Mr. Sharp | June 16, 2010
The “Associations” column below is reprinted by permission of authors Stephen Glassman and Donie Vanitzian.
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(from June 06, 2010 L.A. Times)
STEPHEN GLASSMAN and DONIE VANITZIAN
Question: I asked one of our association board directors why owners choose to be on the board, given the stress and potential for liability. She [...]
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Mr. Sharp | June 15, 2010
The “Associations” column below is reprinted by permission of authors Stephen Glassman and Donie Vanitzian.
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(from May 30, 2010 L.A. Times)
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Question: I am a frustrated condo owner in a small association. Our board seems to be doing a responsible job of trying to maintain our complex [...]
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Mr. Sharp | June 11, 2010
The “Associations” column below is reprinted by permission of authors Stephen Glassman and Donie Vanitzian.
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(from May 23, 2010 L.A. Times)
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Question: The board of our homeowner’s association has barred an elected director from attending any of the board’s closed executive sessions. Do the other [...]
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Mr. Sharp | April 19, 2010
The “Associations” column below is reprinted by permission of authors Stephen Glassman and Donie Vanitzian.
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(from April 11, 2010 L.A. Times)
STEPHEN GLASSMAN and DONIE VANITZIAN
Question: I am the new treasurer of our homeowner association board. I’ve discovered that during the last four years more than $100,000 has been removed from the [...]
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Mr. Sharp | January 26, 2010
CALIFORNIA HOMEOWNER ASSOCIATION OMBUDSMANA Bandaid Fix on a Bleeding Carotid?
January 28, 2005
By Ann Roth (View author info)
Copyright Ann Roth
In a recent AHRC editorial it was written that the Community Association Institute desires to Gut the California Law Revision Commission proposal for a homeowner association OMBUDSMAN office.
The OMBUDSMAN proposal includes ENFORCEMENT of violations of homeowner associations [...]
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Mr. Sharp | January 17, 2010
The “Associations” column below is reprinted by permission of authors Stephen Glassman and Donie Vanitzian. Copyright S. Glassman and D.Vanitzian”.
(from January 10, 2010 L.A. Times)
“Board has a duty to provide records”
STEPHEN GLASSMAN and DONIE VANITZIAN
Question: I sent my homeowners association board the following request: “According to Civil Code Section1365.2 board members (not the [...]
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Mr. Sharp | January 16, 2010
Note: The list below is courtesy of one of our readers
CALIFORNIA BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE
§ 11500. Definitions
§ 11501. “Common Interest Development Manager”
§ 11502. “Certified Common Interest Development Manager”
§ 11502.5. Competency Examinations
§ 11503. Exception
§ 11504. Disclosures
§ 11505. Unfair Business Practice
§ 11506. Expiration
CIVIL CODE
§ 43.99. Liability Of Independent Quality Review Provider
§ 51. Unruh Civil Rights Act
§ 51.1. [...]
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Mr. Sharp | January 11, 2010
As promised in Part 1, we will speak here about Donie Vanitzian’s book “California Common Interest Developments – Homeowners Guide” and the “Condominium Bluebook”.
I will briefly review and discuss these sources here.
1) The book “CALIFORNIA COMMON INTEREST DEVELOPMENTS – Homeowners Guide” includes the following:
Association Essentials
Meetings
Minutes
Inspection of Public Records
Arbitration and Dispute Resolution
Time-Shares and Mobile homes
Representation
Investigation
Voting [...]
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Mr. Sharp | November 17, 2009
The “Associations” column below is reprinted by permission of authors Stephen Glassman and Donie Vanitzian.
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(from November 15, 2009 L.A. Times)
“Ignore a difficult owner? Bad idea”
STEPHEN GLASSMAN and DONIE VANITZIAN
Question: We are an association with less than 10 units. We have an extraordinarily difficult owner in our midst. The things this [...]
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Mr. Sharp | October 25, 2009
The “Associations” column below is reprinted by permission of authors Stephen Glassman and Donie Vanitzian.
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(from October 11, 2009 L.A. Times)
“Secrets a board is not allowed to keep”
STEPHEN GLASSMAN and DONIE VANITZIAN
Question: I recently sent a letter to my board of directors, the management company and the association attorney with a [...]
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