#SocialCurrentSee : #Davis -Stirling ( #ALTACITIES archive via @Storify : When may a homeowner attorney attend HOA mtg? https://t.co/MU97gA1dow — Mike Foxworth (@ALTALOMAN) March 22, 2016 On multiple occasions in our common interest development (aka HOA) in the Inland Empire of Southern California ( Trilogy Glen Ivy ) we have been informed and have observed that the attorneys for the HOA are not that at all.  That is to say the attorneys, by their own declaration, have said they "only represent the board of directors" (BOD) and not the homeowners, titleholders who pay their bills. As strange as it seems, that peculiar relationship plays out, at times, in an adverse way with homeowners because the law and practice of HOA governance in 2016 does not allow homeowners to have legal counsel present at general (open) meetings of the board.  Of course, there are precious few instances when having private counsel at board meetings is necessary, but when it is...

( CORONA   in sync with   ALTACITIES ) One of the least understood matters of governance of the typical common interest development (homeowners association or HOA) in California is the topic of executive privilege, or the practice of boards of directors taking matters behind closed doors.  That is, the board is granted authority by the Davis-Stirling Law (DSL) to discuss, debate and pass measures along a narrow line of subjects without the knowledge or presence of homeowner consent.  The following graphic offers detail of how this provision of the DSL actually works. ▶ Flip②▶  STORIFY  ♥  FLIPBOARD ★  BLOGGER  ▲ ALTACITIES  ® ▶  TWITTER [ View the story "HOA Confidentiality" on Storify ]