by cai-clac | Nov 22, 2016 | Uncategorized
One of the more interesting bills that came out of a relatively quiet year from a legislative standpoint for California’s community associations is SB 918. This law, which goes into effect on January 1, 2017, does two main things: One, it requires an owner to provide...
by cai-clac | Mar 10, 2016 | Uncategorized
AB 1720 was recently introduced by Orange County Assemblyman Don Wagner. If passed, the bill would allow any community association member’s attorney to attend all association board meetings which the member may attend. This would be allowed even when the member...
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 | 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 | Sep 3, 2013 | Uncategorized
California Governor Jerry Brown recently signed SB 745 into law. The bill is a multi-issue omnibus bill, and as to community associations primarily acts to “clean up” some issues related to the reorganizing of the Davis-Stirling Common Interest Development Act, which...
by cai-clac | Jul 30, 2012 | Uncategorized
California Governor Jerry Brown recently signed AB 1720 into law. The bill, introduced by Assembly Member Norma Torres, aims at ensuring that state-licensed private investigators are provided access to gated communities to serve process, just as licensed private...
