Q: We are in the process of assembling an electronic address file. I am interested in your recent comments about obtaining quorum proxies from absentee homeowners. We used to get proxies from homeowners that lasted for three years   Read more………

A group of oceanfront residents are up in arms over how close the new pedestrian beach path comes to their homes, saying that no one told them what was going on   Read more…………

Delegates and Liaisons from all over California came together for the Annual Planning Meeting of the California Legislative Action Committee (CLAC). This is where the previous year’s legislative work is reviewed and plans are made for the upcoming year. It was followed by the Thursday night CLAC Benefit Dinner at Buster’s Beach House and Friday’s […]

Community members in Walnut Creek are helping neighbors displaced by an explosion that destroyed part of a townhouse complex.    Read more……..

Authorities are searching Thursday for a thief who stole mail from condominiums in Toluca Lake.  Several mailboxes in the 10600 block of Woodbridge Street were hit Thursday morning. The thief also struck the mailboxes across the street. They remained open hours later awaiting investigation from the U.S. Postal Inspection Service.    Read more……..

Water has become a huge issue in the desert.  On our You’ve Got Issues Facebook group, Vic Yepello of Palm Springs writes that homeowners associations are violating the rules about watering during daylight hours.       Read more…….

Q. I own and live in a unit that I thought all along was a condominium, but I just recently found out that it’s actually a PUD. What is a PUD and are there any advantages/disadvantages associated with one over a condominium?     Read more………

Michael Shames, the longtime Utility Consumers’ Action Network director who left amid a federal probe of his charity business practices, has been recalled from his homeowners’ association board.    Read more……..

The outbreak of a toxic bacteria that last week killed bass, bluegill and carp at the city’s landmark lake has been brought under control, according to the lake’s owner.  Fishing at picturesque Lago Santa Margarita has been banned since Thursday after dead fish were found floating on the surface. Other receational activities have not been […]

Q: I’m confused between “rules” and “CC&R’s.” Our board over the years has implemented new rules. What I don’t understand is: How is this different than making changes to the CC&R’s, which requires homeowner approval? For example, the board passed a rule prohibiting play in the street. When I bought my house, there was no […]

Q. Can you recommend a source for a proxy form that is valid under California law for an HOA board of directors recall election, and if successful, for the election of new board members.     Read more………

Members of the Escondido Country Club Homeowners Association believe they were retaliated against in April. They claim the developer who purchased the old Escondido Golf Course used potent chicken manure on the property to prove a point.     Read more……..

What do you think about living in a neighborhood with an HOA, a homeowner’s association? For many, living within an HOA means a nice, tidy community. For others, it’s like signing up for Big Brother telling you way too much about what you can and cannot do.    Read more……..

Cops received 4 separate complaints for loud music and partying on the roof top Saturday night and they sent patrol cars each time — at 8:30 PM, 12:50 AM, 1:50 AM and 3:00 AM. We’re told Bieber was not cited because he agreed to turn the music down.    Read more……..

A 6-inch water main break flooded the garage of a Venice condo complex overnight.   Read more…….

Q. My boyfriend’s association is not allowing guests to park more than five days in any 30 day period. This is problematic, of course. The parking rules are in effect 24/7. Does any association have the authority to limit resident’s guest parking?     Read more………

As we head into summer after one of the driest winters on record, most California homeowners and HOA property managers are probably not thinking about rain-related roof and deck troubles. The sun is shining, the temperatures are warm–it’s time to sit back and relax. But while we may have avoided the hassle of leaking roofs […]

Nearly two years after the killings of peafowl began in Rolling Hills Estates, investigators remain stumped as to who’s responsible.   Read more……

Fire agencies around the Southland urged residents to be prepared for the possibility of wildfires.  At a news conference Wednesday, the Ventura County Fire Department showed homeowners how to clear 100 feet of defensible space around their property.    Read more………

Walker said the homeowners’ association said the storm was an act of god it couldn’t be held responsible for, while city officials and the developers of the land the house was built on and around pointed fingers at each other.       Read more……..

Governor Jerry Brown has issued another executive order aimed at easing impacts of the drought, in part by suspending portions of the California Environmental Quality Act for the remainder of this year.     Read more……….

With requests in place to reduce water use, Sacramento city leaders are expected to decide Thursday whether to suspend a law that allows people to be fined for having a brown lawn.     Read more………

The Rancho Santa Fe Association will pursue granting RSF Golf Club membership rights to condo owners in the Covenant. The change would require a modification of the Association’s Articles of Incorporation and would be subject to a member vote.     Read more………

Two condominiums were evacuated for about two hours and another was declared unsafe after a hazardous-materials team found an array of chemicals inside.    Read more……..

Burglars smashed in windows in 50-60 cars overnight at the Trafalgar Towers condo complex in Hollywood, residents said. On Monday auto glass repairmen brushed away fragments of shattered glass left behind by the vandals at the complex at 1400 S. Ocean Drive.     Read more…….

A six-year court battle over the future of a huge apartment complex in the Western Addition ended in what some are calling a victory for the tenants in 459 units saved from condo conversion along Fillmore Street.   Read more……..