By David Swedelson, Esq., SwedelsonGottlieb, Community Association Attorneys A manager at a planned development community association we represent contacted me regarding a dispute with an owner. The board was refusing to allow the owner to make a change to the common area solely because the owner had made a change…
SwedelsonGottlieb Senior Partner Sandra Gottlieb was recently honored by the Greater Los Angeles Chapter of the Community Associations Institute with a nomination for the chapter’s award for Excellence in Education. Sandra was nominated as a result of her January 2014 presentation, Hoarders, Board Member Hostility & Controlling Rental Tenants. Slides…
Brown v. Professional Community Management, Inc., Berryman v. Merit Property Management, Inc., and Fowler v. M & C Association Management Services, Inc. A question that we are often asked is, “How much can the association or its management company charge for the work done to complete the association’s escrow disclosure…
It’s that time of year again — time to get the community association’s budget together and ensure you’re making all the proper disclosures under the Annual Budget Report and Annual Policy Statement, as required by the California Civil Code. In order to assist you with this process and other required…
By: SwedelsonGottlieb, Community Association Attorneys On October 7, 2014, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted to legalize the use of residences in San Francisco for short-term vacation rentals, by passing what has been dubbed as the San Francisco “Airbnb law”. Follow this link to a news article. This new…
By David Swedelson, Partner, SwedelsonGottlieb, Community Association Attorneys In a blog post by Donna DiMaggio Berger, a Florida Community Association Attorney, she discuses exceptions or variances granted to owners. Apparently in Florida they deal with some of the same issues we do. As Donna states, many boards want the leeway…
By Sandra Gottlieb and Cyrus Koochek, SwedelsonGottlieb, Community Association Attorneys Many California condominium and homeowner associations end up with units and homes after foreclosing on assessment liens with no third-party bidders at the foreclosure sales. With increased equity, we are seeing more third-party bidders at sales. But that still leaves…
David Swedelson, Partner, SwedelsonGottlieb, Community Association Attorneys We community association attorneys are fond of telling boards of directors that they need to “do their due diligence” before making important decisions, especially those that may have a lasting impact on their associations. That being said, just how many board members actually…
By David Swedelson, Partner, SwedelsonGottlieb, Community Association Attorneys The Nevada Supreme Court recently ruled that a super priority lien held by a Nevada homeowners association can extinguish a first deed of trust on a property. The Court stated: “With limited exceptions, this lien is ‘prior to all – other liens…
By David Swedelson, Partner, SwedelsonGottlieb, Community Association Attorneys Growing up, there was a home in our neighborhood that had a massive radio antenna, much like the one in the photograph that is part of this blog post. As a kid, I was fascinated by the antenna. It was so big.…