AB2159 will be voted on TUESDAY THE 30TH AT 9 A.M. IN SACRAMENTO’S JUDICIARY COMMITTEE AB2159 will make it just about impossible for HOA owners to challenge elections in court. HOW? AB2159 lets HOAs run elections by email or through the HOA’s website. INTERNET VOTING DOESN’T USE PAPER BALLOTS – IT LEAVES NO SIGNED ENVELOPES OR BALLOTS THAT HOMEOWNERS…
DID YOU PHONE YET? OR WILL YOU JOIN US! TO TESTIFY AGAINST SB900? The Senate Housing Committee votes in Sacramento TOMORROW APRIL 2 at 1:30 on SB900/Umberg that will let boards pass NEW emergency assessments on owners to fix ALL utility lines when a break occurs in a common area – whether or not it’s the UTILITY’S job to fix the lines. We…
PLEASE TAKE ACTION! Sacramento lawmakers on the Senate Housing Committee will vote TUESDAY APRIL 2 on SB900/Umberg that will let boards pass NEW emergency assessments on owners to fix ALL utility lines when a break occurs in a common area – whether or not it’s the UTILITY’S job to fix the lines. FIRST THING MONDAY MORNING PHONESenator Nancy Skinner, chair of the…
No – this isn’t a trick question. SB900/Umberg raises questions about ownership not just of gas lines but of ALL utility lines delivering gas, heat, water, and electrical services to a subdivision, whether a condo building or a planned development of detached homes. SB900 will make owners responsible to “repair and replace” utility lines if a break…
Yes, you read it right. Sacramento legislation introduced last week by Senator Umberg will make owners in California’s 55,000 associations (HOAs) responsible for “the repair and replacement” of utility lines bringing gas, heat, water or electrical services into the subdivision. SB900 says the HOA’s duty starts if the service line interruption begins in a common…
This year in Sacramento the association industry continues its campaign to undermine the voting rights of homeowners. The industry-sponsored bills this session are: Senator Umberg plans to introduce SB900 that would make homeowners pay for repair and replacement of the infrastructure delivering utilities, i.e. gas, electrical, water, and sewer. So why should homeowners care about what…
Looking for information on Then try the white SEARCH BOX on the CCHAL website to find what you’re looking for: https://calhomelaw.org/ We’ve revamped the BOX so that when you enter a SEARCH term it will call up material and highlight it in RED. Some material is on website pages that REMEMBER: the CCHAL website homepage LOOKS like the old one, but the infrastructure has been…
Got confused or frustrated trying to log on to the new CCHAL website? We’ve fixed the bugs that homeowners reported to us, so if you got blocked trying to JOIN US! please try again! Here’s the re-built website https://calhomelaw.org/ The website homepage looks the same, but the operating system has been re-built so you need to CREATE A NEW ACCOUNT. Don’t…
The CCHAL website is now LIVE! Then go to CCHAL’s re-launched website. It’s now “live”! NOTE: the website homepage looks like the old one, but the operating system is brand new, so even if you had a membership on the old site, you will have to re-register on the new website on the JOIN US page in order to access the…
“Which state agency handles complaints against homeowner associations and property managers?” ask homeowners. The Center for HOA Law (CCHAL) gets this question all the time. It’s a logical question. Several state agencies regulate California industries – insurance for example and certain banks and companies doing debt collection – so why isn’t there a California agency…