A new law effective 1/1/20 will prohibit HOAs from prohibiting or unreasonably restricting construction or use of ADUs.
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Cheveldave v. Tri Palms Unified Owners Association
Zimberoff Deutsch helps client prevail in appellate court ruling on common area and whether HOA is a common interest development under Davis Stirling Act.
My Outlaw Words
Outlaw Words are crutches that allow the user to avoid accountability and result in ambiguous communication.
Board Election Minefield
A common interest development board election must be conducted in strict compliance with detailed and comprehensive rules and statutory guidelines
News10 Report on Illegal Tow
Homeowner Law attorney Dan Zimberoff interviewed by San Diego News 10 reporting on alleged predatory towing by local HOA.
The Wisdom of Water
Having tried over 60 trials to verdict, litigated at least a couple hundred more, and counseled clients on perhaps five hundred disputes over the past 20 plus years, it took me until the last few years to understand a very important concept involving legal disputes..
Dealing with Irrational Boards of Directors
As a community association attorney who has fought in the trenches for fifteen years, I have witnessed many instances where boards or individual board members act outside their authority, act irrationally, or simply ignore legitimate complaints or calls for action by homeowners.
One reader asked what to do when his board and the association's manager failed to enforce the governing documents fairly and consistently? What if a board or manager refuse an owner's request to review HOA documents? Or denies an owner's request for a hearing? In each of the foregoing circumstances, the owner should be able to point to particular provisions of the governing documents which require explicit action and compliance by the board.
Insurers Raking in the Big Bucks
I get that plaintiff lawyers as far down on our culture’s popularity chart, seemingly neck-and-neck with politicians, used car salespersons and bankers. But what I don’t understand is how insurance companies, the quintessential example of corporate largess, have rocketed up the approval ratings. Over the past few years, large cap insurance companies have transformed to become friendly, pro-consumer institutions in the eyes of many. I place the credit, or blame, squarely on the shoulders of Madison Avenue and its marketing genius.