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Welcome to the CAI-CLAC blog, your resource for community association legislation, events and current news.
CAI-CLAC: 2024 Mid-Year Progress, Highlights and Achievements
This has been a busy and very successful year for CAI-CLAC. With the engagement of our members and the incredible work of our Legislative Advocate, Louie Brown, and his office, we have had several legislative successes so far this year. Additionally, we have produced numerous educational programs and events to further our goals of educating homeowners, business professionals, legislators and their staff members, and regulatory agencies regarding our industry and the challenges that we face.
The Latest in the CA Department of Insurance’s Sustainable Insurance Strategy
On June 12, 2024, the California Department of Insurance (DOI) released its latest step in what they are calling their Sustainable Insurance Strategy (Strategy). Keep in mind that a large portion of the target for the Strategy is residential/individual insurance. Community association insurance is a commercial policy, and therefore is subject to the sections below that impact the commercial side, while individual homeowners may also see their residential carriers impacted if they are in a planned community.
2024 Advocacy Week with CAI-CLAC: Memorial Scholarship Recipient’s Perspective
By Kami Goldstein
As the recipient of this year’s CAI-CLAC Memorial Scholarship, I have been tasked with writing about my experience attending my first in person CAI-CLAC Advocacy Week in Sacramento. Let me start by giving you a little bit of background. I am a Community Association Manager and I have been in the industry for almost 17 years. I have never been involved as a volunteer on any of the CAI Committees. In 2021, during COVID, little did I know that all of this would change.
Did Something Change in the California Insurance Market?
This is the question CAI-CLAC’s Insurance Task Force has been hearing a lot: has something recently changed in the California insurance market? There are rumors that the Governor signed an Executive Order and the Department of Insurance is promising to take some additional steps, so what exactly IS the change? I think the challenge comes in the question itself. We aren’t talking about “change” in the insurance market so much as a refocus of energy and resources that may help to move us out of the current insurance crisis.
Confessions of a CAI-CLAC First-Timer
On Friday, October 20, 2023, CAI-CLAC held its Annual Planning Meeting (APM) in Orange County. Of the more than fifty attendees, two were participating for the first time. Nicole Kardos comes from the world of Community Management, and Ryan Gesell comes from the world of Insurance. Unlike most attendees, we are not attorneys and can often provide a unique and often more relatable perspective for those living in and working with California community associations.
Below is an interview recapping our experiences participating in the 2024 CAI-CLAC APM.
Ongoing Discussions with CA CDI to Address Wildfire Implications
By Patrick Prendiville, CIRMS The City of Laguna Niguel hosted Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara on August 10, 2023 in a town hall meeting to address the current state of wildfires and related implications. In front of a packed house, Commissioner Lara laid out the...
Communities with Purpose: Fundraising for CAI-CLAC
The Community Associations Institute, California Legislative Action Committee (CAI-CLAC) is committed to reviewing laws that affect Common Interest Developments (CIDs) and engaging with legislators to sponsor bills that would be advantageous to CIDs – and legislators...
Why AB 1458 is Needed for California Community Associations
A Homeowner Leader Perspective and Testimony on AB 1458 (Ta) By Betty Roth, CMCA AMS LSM PCAM, Homeowner Leader, CAI-CLAC Treasurer Assembly Bill 1458 (Ta) addresses member elections and is one of CAI-CLAC’s sponsored legislative bills this year. This bill has been...
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