On August 30, 2019, Governor Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 326 into law. The Bill added new Civil Code §§ 5551 and 5986 to the Davis-Stirling Common Interest Development Act and became effective on January 1, 2020. In short, new Civil Code § 5551 applies to condominium buildings containing three Read more…
The Attack on Rental Restrictions Despite our best efforts, the California Legislature recently passed — and the Governor signed into law — Assembly Bill 3182. Unfortunately, this is going to have a very rapid and significant impact on the enforcement of rental restrictions in many common interest developments. Some of Read more…
Way back on October 8, 2017, Governor Brown signed into law two separate bills: SB229 (Wieckowski) and AB494 (Bloom). Those bills were designed to promote the development of Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs), also known as granny flats, backyard cottages, casitas, in-law units, over-garage apartments, and other secondary units built on Read more…
Common Area Amenities and Community Association Pools With public health orders at the state, county, and local level evolving almost daily, many community association boards are wondering when and how they can reopen community pools. The uncertainty surrounding pool reopening is compounded by the fact that local public health orders, Read more…
Answers to Legal Questions During a Pandemic Adjusting to life during the Coronavirus pandemic has been a challenge, but thousands of community managers, volunteer board members, and business partners continue their dedication to serving communities throughout California. The following are questions that we continue to receive from our clients and Read more…
Additional Legal Issues During a Pandemic Questions still abound as to how associations and their Boards of Directors should be responding to the issues raised by the COVID-19 pandemic. Below are a few more questions our firm has been fielding recently, and the advice that we are currently providing to Read more…
Legal Issues During a Pandemic As we all adjust to the new “normal” of living with a global pandemic and a response that requires the vast majority of people reading this doing so from the confinement of their homes, Roseman Law applauds the dedication of the thousands of community managers, Read more…
Assessment collections during the Coronavirus pandemic With the devastating economic impact caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and spike in unemployed Californians, homeowners associations are now faced with dealing with the inevitable rise in individual homeowners becoming delinquent in the payment of their monthly assessments. The Board of Directors (“Board”) of Read more…
Handling Legal Issues During a Pandemic It seems like, in this time of uncertainty, there is a lot of conflicting information being circulated about how associations and their boards of directors should approach the day-to-day issues presented during this pandemic. Some of the information we have heard is good, and Read more…
Everyone is actively monitoring the news for the latest updates on the Coronavirus (COVID-19). We are all hopefully following the guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the World Health Organization (WHO), and other local and national health organizations. Regardless, it goes without saying that members, homeowners, Read more…