Blog Post by David Swedelson, Founding Partner SwedelsonGottlieb Recent amendments to the Davis-Stirling Act have made it challenging for community association boards of directors to “deal” with important Association business. Don’t know what I’m talking about? As of January 1, 2012, the California Legislature has imposed a prohibition on Boards…
This is a busy time of year for community association managers and board members. For those associations whose fiscal year runs from January to December, and most do, it is budget time. But in addition to the budget, there are a number of other disclosure documents and notices that California…
By David Swedelson, Senior Partner, SwedelsonGottlieb; Condo Lawyer and HOA Attorney Apparently there are many of you out there that are not aware that as of January 2010, California community associations are permitted by law to distribute budget packages and most annual disclosure documents to owners electronically so long as…
By Sandra L. Gottlieb, Esq., Condo and HOA Legal Counsel Detailed minutes can prove troublesome for your association. Minutes are required at any association or board meeting. They serve as a record of the actions and decisions made at a meeting; however, they are not meant to be a transcript…
By SwedelsonGottlieb Associate, Community Association Attorneys We are often asked by California community association board members and managers as to the records members have the right to inspect and copy. One record request that can prove problematic is when a member requests a list of an association’s members. Under Civil…
By SwedelsonGottlieb Community Association Attorneys We are often asked by California community association board members and managers as to the records members have the right to inspect and copy. One record request that can prove problematic is when a member requests a list of an association’s members. Under Civil Code Section…
By Sandra L. Gottlieb, Esq., Senior Partner, SwedelsonGottlieb On July 11, 2011, the City of Pasadena passed a “no-smoking” ordinance for multi-family homes, defined as two or more units, applicable to both those now existing and to be built, effective January 1, 2012. The ordinance provides that it will be…
By David C. Swedelson and Sandra L. Gottlieb, California Condo Lawyers and HOA Attorneys It’s fall, and that means that most community association board members and management are busy finalizing their budgets (this applies to most community associations that have a calendar fiscal year). Unlike the old days, the budget…
By Joan E. Lewis-Heard, Esq., Attorney, SwedelsonGottlieb Edited by David C. Swedelson, Esq. Many California condominium associations have common area storage lockers, rooms or areas that are made available to the owners. Sometimes, the storage area is assigned in a deed as exclusive use common area. More often than not,…
Blog Posting by David C. Swedelson, Senior Partner, SwedelsonGottlieb. I just read an excellent article by Robert M. Nordlund, P.E., R.S. with Association Reserves, Inc. that addresses the issue of how much California condominium associations should be reserving. He starts out with the proposition that “[t]ypically (that is a dangerous…