For the last two years, we have been recommending that California community associations add a bad debt allowance in their budgets. Since about 2000, rising home prices and the level of equity in those homes meant that few homeowners were willing to lose their homes through foreclosure for non-payment of…
The new laws affecting collection of delinquent assessments now require the Board of Directors of an Association to vote during an open meeting of the Board to make the decision to record a lien. S&G and Association Lien Services has developed a simple Resolution Document that details all of the…
Missed the recent teleconference but still want to hear what Sandra Gottlieb and David Swedelson had to say about SB 137 and the new assessment collection law and procedures? You are in luck. Download this MP3 file to your IPOD, computer or other device that will allow you to listen…
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We are very pleased to advise you that all of our efforts were successful and the Governor vetoed AB 2598, the assessment collection bill. We agree with the Governor’s reasons for the veto. His letter to the legislators is presented below. His reasons for his veto show he listened to…
SwedelsonGottlieb was asked to prepare a letter to Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and his staff setting out our issues and concerns regarding AB 2598. The following is our letter that went out to the Governor on September 21, 2004: Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger State Capitol Building Sacramento, California 95814 Re: Veto AB…
A Soon To Be State Law May Do More Harm Than Good Steven Shuey, PCAM, CCAM Homeowner Associations exist in common interest developments to manage the community. This management includes providing for the maintenance of the common areas as well as administration. In many communities, this can mean thousands of…
Homeowner Legislation Poised to Hurt More Than Help-CAI/CLAC’s Press Release on AB 2598 The seven million Californians who live in homeowners associations will have to pay higher monthly dues, thanks to legislation passed in the last hours of the legislative session. Assembly Bill 2598 (Steinberg) again takes up the use…
We have been asked for more information on why Steinberg’s AB2598 is bad law. AB 2598 is one of two pieces of legislation proposed following the foreclosure earlier this year on a senior citizen couple in Calaveras County. Proponents of this legislation, which would make it more difficult for associations…
They did it. The legislature passed one of the two foreclosure bills we warned you about previously. Senator Denise Ducheney’s (Democrat – San Diego) SB1682 did not move forward but Assemblyman Darrell Steinberg’s (Democrat – Sacramento) AB2598 passed the Senate although we are told that there was some confusion during…