by cai-clac | Feb 6, 2017 | Uncategorized
Hundreds of bills heard each year in Sacramento can affect California’s community associations. But how do our legislators know what’s best for homeowners? In addition to CAI-CLAC’s advocacy, it’s emails and phone calls from members like...
by cai-clac | Dec 3, 2016 | Uncategorized
Beginning January 1, 2017, a common interest development association or its authorized agent must provide notice to an owner and any tenant if a pesticide is to be applied to a separate interest or common area without using a licensed pest control operator. Under...
by cai-clac | Jan 22, 2016 | Uncategorized
It is often difficult to decipher all of the information and terms on a mortgage loan disclosure. Yet with a signature, they bind us far into our futures. On October 3, 2015, those disclosure requirements changed for the better. They have been simplified so that...
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...
by cai-clac | Aug 10, 2015 | Uncategorized
Community pools provide welcome relief from summer heat. They also impose certain obligations on operators of those pools, including community associations. Recent regulations adopted by the California Department of Health define “public pools” to include pools...
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 | 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 | 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 | Mar 12, 2012 | Uncategorized
We recognize that people receive different types of information from different sources. That’s why you’ll see different types of news and information here than you will on our Facebook page. Overall, our blog is dedicated to legislative news as well as...
