AB 1448 Civil Code § 4750.10 Clotheslines This bill makes any provision of a governing document void and unenforceable if it effectively prohibits or unreasonably restricts the use of a clothesline or a drying rack in an owner’s backyard, except that reasonable restrictions are still enforceable. These provisions only apply Read more…
AB 786 Civil Code § 4735 Recycled Water Existing law prohibits an association, except an association that uses recycled water for landscape irrigation, from imposing a fine or assessment on separate interest owners for reducing or eliminating watering of vegetation or lawns during any period for which the Governor has Read more…
AB 349 Civil Code § 4735 Artificial Turf Associations may no longer prohibit the use of artificial turf or any other synthetic surface that resembles grass. However, the law specifically does not prohibit an Association from establishing reasonable landscaping rules, so long as the restrictions do not have the Read more…
Trilogy at Glen Ivy Maintenance Association v. Shea Homes, Inc. 235 Cal.App.4th 361 (2015) Facts: Association and homeowners brought action against the developer alleging that it improperly diverted revenues from a contract that should have been paid to Association. The developer responded by moving to dismiss the complaint via Read more…
Watts v. Oak Shores Community Association 235 Cal.App.4th 466 (2015) Facts: Association has a rule stating that the minimum rental period is seven days, and imposed fees to owners that rent their homes. Homeowners brought an action challenging the regulations and fees adopted by the Association. The Association cross-complained Read more…
Ryland Mews Homeowners Association v. Munoz 234 Cal.App.4th 705 (2015) Facts: Homeowners’ association brought action against a homeowner for the homeowner’s removal of carpeting from his upstairs unit and the unauthorized installation of hard-surface flooring. The Superior Court granted preliminary injunction and the homeowner appealed. Homeowner claimed that hardwood Read more…
Castaic Lake Water Agency v. Newhall County Water District 238 Cal.App.4th 1196 (2015) Facts: Water agency petitioned for writ of mandate to overturn certain action taken by county water district and its board of directors on the ground that they failed to comply with the open meeting requirements of Read more…
Here is the Davis Stirling Act – 2015 in searchable PDF format. Click top open or right click to download to your computer. Davis Stirling Act 2015 Here is a conversion table for the Rewrite of the Davis Stirling Act – 2014 in searchable PDF format. Click top open Read more…
California Court of Appeal upholds a Homeowners Association’s right to limit hard surface flooring: When Ruben Munoz (“Munoz”) and his wife moved into their upstairs unit at Ryland Mews Homeowners Association (“Association”) in February 2011, they replaced the carpets with hardwood floors to accommodate the wife’s severe dust allergy. After Read more…
Real Property – City-owned tree that fell on a private residence during a windstorm, damaging the structure, was part of a work of public improvement such that the city could be held liable for inverse condemnation. City’s proof that it had pruned tree twice in seven years did not, for Read more…