fair housing agencies, and to other nonprofits serving homeowners; to government agencies with jurisdiction over CIDs, and public officials, journalists, and researchers delving into the public policy issues raised by CIDs in their role as quasi-local governments. The focus of the Center is the web of laws and regulations creating the CID legal framework that governs both the lives and the pro...

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...

Post original on 10Oct17, revised 23March18 Re: California Davis-Stirling Law ▶ Google  ▶ Amazon  ▶ Slideshow   ▶ PDF If you live in a common interest development, aka homeowners association (HOA), as most are doing in the Temescal Valley (and some 9 million throughout California), you should have a reference to the DAVIS-STIRLING LAW (DSL). ▶ This site does not give legal advice ▶ PRIVACY STATEMENT    ▶  http://docdro.id/aEwMoct   Under DSL, a developer of a common interest development is able to create a homeowner association (HOA) to govern the development. As part of creating the HOA, the developer records a document known as the Declaration of Covenants, Conditions, and Restrictions (CC&Rs) against the units or parcels within the HOA with the county recorder. So, first and foremost, the HOA is an invention for real estate developers and a consequence for homeowners who buy into HOAs. Even though it is not a governmental ...

‘Solar eclipse’ for California HOAs ★ AB-634 What does the average California solar installation cost? SLIDESHOW ▶ https://goo.gl/njrdem ▶ In CA, the total average cost of an installed residential solar (PV) system is about $16,950 for a four-kilowatt system, the average size of a residential installation. But since we are among 182 owners in the unique Cobblestone Canyon (condos) of Trilogy Glen Ivy, it stands to reason the average-capacity system would not meet our needs here. But even if it did and we could reasonably move through the HOA approval hurdles (see attached report), the amortization of such a system seems well beyond reach. Let’s assume a solar system could drop our monthly bills to zero. For 2017, our monthly SCE bills averaged $58.30, or 644.21 for the year. My simple math calculation means it would take 26 years to amortize a $16,950 solar system.   Simply observing that this idea is not in the cards at this time even th...

DONIE ♥ BOOK Archive by  ALTACITIES ® ©2018 ▶ Notable LATimes columnist on matters related to common interest developments (aka HOAs) Donie Vanitzian, 67, died Dec. 28 at her house in Del Rey, the victim of an alleged homicide. ▶ STORY ▶ Born Donna Vee Vanitzian on Jan. 1, 1950, in Burbank, Vanitzian grew up in the San Fernando Valley and graduated from Granada Hills High School and Cal State Northridge. ALTACITIES ® , an acronym for "ALTERNATE CITIES" ▶ Flip2 ▶ http://flip.it/OTxbcX    via @flipboard - clips and content for those 55+ ▶Today's tweets are tomorrow's posts ... "When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change" ▶ What?★Worth @altaloman  ▶altacities®  ▶ http://flip.it/t04Zbi     ▶ #SocialCurrentSee in   http://nuzzel.com/ALTALOMAN   ▶ ▶ SLIDESHOW   https://goo.gl/ELcVJy   ▶ PDF http://docdro.id/MxHxode    Alta♥CITIES http://flip.it/OTxbcX  via @f...