Ensure your HOA board stays compliant and transparent. Roseman Law explains California requirements for annual disclosures, record-keeping, and board oversight.
2026 California CID legislative and case law update covering AB 130 fine caps, SB 410 EEE disclosures, EVCS insurance, disaster rebuild rules, and key HOA cases.
Since the passage of Assembly Bill 130, community associations throughout California have been reexamining how they enforce their governing documents. With fines now capped at $100 for most violations, many boards have expressed frustration that the law seems to strip away their primary tool for securing compliance.
On September 22, 2024, Governor Gavin Newsom signed California Assembly Bill 2159 (AB 2159) into law, which will take effect January 1, 2025. For the first time, homeowner associations (HOAs) can conduct certain elections via electronic secret ballots. HOAs now have the ability to hold elections entirely by mail, electronically, or a combination of both, regardless of what their governing documents require. However, not all votes may be conducted electronically.
In September 2024, Governor Newsom signed Senate Bill 900 (SB 900) into law. This new legislation introduces important changes to the repair and maintenance obligations of homeowners’ associations (HOAs) in common interest developments (CIDs).
On June 30, 2025, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed AB 130 into law. While most of the language in AB 130 deals with matters unrelated to homeowners’ associations, the bill included language that amends the Davis Stirling Common Interest Development Act and makes significant changes to how homeowners’ associations may impose fines for violations of their governing documents.
Everywhere we look, costs are rising all around us. Labor costs, insurance costs, material costs. And for associations, business keeps moving forward. With pressure from homeowners to keep assessments low, and increased requirements being placed on associations contributing to rising costs, associations across the state are looking for ways to keep costs down. For some, this might include energy saving measures, reduced services, or putting off projects for the time being.
Telling an outright lie is something that most would consider “wrong” but what happens when you lie by omission? What happens when that omission occurs during the course of conducting business…or conducting business as an officer of a corporation? In a recent court case the 9th Circuit of the United Read more
With that said, there is an alternative. Civil Code § 4090 provides the definition of a “Board Meeting” and § 4090(b) sets forth the following requirements for an association to hold a Board Meeting via “teleconference”. First, as always, the association must give notice of the Board Meeting. Unless the Read more