Most courtroom visits are telling and fraught with mystery. Such was the case yesterday when about 10 out of 1317 homeowners for our common interest development (aka homeowners association or HOA) made their way from Trilogy Glen Ivy (south of Corona) to downtown Riverside for the purpose that is told in the clips and links below. Normally, this is a short trip of about 25-30 minutes, even on the congested 91 Freeway, but yesterday, the trip took 90 minutes or more for some unknown reason. Flip②▶ Altacities  ®   SUBSCRIBE [ View the story "Done! No class-action cause for this Trilogy class of 1317" on Storify ]

Even though a notable but small percentage of homeowners seem to pay attention to such matters, this coming Wednesday, September 30, is an important date in our community. We have been summoned, of sorts, to court about a class action suit brought almost five years ago by our common interest development (aka HOA) against our original developer and a large telecommunication company. Details provided in the 'social current see' that follows and the preceding posts. Flip②▶ Altacities  ®   SUBSCRIBE [ View the story "Class action view above the Trilogy Hills" on Storify ]

Our common interest development (aka HOA) with 1317 homes south of Corona in the Inland Empire of Southern California is basically a peaceful, tranquil setting at the base of the Cleveland National Forest. That is not to say that we don't occasionally, maybe even regularly have homeowner and HOA governance or management issues that help to spike temperaments and blood pressures alike for this 55+ community.  One of the best unofficial monitors of neighborhood politics is a website message board called  Trilogynow . Unfortunately, I am a current outcast at the site due to violation of the host rules:  When writing about the California drought and the coming El Niño, I dared to provide an external link to amplify information on the subject.  The host of the message board, a former board member for our HOA, has such a proprietary, provincial view of his site, he will stifle, even censor communication for the most inane reasons. So, I am ...

(CORONA) When a local judge sends to every member of your HOA a special letter of invitation to his courtroom, you probably should pay attention.  Such is the story told in the following archive. Because the event is still unfolding, there will be other details and facets to be shared in subsequent posts.  For now, we and others are trying to garner attention about this matter within our community. That task, as usual, is very difficult due to the apathy and distance most of our neighbors hold about matters of HOA governance.  ▶ Flip②▶  STORIFY  ♥  FLIPBOARD ★  BLOGGER  ▲ ALTACITIES  ® ▶  TWITTER See more in the 'social current see' with   4,900+ followers  on  FLIPBOARD   and the other media links noted above [ View the story "Class action suit reaction" on Storify ]