Month: November 2016

All of you who live in a condominium are now certainly aware that by December 31st, if your building is 75 feet or higher, you will be required to install a fire sprinkler system in your condominium, unless the unit owners vote to opt out.  Many of you have already done so.   A few…

Some justice was done in an Orange County courtroom last week.  The firm’s client was sued by her association because she started a website that included the name of the association in the website address.  The website was also critical of the association and the Board.  Other members of the community had the opportunity to…

As much as I would like to move on from the politics of the election, it’s difficult to do when faced with a recent decision of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.  It’s yet another example of political correctness gone crazy and the government interfering with your rights to decide who and who…

Each and every year, without fail, the Department of Business and Professional Regulation is deluged with arbitration petitions filed against condominium associations, alleging that the association failed to properly conduct its elections.  Knowing some basic law can go a long way toward finding your association’s election under a legal attack.  Here are some of the…

Each and every year, without fail, the Department of Business and Professional Regulation is deluged with arbitration petitions filed against condominium associations, alleging that the association failed to properly conduct its elections.  Knowing some basic law can go a long way toward finding your association’s election under a legal attack.  Here are some of the…

I always get lots of e-mails from people complaining that the Board is spending their monies wildly and out of control, for things they don’t want, don’t need and for which there was no mention in the association’s budget.   As we know, the Board must pass a budget to pay the association’s “common expenses.”…

As you all know by now, condo and HOA directors must get certified within one year prior to getting elected or appointed to the board or within 90 days of actually getting elected or appointed to the Board.  They can do so in one of two ways.  The first way is the chicken’s way out…