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If Nobody Will Serve

I hope someone else will take some responsibility on the Board of our HOA...

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Can I Enlarge My Patio?

I live in a condo in Laguna Niguel, CA. I have a small patio (ground level). It would be really nice to be able to have a slightly larger patio...

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Cutting Off Delinquent Members

Can we deny access to the automatic gate by delinquent owners and require that they wait for entrance at the guarded gate?...

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How Do I Obtain Minutes?

Our board and also the management company have not provided me with the minutes of the open meeting, after numerous requests...

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Who Makes Motions?

Are members permitted to make motions from the floor during regular Board of Directors meetings?. . .

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Meeting Notice

I think the new law [pertaining to advance agenda posting] is a great idea. . .

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How Often Must Boards Meet?

Our HOA board decided a few years ago to meet every other month instead of monthly. . .

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What About the Bids?

I currently live in a condo community where the Board refused to act in the best interest of the homeowners . . .

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Agendas and Minutes

Thank you for your articles on HOA's in the newspaper. My question - I would like to receive from the Board the meeting agendas, and after the meetings the minutes and how each board member voted. Is this something they should be required to report to us?. . .

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Helping The City

I have repeatedly requested our board not to persist in having our landscape workers to go off property and trim bushes, etc. on the city street. . .

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Are Proxies Useful?

I had always assumed that proxies could only be used at the annual election. . .

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Are We A CID?

I live in a Stock Cooperative 55 and over mobile home park. Do we come under the California HOA Laws?. . .

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Annual Meetings

There is a problem with out master association board and manager, they do not agree with our sub-association boards as to what the law requires...

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Records Laws

Are HOA's subject to the California Public Records Act?... Earthquake Insurance...

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Boozing Boards

I am inquiring about two associations (I manage). One Board starts drinking beer as soon as the Board Meeting begins, and the other starts drinking beer and hard liquor as soon as executive session begins...

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