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DATELINE SACRAMENTO, CA – A bill to curb abuses in California's more than 55,000 homeowner associations (HOA) by adding requirements that will lead to fairer elections was approved last week by the Assembly Judiciary Committee. SB 1265, authored by… More info…    + MORE NUZZEL No wasted efforts in nature : ESSENTIALS ME * ▶ Michael Eugene & Dee Dee Foxworth, aka @ ALTALOMAN  (Twitter) on social media, GPx2 (grandparents times two) and SCTS (stem cell transplant survivor: Mike) in 2007 Now... Due to a change in focus, my blogging efforts have switched to the following locations: A dozen for # SocialCurrentSee.com ® archived by ALTACITIES® on the common walls▶ altacities.com ®▶ canswersite.com ®▶ doterrafirma.com ®▶ eworth.altacities.com ®▶ facebook.altacities.com ®▶ leavetheword.com ®▶ news.altacities.com ®▶ pinterest.altacities.com ®▶ socialcurrentsee.com ®▶ twitter.altacities.com ®▶ Archived in ▶ july2018.altacities.com ®▶ ALTACI...

#HOAs Today ▶#SocialCurrentSee® View my Flipboard Magazine. California Senate Judiciary Hearing May 8, 2018  ▶ VIDEO (3 hrs, 41 min)  ▶  https://goo.gl/a5Vv7T Sourced from  CCHAL  ▶  https://goo.gl/d6Kyfn California HOA Elections ▶ Tale of Two Bills (1)  SB1265/Wieckowski   ▶  https://goo.gl/iXLQMt (2)  SB1128/Roth   ▶  https://goo.gl/iGroHX PDF ▶ http://docdro.id/m8N4I2p Homeowner association (HOA) elections came under review during the May 8 California Senate Judiciary hearing when two separate, almost competing bills passed committee vote and now go before the full legislature sometime soon. The story : “Senate Judiciary Votes Out HOA Election Bills:  Next Steps”  ▶   https://goo.gl/LLz96R When homeowners and voters consider the competing intent of these two bills, recall is given to the famous quote by Otto von Bismarck , “Laws are like sausages. It’s better not to see them bein...

View my Flipboard Magazine. California Senate Judiciary Hearing May 8, 2018  ▶ VIDEO (3 hrs, 41 min)  ▶  https://goo.gl/a5Vv7T Sourced from  CCHAL  ▶  https://goo.gl/d6Kyfn California HOA Elections ▶ Tale of Two Bills (1)  SB1265/Wieckowski   ▶  https://goo.gl/iXLQMt (2)  SB1128/Roth   ▶  https://goo.gl/iGroHX PDF ▶ http://docdro.id/m8N4I2p Homeowner association (HOA) elections came under review during the May 8 California Senate Judiciary hearing when two separate, almost competing bills passed committee vote and now go before the full legislature sometime soon. The story : “Senate Judiciary Votes Out HOA Election Bills:  Next Steps”  ▶   https://goo.gl/LLz96R When homeowners and voters consider the competing intent of these two bills, recall is given to the famous quote by Otto von Bismarck , “Laws are like sausages. It’s better not to see them being made.” Sometimes paraphrased, “To re...

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 ...