by cai-clac | Feb 21, 2013 | Uncategorized
On January 1, 2013, a group of laws became effective supporting a “California Homeowner Bill of Rights.” The laws were designed to give homeowners stronger protections against predatory, aggressive bank lending practices. One of the practices triggering these laws was...
by cai-clac | Jan 31, 2013 | Uncategorized
The California Legislative Action Committee of CAI (CAI-CLAC) appreciates all of the support we have gotten from community associations throughout California in order to continue to educate legislators about the real-life impact of their legislation on California’s...
by cai-clac | Jan 10, 2013 | Uncategorized
How did you first get involved with CAI-CLAC and when was it? I first got involved with CLAC as a delegate in 2006. At that time, I was very active in my community with civic leadership, including three terms as the chairman of my local Chamber of Commerce and a board...
by cai-clac | Dec 11, 2012 | Uncategorized
By now, most of us have heard about AB805 and AB806 being chaptered. The new laws created by these bills will take effect on January 1, 2014. While the changes appear fairly widespread, they are designed to make the code easier to read and understand. The entire Act...
by cai-clac | Nov 27, 2012 | Uncategorized
Residents in rural California may be surprised to receive a new fire fee bill intended to defray the State’s costs for fire prevention services. In an attempt to balance the budget, the Fire Prevention Fee was passed by the legislature, and signed by the Governor, in...
by cai-clac | Nov 8, 2012 | Uncategorized
CAI’s California Legislative Action Committee (CLAC) is poised to again hit the ground running as a positive force for community associations in 2013. On October 18, 2012, the committee held its annual planning meeting in the picturesque Eagle’s View Ballroom at the...
by cai-clac | Oct 16, 2012 | Uncategorized
One of the greatest challenges during this “economic tsunami” has been determining the contact information of the foreclosing party (usually the lender) so that the HOA can change owner information and begin billing the appropriate party. Once a foreclosure happens,...
by cai-clac | Aug 28, 2012 | Uncategorized
Managing a community is challenging enough when all is going well. Keeping a community running smoothly can be accomplished only by staying ahead of the curve on all fronts: maintenance and reserve items, landscaping, finances and delinquencies, CC&R violations …...
by cai-clac | Aug 21, 2012 | Uncategorized
DAVIS-STIRLING REORGANIZATION BILL SIGNED, TO BECOME LAW 1/1/14 On Friday, August 17, Governor Brown concluded the long journey of the California Law Revision Commission’s project to reorganize the Davis-Stirling Common Interest Development Act, when he signed into...
by cai-clac | Aug 6, 2012 | Uncategorized
CAI’s California Legislative Action Committee is supporting AB 2273, which requires recordation of properties bought at foreclosure auction sales within thirty days. We talked with Assemblymember Bob Wieckowski, the bill’s author, to learn a little more about him and...
