CAI’s California Legislative Action Committee sent out an alert requesting that we all place as many calls as we can today (Tuesday April 30, 2013, before 5:30 PM) to the California Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee Members referenced below to leave a message urging them to vote YES on…
By David Swedelson, SwedelsonGottlieb Condo Lawyer and HOA Legal Expert According to an article in the Sacramento Bee, “Californians would not be able to smoke tobacco inside their own homes under new legislation that would raise the bar nationwide for fighting secondhand smoke. No state ever has ventured into personal…
We have been receiving a number of inquiries regarding Assembly Bill 2273 that was signed into law by the Governor, effective as of January 1, 2013, that amends Civil Code Section 2924b. This new law requires: (1) recordation of a trustee’s deed upon sale within 30 days of the sale;…
by Sandra L. Gottlieb, Esq., Senior Partner at SwedelsonGottlieb, Community Association Attorneys As most everyone in the community association industry knows (or should know), on August 17, 2012 California Governor Jerry Brown signed into law Assembly Bill (“AB”) 805 which reorganizes and makes significant changes to the Davis-Stirling Common Interest…
Blog post by David Swedelson, Partner SwedelsonGottlieb Santa Monica has passed a law with new smoking rules that affect all multi-unit housing, and that includes condominiums. Follow this link to review the new municipal code. Follow this link to review a related notice from the City of Santa Monica. What…
Blog post by David Swedelson The California Legislative Action Committee reports that the Assembly Housing & Community Development Committee passed AB 2273 on a unanimous bipartisan vote of 7-0. This proposed legislation will require recordation of foreclosure sales within 30 days after sale. CLAC reports that the author of the…
By the condo lawyers and HOA attorneys at SwedelsonGottlieb As reported by the Community Association Institute’s California Legislative Action Committee (CLAC), “Senate Bill 880 leapfrogged ahead of hundreds of other bills and was signed into law on February 29, 2012. Since this bill was passed as an Urgency Bill, it…
Prepared by the Community Association Attorneys at SwedelsonGottlieb As they do almost every year, the California Legislature has yet again changed the Davis-Stirling Act (there have been approximately 50 amendments to the Act since its inception in 1985). We have summarized the most significant changes which impact how boards will…
By Sandra L. Gottlieb, Esq., SwedelsonGottlieb Managing Partner; Community Association Legal Counsel In 2002, the California Law Revision Commission (CLRC) was charged by then-Governor Gray Davis with clarifying ambiguities within the Davis-Stirling Act. (Civil Code Sections 1350-1378) to make it more “user-friendly” for homeowners and board members alike. After working…
By David Swedelson and Sandra Gottlieb, Condo Lawyers and HOA Attorneys, Senior Partners at SwedelsonGottlieb On October 9, 2011, Governor Brown signed into law several new bills impacting California community associations as well as their managing agents who are employers. These new laws include the imposition of penalties for “willfully…