by PR Chair | Jul 8, 2025 | Hot Bills, Legislative Updates, New Legislation
The second half of the legislative session is now underway, with the Legislature holding policy committee hearings to hear second house bills before breaking for summer recess from July 18, 2025 to August 18, 2025. While we’ve made some real progress on several 2025...
by PR Chair | Jul 1, 2025 | Announcements, Hot Bills, Legislative Updates, New Legislation
Late yesterday, the California Legislature passed and the Governor signed, AB 130. While this bill is being hailed as a measure to expedite housing and reduce costs, it included language that will make it more difficult for community associations to enforce rules by...
by Guest Author | May 20, 2025 | Guest Post, Legislative Day
Guest Blog Post By Renée Osburn, President with Sunnymead Ranch PCA, CAI Greater Inland Empire Chapter A Rollercoaster of Nerves, Pride, and Purpose Let me start off by expressing my gratitude to CAI-CLAC for sponsoring my attendance at this year’s Advocacy Week. From...
by PR Chair | Mar 6, 2025 | Guest Post, Legislative Meetings, Partners
By Kimberly Lilley and Karen St. Onge This article first appeared in the CAI Bay Area and Central CA Chapter’s Communicator Magazine, Winter 2025 Issue. Making sure that your voice is heard in the legislative process begins with building relationships...
by CAI CLAC | Jul 25, 2016 | Uncategorized
Maintaining the voice and protecting the interests of community associations in California is the job of the Community Associations Institute’s California Legislative Action Committee (CAI-CLAC). Advocacy, also called lobbying, is one of the main goals of CAI, and is...
by CAI CLAC | Jun 17, 2016 | Uncategorized
Visiting your legislator can be easy, but the first time you do anything can be a little intimidating – a little nerve racking. That’s only the first time. We all need to get that one over with as soon as possible because we need your help. We need your legislators to...
by CAI CLAC | May 11, 2016 | Uncategorized
On April 18th, the Community Associations Institute’s California Legislative Action Committee (CAI-CLAC) convened in Sacramento to discuss legislation and its possible impact upon the over 50,000 community associations in California. CAI members from throughout the...
by CAI CLAC | Feb 22, 2016 | Uncategorized
In 2015, the California Legislature enacted two bills, Senate Bill 142 and Assembly Bill 856, which take the first steps toward addressing the potential for drones to trespass and invade individuals’ privacy. Civil Code section 1708.8 was first enacted in the...
by CAI CLAC | Nov 12, 2015 | Uncategorized
AB 786 is a piece of emergency legislation adopted earlier this year in response to California’s drought conditions. The bill clears up an ambiguity created in 2014. Last year, SB 992 amended Civil Code section 4735 to provide an exception to the law that an...
by CAI CLAC | Sep 9, 2015 | Uncategorized
On September 4th, Gov. Brown signed AB 349 into law, as an urgency statute – effective immediately. AB 349, which the community Association industry and CAI-CLAC have followed closely, amends Civil Code section 4735 and limits the right of a community association to...
