Guides for California association boards and managers: compliance, governance, enforcement, assessment collection, construction defects, and dispute procedure.
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Guides for boards and associations
- Davis-Stirling Act Compliance for California Associations — Most association liability comes from procedure rather than judgment.
- HOA Board Governance in California — Homeowner associations in California are governed by volunteer boards of directors who wield significant power over the daily lives, property values, and financial obligations of every member in the community.
- Enforcing CC&Rs in California — An association's power to enforce its CC&Rs is real but conditional.
- Levying and Collecting HOA Assessments in California — A board's authority to raise assessments is capped by statute, not by the CC&Rs.
- HOA Construction Defect Claims in California — A board that delays investigating a suspected defect can lose the claim entirely.
- Resolving HOA Disputes in California — California requires two steps before most HOA disputes reach a court, and skipping either can cost the party who skipped it more than the dispute is worth.