( CORONA   in sync with   ALTACITIES ) ~ We recently had a serious NIMBY revolt in our normally peaceful Temescal Valley over the planned development of another aggregate (gravel) mine in this vicinity. While I choose not to expand, for now, upon this story, I am choosing to archive some recent 'social current see' on the NIMBY topic. © ALTACITIES ® 2015 2016 A 'moniker' for the 'social current see' about common interest developments, aka HOAs, or homeowner associations, also property owner associations (POAs). These communities, while private governments, function much like cities with more than 9 million residents in these localities in California. As such,  ALTACITIES , are larger than the combined populations of the four largest cities in the state, Los Angeles, San Diego, and San Jose and San Francisco. See CIA DATA When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change ▶ Flip②▶  STORIFY  ♥  FLIPBOARD ★...

( CORONA   in sync with   ALTACITIES ) ~ " Today's posts are tomorrow's tweets " is the social current see as seen and archived by #ALTACITIES for topics starting with common interest developments (aka HOAs), now the dominant neighborhoods of the USA where some 53% of the population resides. © ALTACITIES ® 2015 2016 A 'moniker' for the 'social current see' about common interest developments, aka HOAs, or homeowner associations, also property owner associations (POAs). These communities, while private governments, function much like cities with more than 9 million residents in these localities in California. As such,  ALTACITIES , are larger than the combined populations of the  four largest cities  in the state, Los Angeles, San Diego, and San Jose and San Francisco. See  CIA DATA When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change ▶ Flip②▶  STORIFY  ♥  FLIPBOARD ★  BLOGGER  ▲ ALT...

( CORONA   in sync with   ALTACITIES ) ~ Among the topics I have blogged or journaled, original or adapted music lyrics are not my usual game, but at year's end 2015, I thought it would be appropriate to recast the topics, links, and stories of this 'social current see' archive with the following composition. When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change ▶ Flip②▶  STORIFY  ♥  FLIPBOARD ★  BLOGGER  ▲ ALTACITIES  ® ▶  TWITTER Enter your email address: Delivered by FeedBurner [ View the story "12 days of Christmas" 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 survival journey ▶Content archived on Blogger , Facebook , Google +, Linkedin , ShowYou , Storify , Twitter , YouTube , Amazone Crossing and ...

( 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 ]

( CORONA   in sync with   ALTACITIES ) Despite the  Davis-Stirling Law  (DSL) in California, there really is no court of appeals for HOA disputes.  There is alternative dispute resolution (or mediation ), but the courts are largely hands-off regarding HOA conflicts, even those that have a profound common interest. Of course, that reality is not of much concern when homeowners consider most of the business transacted by, within, and for most common interest developments, aka homeowner associations (or HOAs), yet because human beings are involved, you can't totally discount the occurrence of conflicts, some of which rise to the level of real legal disputes. ▶ Flip②▶  STORIFY  ♥  FLIPBOARD ★  BLOGGER  ▲ ALTACITIES  ® ▶  TWITTER Enter your email address: Delivered by FeedBurner [ View the story "HOA conflicts of interest" on Storify ]

( CORONA   in sync with   ALTACITIES ) Our common interest development, aka homeowner association (or HOA) has a monthly newsletter.  The November 2015 issue has a helpful chart about how and where our monthly dues are allocated. To be specific, $80.90 of our $273.00 base dues are allocated for administrative expense.  That expense category includes legal services, but the specific legal expenses are not detailed due to confidentiality and attorney-client privileges. Because an HOA is, in fact, a nonprofit community benefit corporation, legal services are necessary and vital, starting with the drafting of bylaws and the covenants, rules, and regulations (CC&Rs). But beyond tending to the creation and modification of these documents, legal counsel is always involved in dispute and conflict resolution within and around the association.  To learn more about the legal affairs of HOAs, read about the Davis-Stirling Law  (DSL) in California. Without...