Please catch Sandra L. Gottlieb’s article Dealing with Assistance Animals regarding processing reasonable accommodation requests for assistance animals featured in the CACM Fall Law Journal. In the article, Sandra discusses different types of requests, animal rules, and planning for accommodations. To read the full article, click here.
By David Swedelson, Esq. Partner and Community Association Attorney at SwedelsonGottlieb Today, June 14th is Flag Day. So, why not a blog post on flags. I was forwarded an article on flying the American flag at community associations that appeared in the Wall Street Journal which motivated this blog post.…
Does your community association have a Membership List Use Policy and Agreement for when it grants a request for the association’s member contact list? In order to limit unrestricted use of the list, it should. When a homeowner makes a demand for the association’s membership and contact list, aka its…
David C. Swedelson, Esq., CCAL joins Timothy Cline, CRIMS and Tony Menke, CPCU of Cline Insurance to discuss tendering insurance claims for your association, including when you should tender losses to the carrier for various lines of coverage. This is great advice for community association managers and board members alike.…
From the Community Association Attorneys at SwedelsonGottlieb. Most California community association common area recreational amenities like pools, gyms, and tennis courts remain closed since March 2020, even though some restrictions have lifted. As the number of people who have been vaccinated increases, schools reopen, the state reopens, and more counties…
California community association attorneys, managers and others in the industry have differing opinions on how to properly and legally proceed with uncontested elections — elections in which the number of candidates is less than or equal to the number of board positions needed to be filled. Prior to 2020 when…
APRIL IS FAIR HOUSING MONTH This April marks the 53rd anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1968 (also known as the Fair Housing Act), which “prohibited discrimination concerning the sale, rental, and financing of housing based on race, religion, national origin, [and] sex” written by Senator Edward Brooke, the…
Sandra L. Gottlieb, Esq., CCAL and Joan Lewis-Heard, Esq. were featured guests on The HOA Show podcast hosted by Ryan Gesell, CIRMS, CMCA of Cline Insurance Agency. In the episode, they talk about the Civil Rights Movement, the history of the Fair Housing Act and other discrimination thwarting legislation, and…
By David Swedelson, Senior Partner and Community Association Attorney at SwedelsonGottlieb I first heard about voter suppression in law school, where I learned that the United States has a long tradition of threatening voter access. I thought it was a thing of the past. But I have been surprised by…
By David Swedelson, Esq. Senior Partner and Community Association Attorney at SwedelsonGottlieb We are enduring a serious pandemic and social distancing is the norm. How can community association boards protect the health and safety of the board members, owners, management and others who attend board meetings, while also complying with…